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<br />COLORADO RIVER ~TORAGE PROJECT <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br /> <br />GLEN CA~YON STORAGE UNIT--ARIZONA <br /> <br />At June 30, 1959, construction of the 700-foot-high concrete arch <br />dam and the 900,000-kilowatt powerplant was generally 'In schedule <br />with 30 percent of the wQrk cQmpleted in 31 percent 'If the Qverall <br />CQntract time. BQth diversiQn tunnels were substantially cQmpleted <br />and were in use duriug the latter part of the fiscal year, <br />The CQIQradQ River Bridge, spanning the canYQn 'If the CQIQrado <br />River and cQnnecting th~ new highways, was cQmpleted and dedicated <br />in February 1959, The steel arch bridge is the highest (700 feet <br />abQve the river) and s~cQnd lQngest (1,271 feet) 'If its type in the <br />United States. <br />AIl wQrk was cQmpleted on the 200 GQvernment residences CQn- <br />structed in Page, Ariz., the Glen CanYQn cQmmunity, and they were <br />accepted from the cQntractQr in April 1959. The administratiQn <br />building and the buildillg hQusing the fire and PQlice facilities were <br />substantially cQmpleted fat June 30, 1959, Streets and utilities fQr <br />the tQwn of Page were iri, and Qperating at that date. A mQdern, well <br />equipped 25-bed hQspital was dedicated and placed in QperatiQn, <br />A general strike 'If the emplQyees 'If the prime CQntractQr was <br />started 'In July 6, 1959, land at December 1, 1959, was still in effect, <br />During this periQd cQnst~uctiQn 'If the project was virtually standing <br />still. <br />FLAMING':GORGE STORAGE UNIT--UTAH <br /> <br />Work on the $29.6 million prime contract for construction of the <br />495-foot-high dam and ;108,000-kilQwatt PQwerplant on, the Green. <br />River in Utah at June 30, 1959, was running behind schedule. Work <br />completed at June 30, IP59, aggregated 10 percent as oPPQsed to 20 <br />percent of the overall time allowed by the CQntract. DiversiQn 'If th'e <br />Green River was expecteU to start during the fall of 1959. ' " <br />The construction of th~ residences, streets, utilities, and Qther facil- <br />ities of the Flaming GQrde Community (Dutch JQhn, Utah) was CQm- <br />pleted in February 19591 Completion of a 1O-bed hospital, a garage <br />and fu'e station, a labori'tQry, and an administrative building were <br />welcome additions as wa~ the establishment 'If a PQst Qffice. A tem- <br />porary 12-ton suspensiQjl ~ridge across the Green R;iver was cQm, - <br />pleted by the State of Utlth m May 1959, It cut t, he distance by r, 'lad, <br />between Dutch John and Vernal, Utah from 89 to 45 miles'. <br />. The contract for the 1 first phase of clearing the Flaming Gorg~ <br />Reservoir, which will have a drainage area 'If 15,000 square miles, <br />was awarded in June lli59 on a bid 'If $2,385,000. , The ~ontractor <br />started reservoir clearii1~ Qperations on July 6, 1959, <br />, . <br />NAV~Jc? UNI~NEW--_~E?~ICO . "', . ' <br /> <br />.. Deipite a brief walkout by equipment operators and breakdowns of <br />Concr~te batching and, ~acing equiP~ent"l1n' excellent' overall rate <br />ofpro!,r,ess throughout t~eyear was mamtamed by the contractor, 'CQn' <br />structmg the 405-foQt-high earth- a,ndrQck-fill dam, 'In, the:SanJ'uan, <br />River in the nQrthwester!). part 'If New MexicQ, At June 30, 1959, the <br />physical percentage of io/,Qrk;peric;rmed. tQ;datei,was',30:percent, cQ,m- <br />i pared with an elapsed cQ}Jtract ~ime 'If 20 percent" DiversiQn of the <br />l riverthrQtigh the outlet !WQrks IS; scheduled 'for the 'fall 'If 1959: .., <br />lS9566"':':':'00-3 i :. ',:_0',' , ' ; < ~.'> <br />