Show TUNNEL NEARS COMPLETION Engineer Quinton Tells of Great Colorado Irrigation Project SIX MILES THROUGH ROCK E n Is About Abort Half Completed bolat Acres of or Land J Will lie He Reclaimed y j Engineer n J. J I. I I Quinton 1 of or th the tho United States tat s geological survey j returned turn a f w lla dogs days s 's ago o from front Colorado Colo Colp- ratio rado wh where rc he has boon bon in charge chargo of c the great Gunnison tunnel known iy as ns th Montrose project He lIe reports work on this ibis tunnel almost half halt s com corn corns completed pl cd one mile on the tho east easl and amI t two 0 A y miles on the west end being already driven n Into almost l solid rock The Tho Gunnison tunnel Is a n part of y the Uncompahgre v valley II Irrigation project which when completed will reclaim rp l acres of or arid and land In III Inthe the tho w c central part of or Colorado This r rand Fand I ly 3 character teed h two by-two cla classes of or still soil iI ono one an un adobe a and the iho other a l. l sandy randy formation The Tho nl fist t class ha has lien boon n found particularly adapted to th thi thin raising of or wheat anti and small grains tbt while the tho sandy soil in the j Jl h I valley ll y Is almost ideal 11 for tie the a ral raising raisin ln of oC fruits j potatoes g and sugar slIg-ar bots The Jho immensity in Jt of the undertaking 1 the tho tunnel n will lil h bo be only six Ix miloH lunA long can h bo be understood when It Il Itis itis is jf explained t that the tho alt waters to III b bo be bou us u d 11 l hf p I the tho reclamation o of this land landis is locked within ono one of Colorados Colorado's el characteristic ca canyons nyons the tho walls of or 1 which are ar almost perpendicular H of 1 M solid IId rock reek and 1500 l fOO feet hi high h. h The tunnel will b be run under I th the Vernal Inal inta Vork ok was commenced in February and it il is Js expected d that the he tunnel will be completed 1 and ready for fOI use I ai-I in III fI l early the tho of ot q l lIS IS The cost cosi Co t of till the protect project will beabout bo he about Concrete Concrete- t Coral Canal 1111 I. I In addition adWon to the tunnel there wilt will f r x b be a a. system of 01 concrete te lined canals l 1 for em dlf the Avator at r to the Y V takers A full lots flow of water will be hc f t maintained from flom April 1 I to Ocl Oct 1 1 and anti anda i- i a a. diminished flu for fOl cattle and ami stock steel will be continued for fr the winter The The r d how flow of or water that thaI will ho bo hot t Secured J is 1300 cubic f feet N 1 per 1 second t with a a. Y velocity of 1 6 feet per pct see sec sec sec-j t oath ond The tunnel will trill be ten feet wide wider I r at the grade and will slope lop to 10 the arched roof or Invert crt where it will be hI eleven ele f feet et wide TJI The Tho gre greatest test depth of the tunnel from th the surface of ot the nal me mesa n is Js OO feet feeL In order artier to l prevent nt the tho w wearing awa away of or the floor of ot the tunnel a system stem of or steps reps has bEet been devised upon which SOi 80 SO- i pound steel rails will he be placed place for tor the f water to fall tall to break upon the thc force r. r of or the c water s About bou the east an and west weRt portals of or t c the the- great t tunnel pro prosperous erous little J 1 to have b been n built the one of or tin the east at being known as nl er Portal and the one cine on the tho west en end being known 3 ay t-f t Lujane r nf CH have been established i t hed and an the c ruins are aro ro connected connected con con- cled by a a- government government road lw twelve o elvo miles In length the construction of which was of or It Itself a great engineering engineer engIneer- ing lug feat man many portions of or It being on the face race of oC cliffs 2000 feet above c the thel river below l 1 |