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Show THE DAILY STATE JOURNAL. PAGE TWELVE I WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1938. Immense Project Now Under Way in Weber Canyon j of the City of Ogden Wonderful Contract Being Carried Out by the J. P. O'Neill Construction Company $ Point at which tha mammoth pip lin will cross 4-- f $$ Wbr rivr at Da $$ 4 $"44-44- 4 -- f$-44 $ f $ Viaw of );Naill vil'a Gats, showing complete pior. Construction Co.'s headquarters. T which daring investors have ever attempted. la under course of rapid construction a few miles east and a little south of Ogden. This Is the work being done by the Utah Light and Rallway company of Salt Lake City, back of j which la IS. H. Harriman. The project la a hasardous one by reason of the fact that the mammoth pipe line which la necessary to conveywaters to the powthe er house, must be built through a moun-tatnous country. Yet the plana have all been drawn and accepted, the con--; tracts have been awarded and forces of men art- - engaged actively each day In the mammoth undertaking. The work of building the huge power plant and pipe line la going on in what la known aa Weber canyon, and extending to the new station of Gateway. Gateway waa formerly and for that matter la still known aa Devil's Slide, but the official cognomen of the station la Gateway. This change in name waa made by the railroads. The electrical output from the big new plant le to be generated by water diverted from the Weber river at a f mile west of point of about Gateway aiding. Thla water, providing power, la diverted by means of a heavy concrete dam, fourteen feet In heighth and one hundred feet In length, with wicket gatea for relief of ten the pressure during high water. After being diverted the water la carried in a westerly direction along the south aide of the Weber river and through mouotatnoua cuts parallelling the Union Pacific tracks. It la carried cn thla course through a concrete pipe eight feet and four Inches In diameter and eight Inches thick, with atrong It la carried unsteel der pressure of 10 pounds per square Inch for 2.000 lineal feet to the junction with a continuous wooden stave pipe, 7 feet and four inches In diameter. This wooden stave pipe, for the construction of which P. J. Moran of Salt Lake has the contract, runs westward r 7,000 feet to the big power house. On a ateel bridge of one hundred foot span, this big pipe crosses the river. The pipe will be under the maximum head of 180 feet with a capacity of 350 cubic feet of water per second. The pipe will discharge Its heavy waters taken rom the Weber river above turbine which Into a will generate the electricity for commercial and railroad purposes. After this the water pases through a draft tube and Into the river channel Cast of Plant. The entire cost of the big plant will aggregate about $360,000 or close to a half million. Of this big Job. the J. P. O'Neill Construction company, a progressive Ogden Arm which has done much and grown rapidly, has the con- power-generatin- g 1 i Gansral viaw of J. P. O'Naill Construction camp and temporary bridge built for uoo of workman. one-hal- five-fo- at present working on, the construction of the giant concrete pipe, the mammoth concrete retaining wall for a distance of 1,000 feet the dam. Including the big task of excavating or the entire pipe line which will aggregate about 65.000 cubic yards. Including all of the above structures, the amount of concrete t be used by the O'Neill company will be In all something over 3,600 cubic yards. Thla provides for all of the structures mentioned. The strong thousand foot of reatainlng wall la being built entirely reinforced concrete by. O'Neill company's force of workmen. Thla big contract of the Ogden company has been under the direct supervision of J. P. O'Neill, who Is manager of the J. P. O'Neill Construction company. Mr. O'Neill Is the Individual back of the porcern which has grown to be one of the largest contracting Arms In the state and can hold It own. aa a matter of fact, with any In the west. Under his able management and by diligent work and progressiva methods, the company has grown with great rapidity. Its growth has been steady and sure. The J. P. O'Neill Construction company should be a matter of pride to Ogden for the standing which It has established In the construction world and for the record which It has made. In addition to its numerous big contracts such aa the present mammoth undertaking, the J. P. O'Neill company has done almoat all of the cement work In the city of Ogden. Sidewalks, curbs, and gutters, of which there are many miles in this city, have been built of cement by the O'Neill company. From the , beginning, thla Ogden Arm's work has been satisfactory both aa to cost and aa to results. In addition to the curbing, guttering and of which the O'Neill company has built 6 miles In Ogden, they the axphaltum paving on Washington avenue which Is regarded as the best work in America In the Judgment of the most competent englneeis In the country who have gone over the 'tontraot as completed by the ONeill company. The company has Just completed 80 blocks of cement sidewalks In Salt Lake City, thla work being done ducomring the summer. It has also pleted work In various towns and cities all over the entire state. Thla Weber canyon power projects of which the accompanying illustra-tlonla a give some general Idea, which of the magnitude propect, makes the awarding of a contract a compliment to any Arm, and Ogden residents are entitled to honest pride In th fact that the J. P. ONeill Construction company of Ogden waa given thla contract and la making Bo excellent a showing la the completion of the work. tract for, and One of the greatest power projects ot I aide-walkin- An-lsh- r View of eomont mixer with portion of camp. Viaw of east and pipe lino, showing temporary frama work. ' View of the O'Neill pildrivor at Work on eonatru tion of dam. |