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Collection: Glover (Robert E.) Papers Author: Glover, Robert E. (Robert Ellsworth) Title: 1952
Date: 1952
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Transcription Platform: Microsoft Word BEGIN TRANSCRIPTION Memoranda 1952 Diary 1952 Robert E Glover Marquette
Diary and Daily Reminder A Page a Day for 1952 Wednesday, January 2, 1952
Conference with Tapp and McDonald on analysis of Oahe pump tests. Conference with McDonald and Kramer on Ladder Creek computations - Kansas. Conference with Rawhouser on cooling of concrete. Townsend will make studies. Detroit dam has 330 ft thickness without longitudinal joint. Bull Shoals and Detroit used immersion cooling. Air cooling of aggregate used at Harlan County. Pine flat and Chief Joseph. REG 1-3-52
Thursday, January 10, 1952
Returned to work at noon after being absent on sick leave since Monday noon (3 days) REG. 1/11/52 Friday, January 11, 1952
Conference in the morning with Ed Kramer, HR McDonald of Bureau and Thad McLaughlin and Stanley Lohman of the USGS about ways and means of computing stream depletion due to pumping in the ladder creek area in Kansas. I am to prepare a brief memo containing a description of the methods. Mr McLaughlin is District Engr. and Mr Lohman is Regional Engr. of the USGS groundwater branch. REG Report of trip to Huron signed today. REG 1/14/52
Conference with Borland of Bureau of Benedict and Colby on Bottom withdrawal tube method. This conference lasted until noon REG 1/22/52
Conference with Kramer, McDonald and member of USGS on methods and data for computing the effect of well pumping on the water supply to the Smoky Hill river and to the Kirwin Reservoir in Kansas. REG 1/22/52
Tuesday, January 29, 1952
On leave 2 hr in PM to get car. REG 1/30/52 Wednesday, January 30, 1952
Mr Beanie of Australia in today. REG Monday, February 11, 1952
Tuesday, February 12, 1952
Conference in room 6 Bldg 53 on studies for Grand Coulee Feeder Canal wave action. Those present were Bossard, Johnson, Baptist (Elect), Bernard, Shook (Hyd Mach), Noonan, Bennett (Mech), Brickey, Maiers (Canals), Swain (Dams).
Glover and Downs REG
Mr Vito Vanoni of Cal Teh in today REG Tuesday, February 19, 1952
Mr Duncan in today (with Mr Ancell) REG Note: F Duncan.
Department of Defense Air Force office of intelligence. REG Feb 25, 1952
Wednesday, February 20, 1952
Report on analysis of the Oahe pump tests 1 to 8 forwarded today. REG Thursday, February 21, 1952
Long distance telephone call from George A LaRocque (REG 1/25/52) at USGS office at Bismark ND (Tel Bismark 139 Post Office Box 750 Bismark ND). Mr La Roque thinks there is a decimal point error in the curves prepared for solution of Jacob’s equation such that value of n is ten times as large as it should be (curve for n=0.2 should be for n=0.002) REG
Rice says he has cleared the request for someone in Simonds’ group to check the formula in question. REG
Visitors IF Jorgensen and SA Ronlov of 4143 So Pearl St Englewood in today to see the lab. Turned over to Witte after calling Nelson. (Poe not in) REG
Tuesday, February 26, 1952
Meeting with Mr Nalder to consider:
1) Raphael’s memo on an earthquake committee
2) Memo on stabilization of slopes at Gr Coulee by freezing
3) Request for authorization for analog study for earthquake effect on reinforced concrete structures
4) Gr Coulee feeder canal wave effects REG Form DCT-57 12-49 Bureau of Reclamation Introduction Foreign Visitors
Office: Foreign Activities—Training and Visitors Section To Mr. Glove
Introducing Mr. H. H. Thomas
Title: Deputy Chief Civil Engr., Hydro-Electric Commission of Tasmania. Country: Tasmania
Status: Acc. Visitor
For Discussion of special subject D and C Job No. 0-6195-0-1-1 March 4, 1952
