Show HUGE bufie DAM UNDER construction ON ESCALANTE ROAD the tha townspeople ot of mi escalante calante lethig le th aid ut of about fifty buys who ho were sent down from a camp at grover utah are finishing the flood control dam across the escalante calante Bs river this dam it Is hoped will solve the problem of a bridge across that river As it Is one of the most difficult engineering problems the state has had bad to face that of keeping a bridge standing in that particular spot and so tar far they have not been successful cess ful two bridges having been washed out completely the last one of the pile type having been washed out two years ago since then the people halve been compelled to ford the river and going to and from escalante the dam which Is about feet long and 75 feet wide Is being reinforced by cribbing at each end it and nd when completed will serve a dual purpose that of holding the waters back and also as a bridge it is expected that tit the job will be completed by early winter the dam Is being built by the state with supt bupt teague in charge of the work |