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Show ENGINEERS AT DAM . . SITE A corps of ongineers for the citv pitched camp at the South Fork reservoir reser-voir dam site yestorday evening anj early this morning were surveying the ground to be stripped for the re ervoir dRm. Both Engineer Bostaph and his assistant, W. E. Roche are giving the matter their personal attention, at-tention, they feeling their responsibility responsi-bility and realizing that much dopendb on the primary work. It is stated that by this evoning enough of the survey will be completed com-pleted to permit the O'Neill Construction Construc-tion company to place a forco of men and teams on the work tomorrow morning, clearing away the rock and earth from tho site selected for tho dam. Every possible precaution Is being taken to disclose tho true conditions con-ditions of tho site, so that when it Is uncovered it will be definitely known whether tho bedrock is sufficiently strong to support a dam of large proportions. pro-portions. The engineer states that while the dam tho first year may not be of great proportions, It is a certainty that n succeeding years it will have to he enlarged to a point where it will hoi J a large quantity of water. Tho foundation foun-dation must be secure in every partic-ular, partic-ular, says Mr. Bostaph, and." so far as he Is concerned, "ho is going to see to it that tho dam is not started on x snnrlhnr U is calculated by the engineer that thcro Is sufficient reservoir rapacity ra-pacity and enough water to fill tho reservoir space to supply all tho needs of Ogden anJ Wobor county with water wa-ter for many yoars to come. The time limit, ho eays.Js almost indefinite indefin-ite if the work is begun right and the people furnish tho funds necessary to mako he undertaking substantial. Tho O'Neill company is moving Its construction forces to the dam site today. . no |