R. G. Nelson Foreign Activities Section Thursday, March 6, 1952
Conference with Nalder, Rippon, Swain and Glover on feeder canal priming. Swain presented data from his wave studies. Ways and means discussed. Nalder instructed Glover to get help wherever necessary and to find an answer to the priming difficulties. REG 3-7-52
Wednesday, March 12, 1952
Investigation of yielding of reinforced structures [illegible] projected to earthquake and preparation of formulas for study of underground storage possibilities suggested for reserved problems by notes to price. REG 3-12-52
Sunday, March 16, 1952
Monday, March 24, 1952
Mr Hunter of Australia in to talk about arch dam theory. REG Tuesday, March 25, 1952
Discussed methods of sea water purification with Price, Hosticka, Burnett and Higgenson in Mr Price’s office. These data were desired to answer a letter from the MST [illegible] on the subject. Mr Hosticka described his proposal scheme using streaming potentials. Mr Glover described his scheme of
electrostatic separation. REG Mar 26 1952 Tuesday, April 1, 1952
Messrs Young, Mitchell and Johnson of Canada in today to talk about winter concreting. Copies of the paper by Tuthill, Glover, Spencer and Bierce were given to them. They enclose work with thin walls and work inside the enclosure. The effect of forms on massive work has been determined by thermometers. They find that 1” these [illegible] of foam lumber were protect to 15 degrees [Fahrenheit] below zero if concrete is placed at 50 degrees Fahrenheit. They consider 50 degrees [Fahrenheit] for 2 days as adequate curing. REG
Monday, April 7, 1952 On annual leave Tuesday, April 9, 1952 On annual leave Wednesday, April 9, 1952 On annual leave Thursday, April 10, 1952 On annual leave Friday, April 11, 1952 On annual leave REG 5/1/52 Monday, April 14, 1952
Mr McClellan says the Bureau can not send me to Los Angeles as requested by Prof. Duke to preside at the meeting on earthquake motion. REG 4/15/52
Suggested to Nalder that we proceed with preparation of earthquake intensity maps based on present Bureau epicenter maps. He says funds would have to be let up especially for this activity. REG
Talked to Simonds about the possibility of getting the epicenter maps worked on to provide isoseismal lines conforming to the intensity records. REG
Wednesday, April 16, 1952
Conference with Messrs McClellan and Blomgren on what to do about the earthquake problem. Mr McClellan requested that I write to Ulrich and Hausner to see what they are going to do about earthquake probability maps and structure response to ground motions before we started any work. REG 4/17/52
Monday, April 21, 1952
Conference with Mr Blomgren on demineralization of water. Price, Burnett, and Morton present. Discussed the possibility of laboratory investigation of electrical methods of separation. REG 4/22/52 Arrangements made for Florey to act as sponsor.
[Office Memorandum] Thursday, May 1, 1952
Incentive awards foam for Reflex Integraph forwarded in the Awards Committee today. REG Friday, May 2, 1952
Delivered talk on Analogs at Boulder Colorado today. Colorado Wyoming Academy of Sciences and American Association for the Advancement of Science. REG
Monday, May 5, 1952
Mr Warren Simonds over today to talk about the Davis blast tests. REG Note: Roberts letter sent to Simonds REG
Wednesday, May 7, 1952
Trip to Colorado Big Thompson with Neve, Seger, and Denton. Pole Hill, Flat Iron and Dilley tunnel visited. REG 5-8-52
Monday, May 12, 1952
Mr Frank Neumann in today. He is a seismologist of the US Coast and Geodetic Survey stationed in Washington. Earthquake data needs for engineering purposes were discussed between Neumann and Glover and a possible installation in Alaska was discussed among Neumann, J Raphael and Glover. REG 5/13/52
