| Show HUGH HUGE TO ND ACRES OF LAND TO BE REXIA mEw I 1 my by noran koron H 1 I adiel Pd Tell iel elj tile temperamental Co colorado racing lound sei sea 11 long liccia ages will feel tile cm curbing bins hand liand of annn ashout kinle blind when two tw and it a halt years attend ahead of of water behind hoover hooker lam dam will b beiji egeli the 49 chollar Is 92 per tent with nil all re le cora borgs for tills tyro type of construction Nhat more 3 1 loll lilic buhle yards of diac been JOil poured rod and 3 acsa els yard remain lemalu to bo be traced tI aced this january tho the wafers will be I 1 gill 0 o back up against he gigantic wall of black cation canon by next autumn sufficient water will have boon been impounded to atari alir genera ilon of electric power As tile winter rains and ancl snow enow front ille alio Nv western estern flank gaii ja i of tile Il ItO ocklea ckles and tho the domain front from colorado to tile coastal coustal ared area tire are captured in hi the accretions of tho th ilent few years a vast vait lake will be created cr ea teil when vilon I 1 full 30 foll acre feet of water sufficient to cover tile oil en tiro til 0 state or of connecticut to a depth of ten tell fet feet will lie ile back b ack of tile lain flain tho the lower cancil of alt tho colo ado and sono acres acre or or square miles will bo be submerged the jaap will be nilles wig iong will range in ili width front from a few hundred foot feet to right eight nilles miles and will bo be feet deep at the tit lam dam the vast pressure pro sure of this flits artificial sea will be held safely behind elio dam roaring rearing feet above hod bed rock 1180 1380 feet wide foly alvo feet thick t 11 le tit at the top toli and feet ir rower power for the industries of souta ell cn antl arizona aind wa iro n population ot of 10 million in tho the log politan area wll wil bo be provided alno aundrea thousand acres of land in fix arizona will bo be no longer will tile tho fertile imperial valley lly ife under mider the danger of such a flood as 18 twenty aars ago creah tho the salton sea when the colorado cobol ado burst its banks and a muddy torrent so sought light a an W ancient channel through tile the valley levees heretofore had been increased Q n height yearly as aa tha hie river raised its bed on deposits di 01 yellow silt each june in wet YORT years s agriculturists waged an epic battle against inundation vor for the three purposes oi water supply flood control ind and power development the federal government operated cooperated co tit in making the hoover dam possible p os sible A model city cosing 2 million dollars was constructed near the alto here at tile peak men were cared for an average of men were employed ia tho the construction work rec leving a monthly payroll of moro more than through the six companies inc contractors done aone 8 r after preliminary work first concrete was placed in the dam 6 1933 seven months later aa million yards lind had been poured today the project stands virtually complete and construction has edoll facilities to make inako use of the water to la be impounded contracts have been let for the 6 million dollar all canal 1 which will bring water to lo the jm berfal and Cof Coa Khella cholla valleys galleys of california preliminary work byork has hag boon aco I 1 done on oil the porker parker diversion liver 81 on lam dam further down tile the colorado lorado do front from which the metropolitan water district of southern california lv will take hike P n supply to feed its aqueduct at it n cost of million dollars the aqueduct wa miles long will bring tile colorado river water to the cities of southern california for Irrig irrigation nAton and domestic purposes augmenting the owens valley and other supplies which will prave inadequate for the aagre potential population crews are at work bor ini ing tunnels and laying the great alp pipes ot of tho the aqueduct construction of the worlds wor ads larg wt line to carry power froin the lie lam dam to los lo angeles has begun rho power line will lie miles long carried on steel towers ns as hilgh as fart fec t aid will u 40 1626 lulled of tubing tho colorado has lifa tamed and shortly will lo be ha lia aini bild put to ao work Denver pnat an t lann janu nry ary i i t |
