DKPMITMKNT OF THK INTERIOR, U. S. GEOLOGICAL 

 SI-RVKV, WASHINGTON, 1). C., JULY lit, 1904. Sealed 

 proposals, in duplicate, will lie received until 2 

 o'clock p. in., August. 2.",, V.MI4. at the office of I). 

 \V. Ross, Engineer U. S. Geological Survey, 

 Boise, Idaho, for tin- furnishing of 14,000 barrels 

 of Portland Cement at Minidoka, Idaho. Speci- 

 fications, forms of proposal, and particulars may 

 Kc obtained upon application to D. W. Ross, 

 Boise, Idaho, and to the Chief Knginee*, U. S. 

 Ecological Survey, Washington, D. C. Each bid 

 must be accompanied by a certified check, paya- 

 ble to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, 

 for two per cent of the contract price, as a guar- 

 anty that the bid. lei' will, if successful, promptly 

 execute a satisfactory contract and furnish bond 

 in the sum of 5n per cent of the contract price 

 for the faithful performance of the work. The 

 right is reserved to reject any and all bids, waive 

 technical defects, and to accept one part and re- 

 ject the other, as the in i crests of the service may 

 require. Bidders are invited to he present. THOS. 

 RYAN. Aclimi Secretary. 



DEPABTMENTOF THE INTERIOR, WASHINGTON, D. C., 

 .Ii'i.v IT, 1004. Sealed proposals, in duplicate, will 

 lie received at the office of the United States Rec- 

 lamation Service, l!o-well. New ^Mexico, until 2 

 o'clock p. m., September ti. !004, tor the construc- 

 tion of one ear then dam, retaining embankment-, 

 spillways, irates, and pipe conduits, and 3% miles 

 of canal, for the purpose of conducting the flow 

 of water of the Hondo Riyftmto a reservoir at a 

 point !' miles southwest from Roswell, New Mex- 

 ico. Plans and specifications maybe examined 

 and forms of proposal obtained by. application to 

 the Chief Engineer of the Reclamation Service, 

 Washington, I>. ('., or to W. M. Reed, Roswell, 

 New Mexico. Each bid must lie accompanied by 

 certified check for 2 per cent of the amount of 

 the bid, payable to the Secretary of the Interior, 

 as a guaranty that the bidders will, if successful, 

 promptly execute a satisfactory contract and 

 furnish bond in the sum of 20 per cent, of the 

 contract price for the faithful performance of the 

 work. The right is reserved to reject any or all 

 bids, to waive technical defects, and to accept 

 one part of the bid and reject another, as the 

 interest of the service may require. Bidders are 

 invited to he present at the opening of bids. Pro- 

 posals must be marked" Proposals for Reservoir, 

 ranals, etc., Hondo River, New Mexico." THOS. 

 RYAN, Acting Secretary. 



DEPARTMENT OF IHF INTERIOR, UNITED STATES 

 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, RECLAMATION SERVICE, WASH- 

 INGTON. U. 0., JULY 2!i, 11104. Sealed proposals, in 

 duplicate, will Vie received at the office of the 

 U. S. Reclamation Service, at Montrose, Colo- 

 rado, until lo o'clock a. m., September 1f>, 10"4, 

 for the construction of about !."> miles of main 

 distributing canals, involving about 700,000 cubic 

 yds. of earthwork, for the conveyance and par- 

 tial distribution of about l,:!on cubic feet of water 

 per second from the mouth of the Gunnison Tun- 

 nel, near Cedar Creek station, to a point on the 

 Uncompahgre River about !i miles south of Mon- 

 trose, Colorado. Bids will be received on exca- 

 vation and embankment for one or more divisions 

 which will approximate 50,000 cubic yards each. 

 The right is reserved to award to one bidder as 

 many or as few of such divisions as the interest 

 of the service may require. Specifications, form 

 of proposal, and plans may be inspected after 

 August 10, TJ04, at the office of the Chief Engi- 

 neer of the Reclamation Service, Washington, 

 D. (' , at the office of the District Engineer, U. S. 

 Reclamation Service. Chamber of Commerce 

 Building, Denver, Colo., and at the office of the 

 U.S. Reclamation Service, Montrose, Colo. Each 

 bid must be accompanied by a certified check for 

 "> per cent of the amount of the bid, payable to 

 the Secretary of the Interior, as a guaranty that 

 the bidders will, if successful, promptly execute 

 a satisfactory contract and furnish bond in the 

 sum of 50 per cent of the bid for the faithful per- 

 formance of the work. The right is reserved to 

 reject any or all bids, to waive technical defects, 

 or to accept one part of a bid and reject another, 

 as the interests of the service may require. Bid- 

 ders are invited to he present. Proposals must 

 be marked "Proposals for the construction of 

 South Canal, Uncompahgre Valley Project." 

 THOS. RYAN, Acting Secretary. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, UNITED STATES 

 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, RECLAMATION SERVICE, WASH- 

 INGTON, D. C., JULY 29, 1904. Sealed proposals, in 

 duplicate, will be received at the office of the 

 U. S. Reclamation Service, at Montrose, Colo- 

 rado, until 10 o'clock a. m., October 5, 1904, for 

 the construction of the Gunnison Tunnel and 

 approaches, involving 30,000 linear faet, more or 

 less, of tunnel and about 120,000 cubic yards of 

 excavation in open cut at the lower portal, the 

 same being a portion of a system for the diver- 

 sion of about 1,:WM) cubic feet of water per second 

 from, the Gunnison River to the Uncompahgre 

 Valley, Colorado. Specifications, form of propo- 

 sal, and plans may be inspected after August 10, 

 1904, at the office of the Chief Engineer of the 

 U. S. Reclamation Service, Washington, D. C., at 

 the office of the District Engineer, II. S. Recla- 

 mation Service, Chamber of Commerce Building, 

 Denver, Colo., or at the office of the U. S. Recla- 

 mation Service, Montrose, Colo. Each bid must 

 be accompanied by a certified check for $10,000, 

 payable to the Secretary of the Interior, as a 

 guaranty that the bidders will, if successful, 

 promptly execute a satisfactory contract and 

 furnish bond in the sum of $150,000 for the faith- 

 ful performance of the work. The right is re- 

 served to reject any or all bids, and to waive 

 technical defects, as the interests of the service 

 may require. Bidders are invited to be present. 

 Proposals must be marked " Proposal for the 

 construction of the Gunnison Tunnel, Uneom- 

 pahgre Valley Project." THOS. RYAN, Acting 

 Secretary. 



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