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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



May 



mountains not far from the dam site. 

 A third stage line, also in daily oper- 

 ation, is the one between Pay son 

 and Roosevelt. It is about 63 miles 

 long. 



The contract for the Roosevelt dam 

 has been recently given to J. M. 

 O'Rourke & Co., of Galveston, Texas, 

 and the most serious work of the proj- 

 ect will soon be under way. During 

 the past year, however, a vast deal of 

 important preliminary work has been 

 accomplished by the inhabitants of 

 Roosevelt. A temporary power plant, 



between Phoenix and Roosevelt. A 

 road to the timber in the Sierra Ancha 

 Mountains has also opened up a new 

 country. Altogether, it has been nec- 

 essary to construct about 80 miles of 

 road. 



Much of this work has been done 

 under most unfavorable circum- 

 stances. From February until the end 

 of March there was almost continuous 

 rain and snow. Never in the history 

 of Arizona has snow been deeper than 

 it was last winter, and the chances for 

 high water during the entire summer 







Salt River Canyon, Arizona, Looking Downstream from Point About Half 



Mile Above Dam Site. 



a cement mill, an ice plant, a lighting 

 plant, and a saw mill have all been 

 completed. The power canal, which 

 will furnish water power for the gen- 

 eration of electricity to operate all the 

 work, will be done in a few months. 

 A telephone line connecting the head- 

 works of the power canal, about 18 

 miles above Roosevelt, with the Ari- 

 zona dam, which is about 30 miles 

 from Phoenix, has also been installed. 

 In the face of great engineering dif- 

 ficulties, a wagnn mad has been built 



are, unfortunately, almost certain. 

 During the greater part of March the 

 road to Globe was impassable and the 

 Gila Valley, Globe, and Northern Rail- 

 way was out of commission. The 

 Southern Pacific bridge across the Gila 

 at Maricopa was rebuilt half a dozen 

 times during that month. It is appar- 

 ent therefore that materials for con- 

 struction work were not hauled into 

 camp very rapidly during part of the 

 past winter. 



It might be said of the unwelcome 