Wednesday, May 14, 1952
Conference on Oahe pump test analyses among Geo La Rocque (USGS). Maierhofer, Yorger, Tapp, Von Seggern, RJ Winger Jr, McDonald. Pump tests 1, 3, 8 and 9 were found to yield values of Kandk’ which
were in agreement. Mr La Rocque pointed out a partial water-table condition in test 2. Test 4 was not performed under water table conditions. Mr La Rocque asked for a recheck of Test 5 data to account for the effect of Boundaries and also requested computations for test No 7. Test no 6 was supplied by two aquifers. REG 5/19/52
Thursday, May 15, 1952
On sick leave all day. REG 5/19/52 Friday, May 16, 1952
On sick leave in the morning. REG 5/19/52 Wednesday, May 21, 1952
Efficiency rating for Florey, rated “outstanding” by RE Glover was returned marked “satisfactory” by Rice. Mr Florey states that he is not acquainted with Mr Rice and has never talked with him. REG 5/22/52
Thursday, May 22, 1952
Mr Ritchie, Mr Behling of the Weber Basin Project, and Mr Kuhns of canals came over to talk about ice on a proposed conduct in Utah. REG
Monday, May 26, 1952
Mr Blomgren is agreeable to producing a set of earthquake intensity maps based on our epicenter maps. REG
Tuesday, June 3, 1952 Mr K. O. Vartia in today. REG Wednesday, June 4, 1952
Attended funeral of Gordon Burk today. REG 6/6/52 Thursday, June 5, 1952
Attended funeral of Howard Knutson today. REG 6/6/52
Analog for the Delano-Earlimart float valve contracted pipe line working this afternoon. REG 6/6/52 Friday, June 6, 1952
Request for study of the Delano-Earlimart float contracted pipe lateral received today. REG Monday, June 9, 1952
Messrs Fortier, Fortier, Darand and Althouse over to see operation of the Delano Earlimart analog. REG 6/10/52
Messrs Vance and from Canada over to watch operation of the Delano-Earlimart analog. REG Monday, June 16, 1952
Electromagnetic separation of salt from water proposed today. Process using a rotating magnetic field illustrated by a sketch made on this date. REG 6/30/52
Tuesday, June 17, 1952
Mr Holmes of Sacramento, Mr Whitaker in to talk about dams. REG 6/19/52 Delivered address for Mr Nalder at ASCE meeting. REG 6/19/52
Thursday, June 19, 1952
Messrs Harbeck and Rolfe of the USGS in today with Walt Gartska Friday, June 20, 1952
On annual leave to go to Ovd. REG 6/23/52 Sunday, June 11, 1952
Increase for QL Florey from GS7 $4205 to $4330 per annum effective this date. REG 6/26/52 Tuesday, June 24, 1952
Conference on demineralization in north conference room in the morning. Moran presided. Present Moran, Hosticka, Green, Glover, Donovan, Dudgeon, Burnett, Daum. Dudgeon gave direction for use of funds. Donovan outlined the search of literature. The process proposed for electromagnetic separation was discussed in detail. Some questions were raised but no positive statements were made that the process would not work. REG
Thursday, June 26, 1952
Mr Albertson and Col. Tom Blench visited office. REG 6/30/52 Friday, June 27, 1952
Talked to Bates about water temperatures at Grand Lake, Mary’s Lake, Estes Lake and outlet of Estes Lake. He will collect what temperatures they have and attempt to collect other readings if possible (he thinks there is no water in the Adams tunnel now). Summer water temperatures are needed also. REG Monday, June 30, 1952
Bates is to request temp crafure data from the personnel at Estes Park Power Plant. He wants a form for requesting new data. REG 7/1/52
Conference on demineralization. Hosticka, Merlenz, Green, Kunas, Tirablin, Glover, Burnett, Donovan present. Questions of equipment, space, safety, paver outlets, transportation etc discussed. Hosticka suggested a new pole arrangement geometry for his scheme.
