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Show Page 4 UPPER F LOOD DANI (Contd . ) PROGRAM FOR THE DAY The l owe r aDron i s 4 0 feet wide . The 1 evel of· t _he s •:Ji 11 way h a s be en r a is ed five fe e t ov e r it s previ ous level ., When the sp ill wav' is com p leted there will be 2 , 500 ?ubi? yar ds o f rubble masonr J , wh ich 1s rock wo rk bound together with concret e , sn d 900 cubic ya rd ~ of dry roc k wa ll and roc k fill . 6 , 0 00 cubic 7 ards of exc a v a tion were necess~ r u before t he lowe r aprons coul d b e put in . Thi s exc a v n tion i s done through the u se of two cletra cs , cr aw ler tractors equi ppe d with tr a ilbuilders to move th e dirt in front of them , and through the us ~ o f truc ks to hau l the d irt away . The trucks a r e loaded by means of t eaif!S and fresnos handled by CCC enroll ee s . The dilce's , the nor th one bei ng 1 0 5 0 feet lo n g and the so uth one 2050 feet , have been r ais e d so tl-ia t thev a r e c.'. bout 18 feet high at the s \ illway and abo ut six feet high at the ends. They are ten feet wide on to p . This ext ra amount o f earth DUt on th e dikes wi ll amount t o s:ooo cubic ya r ds when c omole ted . Severa l barriers wil l a lso be DUt in of d r J', r oc k eas t of the . s -J il l wo. · for the I:rnr ,Jo se of stoppi~ g andvspre a ding rock and de- . br is tha t c omes dow n i n the fl ood s . The rubble ii1a so nr ~ work is a ll th e re sul t o f hand }.a~' i ng of the rocks and the addition of cement to. h~ld ti:1em i n p l a ce , . · Open i ngs made on eac h ~ide of the dikes als o of r ubb l e masonr y a re for the pur p o s e o f d iv e rting water for ir ri ga tion n The wo rk on the t \70 dRE1s is done through the use of a n avera o e o f 175 men turn ed ove r to the Fo r e s t Service each day . The men whi le on the job are unde r the direction of the F . S . a uthorities: J . w. Hum phr ef , Su pe r vi so r of the 0 April 2 , 1 93 5 THE CECK::AN · . . n• DA1(1 2 : 00 P . M.: ASSE MBLE AT UPPER FOR I 1'l\J SPECTION 0"' PROJ..-'CTS .( l'.., • • ,I,' INS ?ECT UPPER AND LOWER DAM DURING lJEXT HOUR AND COME TO CAMP P . E . 223 AT CITY PARK FOR AN I NSPE CTION OF GALP . 3 : 30 P . L: .: REFRESHMENTS IN ME SS HALL FOLLOWED DY PROGRAR1 IN CA MP RECREATION HALL . cCc Hum ou r Column "Rul es is Rulesa Th e Fullman condu9tor one night saw a r ed lantern h ang ing on one of th e lowe r berths so he looked u p George , the porter , and sa :i.d , "Say George , why is tha t red lantern hanging on tha t lower berth? '' George re p lied: awe ll boss; Rul e 22 in my bo ok says that you should hang up a r ed l ante rn when th e r ea r end of the sleeper is ex p osed . " Th e Utah F a rmer cCc Manti· National Fore.s t , Chesley P. Seely., Camp Supe rint e ndent , and th e staff of for emen as list e d on page 2 . Mr . J . P . Ma ~tiri of the U. S . F . s . at Ogden , is consulting engineer and B. R • Ly on is resident engineer . cCc Eldon Bench , student cletra c driver , and Ve r gil Hansen , Of ficers ' Orderly , left yeste r day to othe r employment with hopes · f bettering th e ir condition . |
