The dedication of the Boulder Dam in Nevada, by President Roosevelt, marks the completion of one of the Jargest engineering projects under taken in that part of the world and triumph. mot only for the originators of the scheme, but for the engineers and builders who are still engaged in carrying out the great Work. The developments which are to follow from the completion of the work provide a fascinating picture of the manner in which the ingenuity fof man is at times able to overcome the obstacles which nature places in his path, Constructed in less. than seven years the Dam provides Agures almost astronomical size. A reservoir containing over thirty mil-lon acre-feet of water, 115 miles long and in. places over seven hundred feet deep is a magnificent piece of Work, not only from the purely construetional point of view, but also [because of the benefits which will naturally accrue from the accumula tion of such large a supply of water, and the control of the river it was [designed to harness. The elimination of floods would of itself be a sul-Acient justification for the expendi ture of such large sums of money as have been laid out since work began, Dut the control of irrigation and the development of an imposing. supply fof cheap electrical power is calculated to have a profound effect on both the: agricultural and industrial life of the @istriet which the Dam will serve.
President Roosevelt's administration Jean, of course, take no credit for the Scheme which was mooted long before he came into power, though he Idid right in taking advantage of the Gedication ceremony to emphasize the reatness of the project which dounds to the credit of American en-
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