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<br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />'~':~'T. -:,;:.;.::,::. ':: ?(:~~:!f,''':*;;~:t:!;~~~~~Jrif~*:.1~~'~~ <br /> <br />.'ii?;.1~::~t:' "..,. , <br /> <br />along. the lower faoe. The water was aJJ.owed to . r1.se three feet <br />more or to eJ.evo.tion 43, when the seepage through the dam became <br />ro.ther o.lo.rming. This seepage ooourred o.1most entirely in the <br />eo.stern haJ.f of the dam, which Wo." built of 0. blue oley and she.le <br />taken from the bo rrow-p1ts end pla.oed in the a.em in two feet leyers. <br />this mater1aJ., as mentioned above, WaS J.oft in a. more or J.aS5 open' j <br />;:::~ t:::t 0:. ~::::::~~hew~tie'';;;:te~lai;~'';;f~t o'it~;~~~r.~~~~\ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />When the seepage 'became ala.rm1ng en o.ttempt w"" ms.de to i <br /> <br />open the upper vo.lve in order to lower the wo.ter in the reservoir, i <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />o.t which time it Wo.s fOUhd that on !l.Coount of damage to the operat- <br />ing cable of the vo.lve, the vo.lve could not be operated. It required <br />about two deys to open the valve when the lake was lowered 6 feet to <br />eleva.tion 37, when, we are informed by the owne,:s, the seepage <br />stopped or was less than it was on the date of' our visit, at which <br />time it was practically nil. We are e.lso infonned that during the <br />two dO/{s Vlhen the mMagement was trying to open the upper valve, Md <br />at wlrl.oh time the water stood' at elevation .43, the seepagellad <br /> <br />." ".-.,,; *" .,(~ ,.' 'i...' " ,. ",', ,,' ,-..,' ,_, " ""', . <br />grown less, indicating a filling of'ihe cihl:inneJ.s thx'ough the dam. <br />The water in the reservoir was at elevation 40 untll about three <br />weeks ago, since whioh time it has been gradually lowered until it <br />stood at elevation 33 on this date, when the seepage through the <br />levier face of the dam llIllounted to possibly two statute inches. <br />The peouliar oondition existing here is that the line of seepage is <br />praotico.lly a straight one extending from the easterly' end of the <br />dam to about the Ill1ddle or where the outlet conduit 1e looo.ted; and <br />this line 01' seepage slopes frOll th,e oenter of the dam, o.t whioh <br /> <br />I <br />'j <br />