| Show reservoirs AND CHEESE in reading the account of the reservoir bursting in prescott arizona I 1 thought to offer a few suggestions to those intending to buiu baill reservoirs in the future base babej on observing those I 1 have seen made in utah some of which have broken but luckily with no damages save in their own immediate vicinity as they were small one thing I 1 have observed is that they did net make the dam of sut sufficient strength to resist the actual pressure of wie ater against it it ought to be considered that earth and rocks of which most of them are composed are of no great cohesiveness hesi veness A barrel being bound by iron hoops hoop is thus made e very cohesive and able to stand a an n immense pres pressure sulp considering their weight this however is not the case with the materials of which chic h a dam is usually made now I 1 think a good rule would be to measure the quantity of water directly against the dam ie the width depth and length on a triangular basis and multiply the cubic contents in feet by the given weight of a cubic foot of water ghis being known the amount of material to be put on the dam ought to overbalance that amount the rho dam ought also to be made high enough so as not to be washed over by storm waves for a very small friction would suffice to make a big washout another thing in building a dam if the hillsides hill sides against which it Js is built are of common earth is to cut a few feet inside the hill bill and pack the rocks and dirt hard for I 1 have mso also noticed that most dams are apt to be cut at the joints As a general rule dams should be made highest and widest in the addle another thing to be remembered is to have an outlet above the mean level of the water and if possible in a different direction than the dam so as to let off any sudden overflow that might come nor should there be an even joint of earth and flume if the latter is ma male ae of lumber um but strips should be fast fastened amed across and a u d all around and A boar board d nailed t to 0 these slanting slightly inward the reason is plain the water oozing along the plank side would carry in the fine particles particle 8 of earth and so open a wid wider or way C or more water to follow but these strips will stop it the entry of the flume ought to be walled or boarded up so as to keep the water from working between and around the flume the gate also should be put on the water side not on the outside assume have done if the water be too deep then build a scaffold to stand on and a set of levers to raise the gate easier if thew these principles are applied in building reservoirs I 1 feel safe in saying that they will stand there Is another thing I 1 wish to 93 input ution ion it is about cheese making there are lots of it made in southern mal but the most of it Is of very poor quality te how is that surely it should be no more trouble to make a good cheese than to make a poor one if proper care is taken to apply correct principles in the making I 1 have also noticed that several ch cheese makers to give a certain taste and color to eh cheese resort to what seems to me I 1 to 0 be a very rep rebun rehon sible practice I 1 wonder if there is no law to reach such I 1 told several of them that they ought to be sent to the penitentiary for using such stuff in making their che cheese the most of them laughed at me but two or three boldine tol told dine me that concentrated lye was not poison what about that I 1 wish some kind honest soul who knows how to make good cheese after the gruyere pattern would write and have pub lisheid a few rules for the guidance of those wishing to learn how to make good cheese for market A good cheese maker might perhaps ind find an opening hereabouts if there is any such he might communicate muni cate with me by letter and state his bis wants and terms yours truly H KINGSTON plute county february ar ary V 27 1890 |