[drawing]
Glover suggested a synchronous motor operated valve and an incomplete or interrupted 3 phase rotating field to nullify the effect of the field flux cutting the discard line. REG
Thursday, July 3, 1952
Mr Rodrigo Flores of Chile in to talk about instruments for recording of earthquakes. He is interested in a reed type which will produce a spectrum automatically. REG
Monday, July 7, 1952
Abrens and Hernandez in today to talk about well pumping formulas. REG
Talked with Mr Neve about possible operation of Horsetooth feeder canal next winter. Discussed possibility of installing flash-board grooves on the Big Thompson Diversion Structure. Neve says flashboard grooves have been provided (but were not in use at the time of the ice trouble last winter). Flashboards could be used to provide a pool which would keep Frazil ice out of the Dilly tunnel. REG Tuesday, July 8, 1952
Mr Ninham Shand Consulting Engineer PO Box 1347 Cape Town
Union of South Africa
In today to talk about analogs as applied to hydraulic problems. REG Wednesday, July 9, 1952
First run on demineralization equipment run today. No effect. REG 7/10/52 Thursday, July 10, 1952
Transportation requests 24164 to 24175 incl. turned in to Hutchinson today. REG Mr George Salter in today. REG
Monday, July 14, 1952
Talked to Cornwell about the check of Caltech runs on earthquake spectra. Their results are out of agreement with some Bureau data. Messrs Blomgren, Rice, and Keener have previously given their approval of funds are available. REG 7/15/52
Mr Garstka over with new design for the heated rain gage tube today. REG Thursday, July 17, 1952
Conference on demineralization at 8:00 this morning. Price, Morian, Green, Mielenz, Daum, Donovan, Manfare, Timblin and Burnett and Glover present. Previous work reviewed and work to be done on 2 processes for electromagnetic separation and the electrostatic separation method outlined. REG Monday, July 21, 1952
Discussed tabulation of the Delta Salinity tables with Swain. Mr Swain is to review status on IBM machines but thinks nothing can be done before Aug 15. REG 7/22/52
Tuesday, July 29, 1952
Talked to Swain about tabulating values of salinity changes for use in the Delta. REG July 30 1952 Monday, August 4, 1952
Mr Jenkins from Washington in today. Would like reference indexed under main headings of physical, chemical, and electrical methods if possible. Wants short description of each heading. Our experimental apparatus described to him and he was shown the equipment in the laboratory. REG
Tuesday, August 5, 1952
On annual leave today. REG 8/6/52 Wednesday, August 6, 1952
Met Mr Galeu Fuller of Sacramento. REG Friday, August 8, 1952
Conference with Fuller of Sacramento Hebert and McBirney on the Delta Cross Channel. REG 8/11/52 Thursday, August 14, 1952
Messrs Garstka and Allen in this morning to arrange invention report for the heated rain gage tube. REG A proposed method for sweetening the water in the Shadehill Reservoir was described to K Green and W Moran this morning. The process involves spreading the water in a thin stream over the bunks of the reservoir and the frozen surface of the lake. The unfrozen residue carries away the salts and is
discarded. REG
Wednesday, August 27, 1952
August 27, 1952 Returned from McCook Nebraska today. REG Tuesday, September 2, 1952
Wednesday, September 3, 1952 On leave today. REG 9/4/52 Thursday, September 4, 1952
Messrs Bradley and Johnson of the USGS in today to discuss methods on the Ladder Creek report. REG Friday, September 5, 1952
Mr Ed Bradley of USGS in to talk of methods of computation on Ladder Creek. Left at noon for Wyoming (12:15) REG
Thursday, September 11, 1952
Mr Ed Bradley of USGS in today to discuss further details of the Ladder Creek Computations Friday, September 12, 1952
McDonald and Krous of Indianola in to talk about the Ladder Creek report. Consensus was that a rough check should be made of the GS Computations. 9/15/52 REG
Mr Spath says Florey’s PAR is on McClellan's desk for signature. REG 9/16/52 Thursday, September 18, 1952
Freezing experiment made today. Ice from unstirred specimen went from about 150 to 3100 parts per million original solution 1180 ppm. About ¾ of this specimen frozen. Stirred specimens ran about 165 to 265 (about) ppm in the ice. About half of their specimen frozen. In both the stirred specimens the ice was of good quality for irrigation. REG
Unstirred Stirred
3400 2500
4875 4875
1692 1255
Wednesday, September 24, 1952
Mr Chadinnet Head of the Nyrpic work in North Africa, talked to a group on regulations and measuring devices for open flow and canal structures. From daily record of Sept 24, 52
REG Oct 6 ‘52
Friday, September 26, 1952
On annual leave today 9/29/52 REG Monday, September 29, 1952
Conference on demineralization. Price, Moran, Glover, Daum, Green, Donovan, Burnett,Timblin, Monfore present. Electromagnetic, Electrostatic and freezing methods discussed. Not much done on electromagnetic during month but ability of electromagnetic field to drive ions had been demonstrated.
