Show moon lake news flashes moon lake reservoir Gi gigantic eastern utah reclamation project located 42 mil miles e s northwest 0 r t h of roosevelt which will furnish adequate water supply to irrigate Irrie ate acres of land in aint uintah a hnz basin a s i n during the week of january 5 to 11 the pouring ot of cement in the invert part of the tunnel was completed west ibrom the gate chamber to a distance of about fifteen feet from tile the entrance portal the floor of the gate chamber was also poured the invert of transition section below the gate cli chamber amber and 9 lineal feet of invert below the gate chamber the total distance covered by concrete at the end of the week specified was feet the contractor discontinued excavation on the spillway about the middle of the week january 5 11 and this work will not be resumed until spring all of his work is now confined to placing of reinforcing steel and pouring of concrete in the tunnel during tile the past week ii a toot foot of 0 new know tell fell but it has settled and drifted until it only measures fourteen inches in the open january so tar far has been the coldest night 9 degrees below zero T E connelly arrived on another inspection trip saturday day morning january and left again sunday afternoon no concrete was poured during this past week the time has been used entirely to the placing of reinforcing steel in the tunnel to the placing of car tracks from the intake portal of the tunnel to the gate chamber and in getting the steel forms in position the invert or lowr lower section of tile the tunnel in which concrete has previously been poured occupies one fourth of tile the circumferential space continuing the circle from each side of oc the invert section steel forms are now being placed occupying the other 34 3 4 ot of the circle and concrete will be pump od 03 into the space between the liner plates and the steel forms the steel forms mentioned are ara in sections of nine feet 1 4 1 16 inch es long ions and each section consists of three pieces which are hinged together so that the sides swing in towards the center the con has haa seven of cf these forms and his plan ot of operation Is to place tour four by bolting them together one end to another and pouring concrete in the back three the remaining forms will then be placed and the process continued by b pouring only three at one time yas As the concrete hard ens the back three thie forms are re moved monedi mo vedi one at a timie time and brought forward by means of 0 a par car constructed ted tor for the purpose in order to place or remove the forms two hydraulic jacks aro are used one on each end of 0 the car hy by means of which the forms can bo be raised or lowered as desired |