Engineering and Contracting . pense Administration Total January 7, lU4. Engineering and Contracting 37 Hydraulic Filling. (4,256,393 cu. yds.)nem. Per cu. yd. Clearing site ^2-S?5c Clearing for dredges 5-i?^ Dredging ^6 Relay pumps Pipe lines Wood flumes Power Small boats ^M16 Maint. equipment ^•X-,1,, Plant arbitrary • „X^ Division expense Administration Total ?0-2l On July 1, 191:^, the condition of the earthdam structure was as follows: East of thespillway for 1,000 ft. the crest was at ft., and for the remain
Engineering and Contracting . pense Administration Total January 7, lU4. Engineering and Contracting 37 Hydraulic Filling. (4,256,393 cu. yds.)nem. Per cu. yd. Clearing site ^2-S?5c Clearing for dredges 5-i?^ Dredging ^6 Relay pumps Pipe lines Wood flumes Power Small boats ^M16 Maint. equipment ^•X-,1,, Plant arbitrary • „X^ Division expense Administration Total ?0-2l On July 1, 191:^, the condition of the earthdam structure was as follows: East of thespillway for 1,000 ft. the crest was at ft., and for the remainder of the eastwing the dry fill was at elevation 96 ft., andthe wet fill at elevation 85 ft. On the westwing the dry fill was at elevation 98 ft. and thewet fill at elevation 87 ft. There remained tocomplete the dam 1,652,832 cu. yds. net of fill. The filling was completed and the embank-ment portion of the dam was virtually finishedduring the year ending June 30, 1913. Dry fillwas secured from the borrow pit which had. W^ !R^ Fig. 12. Plan of Overflow Wier of the Gatun Spillway. Filling operations for the succeeding yearto July 1. 1912. followed practically the rou-tine of the previous vear. A total of 9, yds. of material, borrow pit placed and this consolidated m the damto 5 0^0 945 cu. vds., which is a shrmkage of35 9 per cent, the wet fill and dry fill weremore nearlv equal in volume than m previousyears, being, respectively, 2,982,859 cu. 2,543,056 cu. yds. The cost of filling dur-ing the year was as follows:Dry Fill.(2,602,073 cu. yds.) Items Pe eu. site *0000 ??lstls?:::::;::::: o;?g,« Transportation Filling Maint. equipment Plant arbitrary 0-°^2 Division expenses ;t Administration •^°- Total ^O-^^^ been opened during the previous fiscal year, be-yond the west end of the dam, and the clayused to top oft the Iivdraulic fill from borrowpits north of the dam and in the vicinity ofthe locks
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