Donovan had been working on the bibliography and could not make progress on electrostatic process. Freezing experiments look promising. Separation had been demonstrated. REG 9/30/52
Tuesday, September 30, 1952
Demineralization experiment with transformer but without valve started at 10:20 AM today with 2 volts per turn connection with 8 turns of tube. REG
Freezing of sample of Shadehill water (synthetic) completed today. Ice looks best of any cylinder frozen this far. REG
Wednesday, October 1, 1952
Messrs Vartia and Arterburn from Texas in to talk about valve controlled pipe line. REG 10/2/52 Thursday, October 2, 1952
Files says no reply yet to letter of Aug 26 1952 on Protection of Lining and Priming of Siphons - Grand Coulee Feeder Canal - Col Basin Proj. REG
Mr Spath says Florey’s recommendation is still on Mr McClellan’s desk for signature. REG
Simonds promises to check up and find out whether anything has been done on the production of isoseismal maps and check of resonance [illegible] for earthquakes. REG
Tuesday, October 7, 1952
Simonds says that they have not done anything on the isoseismal maps and agrees to turn the work back to me to do as soon as Florey gets free. REG
Thursday, October 9, 1952
Simonds called to say that Mr McClellan had directed that the Reflex Integraph was to be returned to my possession. Arrangements were made with supply (Vern Thompson) to have it moved to Room 12 Building 56. REG
Friday, October 10, 1952
With reference to the Bixby-Shadehill water problem Yarger says that water with 75 ppm of solids and 0.50 sodium ratio would be very good water even though the bicarbonate were fairly high. REG Monday, October 13, 1952
Reflex Integraph brought over to Bldg 56 and placed in Room 12 by Perry and Childress this morning. REG
Mr Frank Werner of the US Coast and Geodetic Survey in today to talk about location for seismographs. Sites at Boulder, Colo, Golden and the Federal Center will be tested. Locations discussed with Keener, Wantland, Joe Richardson and the writer. RE Glover
Wednesday, October 15, 1952
Mr McClellan says to try the analysis of the creep data on the Reflex Integraph. REG Friday, October 17, 1952
Conference in Mr McClellan’s office in regard to rental of IBM Machines to reduce strain meter data and to do other computations. Machines will cost about $25000 per year and require an extra man. Strain meter computations will be the bulk of the work for the first year. All data including Hoover is expected to be brought up to date. Mr McClellan, Blomgren, Parmakian, Cornwell, Swain, Glover Present REG Oct 18 1952
Monday, October 20, 1952
Attended Lab conference called by Price to report on results of his trip to Washington. He reports considerable interest in the proposed freezing processes and a desire to go ahead with development of the process. REG Oct 21, 1952
Friday, October 24, 1952
Possibility that there may be segregation of good and poor quality waters in the Shadehill reservoir suggested to Burnett today. REG (If only 20000 acre feet is needed this may be obtained by selecting the level at which the water is drawn REG)
Mr Fillisetta in today to discuss demineralization. REG (They have thought about the possibility of stratification REG)
Wednesday, October 29, 1952
Farewell dinner for Mr Foster Towle at the American Legion Hall on the evening. REG Nov 3 1952 Friday, October 31, 1952
Farewell dinner for McConaughey at Albany Hotel this evening. REG Nov 3 1952 Monday, November 10, 1952
