Show flume construction termed satisfactory by housecroft hornoc 0 0 croft L oft completion date april 15 blight slight difficulty encountered gordon creole creck duo due to of thawing earth in FIFTY MEN EMPLOYED OK ON THREE PROJECTS gordon flume foot span garley creek 60 50 pinnacle wash spans feet vom elloa loii of the work on the got dor dov girley carley and finn binnacle acles flumes of the corbon water company seems assured by april 15 13 which date ii Is fled in the contract ai as a time limit re cording to maurice B housecroft engineer for the state road commission who wai was in price nice wednesday on an inspection trip for the state land board mr housecroft drew the plan plans for tha flume flumes and hit has been acting in tin thi capacity of consulting for the contractor contractors the whitney reynold construction st company eom pany most it of the material for the temple tion of the projects is i on the ground at the present time mr housecroft stated at pinnacle and find guley the work his ha progressed rested fied lot but at creek difficulties have bays owa some to the contractor the earth was floten at the time the ica erea ration and hailing blasting work wai was done there the former vork work had on bees been completed ostensibly when the thaw started the earth began caving into the excavation and bai has slowed the COB con tractors to ome some extent ince since if the present plan plans can be followed aaa 1 mr Hous housecroft croft told a newsam new advocate representative lithe he structures will bo be ready not mot later than april IS 13 the mazer in which the problem problems at gordon creek arb art icing being eom batted leada leads me to believe that there will be a flow of water throngs the clumps fl uini perhaps 1 a couple of day days earlier than that date 11 crested creO ted nr ning the flume work on the three ebnit of creso ted fir flaming rv T flaming for carley and pinnacle been shipped already and ill arrive in price some time next week about six day days will be necessary for the instills stalla In tion of these parti parts and then the structures true 1 there will hive have been completed the no structural steel hai has beto placid at t and ii Is on the aroun arouni I 1 ready to be installed at guley creek the ereo creo doted wooden fluma ii Is on the ground at gordon creek reinforcing teel steel ii Is on the ground for all the job jobs except at gordon creek and thim ii Is expected dally daily ai as the way waybill bills have live already ben received by the marac tore tors when completed the structure at gar ley creek will consist of a clear pan spin of fifty feet with two twenty four foot at gordon creek the flume will have a clear pan spin of feet with two fifty foot approach spans pan and two transitions at pinnacle the spin will be a foot 1 I beam stringer qan with two transitions tion and a new abutment on an tc the south side this will replace the abuam abu tant lit which waa was wath ed ca away by the flood floods of hit last septem Bep tera ber bet Con connate crots pound concrete hrs hr been poured at riAns pinnacle tle and red on th she north morth abutment it carley form voting for this work are being built 1 at oata G ea asa that work will be com aletea as a econ U a the weather perr permit alts F fascen teen men are employed at gor GOT don thir thirteen teca at pinnacle and sixteen at garley carley the completion of the structure win cott cost abrat and this figure inel udea aft extra material which it haa has been necessary for the contractor atos to furnish george W kin ney der engineer ang engineer ineer of the tate state road corn com mcadon hai his been aim named ed to resident real dent engineer foi for the state road commission by mr nou croft and rua works in connection with superintendent lewia lewis J whitney mitney Th itney of the firm film of contractors eon tracton ind illa their for toie mr housecroft states that he tie ez ex peet to make many tripe trips to price be b fore thi structure it is co coi metel retea aud rua that if guy problems all arite is th that t i 10 u lo nay make this city his hl tn until the work ii finished |