| Show great eat moon lake dam IT am to be IWO completed june 1 1937 moon lake dam damai le e look looking ing downstream downstream Downs trea F kv MR bvm I 1 g L VIM R ag 7 tz az X 4 1 4 7 more than a yen has passed since construction began on oil tle tie moon lake dam during that time there have been things to jau lauh ii about weep about and swear abbit at least tile the swearing has net been mittel but tile the one thin thins nv wo a c can in b for is that no one as been killed in spite of rock slides ilif uneven oven dispose dispositions alons etc work w v s begun on ie e in all may 7 with a time allowance to dec 19 1936 however the change in the location of the spillway which was fina ly abandoned after the occur ance ot of several beveral rock slides necessitate an extension of time whick lias has been set to june 7 1937 the first digging in ill connection with the outlet tunnel was started near june 1 1935 tunneling was carried on from both en ends I 1 aill the last cut which joined thern them and made one ona conf opening pening of feet was ace accomplished val labor day sept 2 1935 the contractors had hoped to complete comi concreting ot of the ithe tunnel before t tie le work wai cl dowil for tile the winter but when the continuous fill of snow U hauled mauled man led al arnost constant i ea i i of roads and anil anal it t c almost a day to set get to mount home from moon aloon lake the decided they could not aff rd r o c dinue r dinue ond nd on oil feb 17 all camp employees were laye on off except one or two mc hani han who remained rs s care takers tal cers some of 0 tho tha er were furlou hed som soil and others r romain mafir here to carry on the office wor war and continue tests at the grav pit so itlie first beir s wark ende with the following ac complis ments tunnel under conseil artion for many months completed and river diverted tuesday side channel spillway abandoned 01 yda spillway excavation new 1820 excavation tor for dam daill embankment ban kment excavation for the drain and cuton cut out on off trench with loping sides aldea 48 1 n stripping borrow pit fill a 0 d i biti fam of lani dam G 0 installing 12 inch toe diala 17 0 excavation open cut for intake and outlet a 0 tunnel excavation of 0 tunnel concrete placed in atun nel L ll 11 reinforcement b bars a r s placed in tunnel steel liner plates installed n in 1 structural steel in boll ed in kate gate chamber with the break of winter operations erat ions began aaion april sri li with a starting crew of forty men ond and as conditions have demanded the working force has been increased until at the present time the contractor has men employed emp oyed and the 0 V V elacine of concrete in structure and excavation 1 t I 1 cos con duit section at moon lake dani dam in charge of with E J cuse in charge of construction at the daw dami mr matlon mation payroll shows rhe che employment of 0 29 men three shifts i the cont contractor twenty four our hours houra per er day with ethree shifts B lowling each man main a forty homr week while the reclamation force has to be ready tor for cpr vice at any one ane or all of the twenty tour four hours according to requirements by the contractor the bureau ot at reclamation with headquarters in denver is weslei West house elliouse lias has c assi assistants office engh engineer icer with two draftsmen acl ss etangs Et ants clerk junior clerk and stenographer chief ot of iol fiel I 1 party in ill elb chairse r e of lines and grades w with I 1 th a trans kman three and nan assisting g engineer f earth and concrete in charge of inspection with a 1 chief earth work inspector clinef conerl e inspector three inspectors and five employees is as inspectors assisting a ost odian and tw laboi laborers ers assi assisting ting with gravel and sand inspection the contractor acor ii ilaa personnel as fo bows superintendent assistant super superintendent n bookkeeper iter chief mechanic carpenter forem forein n with tour four other fremen f remen I 1 the equi rent being ased a on the job is as follows 1 at the gravel pit 1 34 3 4 yd gas shovel I 1 hoist 3 c yd trucks 1 stationery grizzly at the gravel Dro processing ceasing plant I 1 gyratory crusher I 1 ni oreen I 1 sani classifier at the dam 1 2 c yd northwest shovel 2 34 3 4 c P yd thew larrain shovels 1 60 14 P diesel caterpillar tractor 1 60 IT P gas caterpillar 1 allis chalmers tractor 4 auto car 7 c y trucks 5 white 7 c y trucks 2 concrete agitators truck mounted 3 air re B 1 diesel el electr ectrial lol genor altor electric power Is furnished to fc all co necessities atles by this diesel engine which Is in stalled near the river at a camp concie ly the following tabulation will give tin thi excavation work steel concrete etc Ac complis at rents to date are as follows most of excavation for spillway kate gate structure olure has been completed and the material removed has been stock pibil for use in the dam approximately cubic yards of concree con croSe wil be required in the spillway and it will not be lon ions cintli pouring begins an eighty toot foot section of cut off wall which is welve twelve fet hl hish h connecting with tunnel has been concreted cone and additional addi timal steel has been placed for cut ott off wall preparatory to pouring concrete va ive house foundation has been poured but no more will be I 1 done until after the in of gates and the storage of water i li hs s commenced I 1 approximately 80 per cent of the law lann stripping has been completed the tunnel has been completed except the gates an ani 3 grouting below the gates cham chain her ber als the trash rack and the cut and cover section the cut cuta and cover sections nesb of via tunnel have been back billel thoroughly spread and compacted diver diverted eit tuesday at 1145 tuesday all aug 4 1936 a large crowl which had been waiting tor for hurs witnessed 1 the diversion of tho the river brorn arc n its natural channel I 1 Ili rough the tunnel chieh has been under coni con i st ruction lor for many months the tunnel Is a a concrete cyl cylinder ader 1100 feet long 10 feet in diameter and the wals 1 11 12 1 2 feet thick wednesday it if all goes well will probably be the day when attention will be given to ito the dam itself ani when efforts will really begin to talk the grivel gravel processing plant which operates tnt irit elahi hours each 00 day and five days each week turns out cubic yards of gravel per day the total of gravo i processed since the plant was set up Is cubic yards the fui tul bidder for tho blendin blend ln sand who resided reside 3 at provo has begun his 1250 ton haul from oteen green river splendid progress Is now being made T E canelly connelly contractor who recently arrived from ailt said he would remain here for ten days and by that I 1 line he would have uie me dam hair f complete ample tel well he wil have to hurry it if he does ile he has haa said aadil 13 intends completing it ft this year but in order to do so he will have to place abou about t GOOD GO 00 caute yards of dirt per lay brein now to the of november one thing we do know however is that time is not being wasted every min mill earns elems to have plenty to do slid and we can only wish vol h n luck and li pe pa that he be will bi able io a curvie tho the strain |