Memo on winter operation - Colorado Big Thompson sent in today. REG Friday, November 21, 1952
One week course in the use of IBM computing machines of the CPC type completed this morning. Classes were conducted every morning of this week from 8:30 to 11:30. Mr Luke was instructor. REG 11/24/52
Telephone call from Mr George H Taylor US Geological Survey. Water Resources Division General Services Administration Bldg Washington 25 DC requesting a copy of my memo of Feb 26 1952 on depletion by wall pumping to replace a copy which they had mislaid. Copy sent by airmail. REG Call from Dr Geo Löf 1608 Broadway. He is now in business as a private consultant. REG Wednesday, December 3, 1952
Mr Yukio Mura of Japan in today. REG Monday, December 8, 1952
Ge Bessler says it is agreeable to get job numbers through Dale McMillan (Mr Rice advised of this Dec 9 1952) REG 12-9-52
Tuesday, December 9, 1952
Mr Douglas C Seeley in today. Mr Rice says OK to give copy of memo on first penetration at Kirwin to Shideler. REG
Tuesday, December 16, 1952
Drawings for memo on computation of stress from strain gage data sent to Joe Smith for tracing today. REG
Attended conference on Ladder Creek computation. Use of recharge wells discussed. USGS and Bureau personnel present. Conference room at Region 7 offices. REG 12/17/52
Wednesday, December 17, 1952
Computation methods discussed with John Ferris for depletion of flow of Ladder Creek due to pumping. Kramer, McDonald, T McLaughlin, Fischel, Ed Bradley, C Johnson, Jenkins also present. REG
Friday, December 19, 1952
Van Loo called at my house while I was on leave. During phone conversation it was brought out that some surge troubles still exist on the pipe lines on steep slopes. Ways and means to control these surges were discussed. The Mark Twain solution was mentioned. REG Dec 23 1952
Tuesday, December 30, 1952
Promotion for Mr QL Florey from Physicist (General Mechanics) GS 7 to Physicist (General) GS 9 $5060 per annum effective 1-4-53. Notice received Jan 5 1953. Post No 1400.10 REG
Telephone Numbers Leave
RE Glover Ceiling 494 hours
204 hrs earned. 86 used to incl Aug 16. 118 to be used before 12/20 QL Florey
Ceiling 480 hours
(subject to June 30 deadline) 158 earned
50 used through Aug 16
108 to be used before June 30 1952 REG Aug 29 1952
Addresses
QL Florey FS7 7-8-51 $4205 per annum. Timekeeper Grace Howard Addresses
Bahkra Density Current Studies 0-6195-0-9-10 Administrative
0-4000-0-0-1 Memoranda
Cedar Bluff Dam. Mo Basin 7-372-01-01-01
Studies of methods of reducing difficulties of winter operation - Colorado Big Thompson Proj 7-245-00-03-01.
Delano-Earlimart Lateral Friant Kern Canal - California 2-214-06-17-01 Waterways
2-214-06-47-01 valve controlled pipeline Demineralization - Bixby and Shadehill 6-656-00-00-01
Gradual DW Mo Riv Basin Proj Memoranda
Delta Cross Channel 2-214-05-20-01
Cedar Bluff Water requirements Job No 7-373-00-01-02 [discontinued Jan 19 1953] Preparation, Maintenance and Collection of data
0-3200-0-2-1 D-19
(3-50)
38 Robert E Glover AN LV ceiling 494 Balance forward 1951 Annual 494 Sick 698 Ser comp date 03/24/21 Group 3 Days 26
As of Nov 24 1952 80 hours to be taken before Dec 20 REG Aug 25 1952
Left Denver at 4:00 PM Burlington Zephyr, Kramer, McDonald, Busch, Glover. Arrived McCook Nebraska at 7:35 PM
Supper $1.05 Telegraph 0.98 Aug 26
Tolman, Firkin, Osborn, Jenkins, Kraus, Taylor, Fischel, Lohman, Bradley, Jamison Aug 26 Breakfast .75 Dinner .95 Supper Hotel 7.00 Aug 27 Breakfast 1.70 Arrived at 8:30 AM END TRANSCRIPTION
