DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, WASHINGTON, 

 D. C., April 27, 1905. United States Geological 

 Survey, Reclamation Service. Sealed proposals 

 will be received at the office of the Supervising 

 Engineer, United States Reclamation Service, 

 Chamber of Commerce Building, Denver, Colo., 

 until 2 o'clock, p. m., Thursday, June 15, 1905,and 

 thereafter opened, for the construction of the 

 Pathfinder dam and auxiliary works, at a point 

 about 50 miles southwest of Casper, Wyo., to im- 

 pound the flow of North Platte River. Plans, 

 specifications and forms of proposal may be ob- 

 tained by application to the Chief Engineer of the 

 Reclamation Service, U. S. Geological Survey, 

 Washington, D. C., or to the Supervising Engineer 

 of the Reclamation Service, at Denver, Colo. 

 Each bid must be accompanied by a certified 

 check for 35,000, payable to the order'of the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior, as a guaranty that the bidder 

 will, if successful, promptly execute a satisfactory 

 contract and furnish bond in the sum of $50,000 

 for the faithful performance of the work. Each 

 bid must also be accompanied by the guarantee 

 of responsible sureties to furnishbond as required, 

 if bid be accepted. The right is reserved to reject 

 any or all bids, to accept one part and reject the 

 other, and to waive technical defects, as the in- 

 terests of the service may require. Bidders are 

 invited to be present when bids are opened. Pro- 

 posals must be marked " Proposals for Pathfinder 

 clam, Wyoming." E. A. HITCHCOCK, Secretary. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, United States 

 Geological Survey, Reclamation Service, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. April 29, I'.tOo. Sealed proposals 

 will be received at the office of the Engineer, 

 United States Reclamation Service, Hazen, Ne- 

 vada, until 2 o'clock p. m., June 15, and there- 

 after opened, for the construction of outlet and 

 controlling works and bridge at Lake Tahoe, 

 Tahoe City, California, involving about 90,000 

 cubic yards of earthwork, 500 cubic yards of con- 

 crete, etc. Plans specifications and forms of pro- 

 posal may be inspected at the offices of the Re- 

 clamation Service in Washington D. C., and 

 Hazen. Nevada. Each bid must be accompanied 

 by a certified check for $500, payable to the order 

 of the Secretary of the Interior, as a guarantee 

 that the bidder will, if successful, promptly ex- 

 ecute a satisfactory contract, and furnish bond in 

 the sum of $5,000 for the faithful performance of 

 the work. The right is reserved to reject any or 

 all bids, to accept one part and reject the other, 

 and to waive technical defects, as the interests of 

 the service may require. Proposals must be 

 marked " Proposals for Lake Tahoe outlet works, 

 Truckee-Carson project." E. A. HITCHCOCK, 

 Secretary. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, United States 

 Geological Survey, Reclamation Service , Wash- 

 ington. D. C., April 29. 1905. Sealed proposals will 

 be received at the office of the Engineer, U. S' Re- 

 clamation Service, Billings, Mont., until 2 o'clock 

 p. m., June 28, 1905, and thereafteropened, for the 

 construction of about 30 miles of canal, involving 

 about 700,000 cubic yards of earthwork, some rock 

 work and three tunnels, the same being a portion 

 of a system for the diversion of about 400 cubic 

 feet of water per second from the Yellowstone 

 River at a point about ten miles east of Billings, 

 and its conveyance to irrigable lands along the 

 south side of said river. Specifications, forms of 

 proposal, and plans mav be obtained at the office 

 of the Chief Engineer, U. S. Reclamation Service, 

 Washington, D. C., or from R. S.Stockton, En- 

 gineer, Billings. Mont. Each bid must be accom- 

 panied by a certified check for SI, 000, payable to 

 the order of the Secretary of the Interior, as a 

 guaranty that the bidder will, if successful, 

 promptly execute a satisfactory contract and 

 furnish bond as required. It must also be accom- 

 panied by the guaranty of responsible sureties 

 to furnish bond as required, if the bid be ac- 

 cepted. The right is reserved to reject am or all 

 bids, to accept one part and reject the other, and 

 to waive technical defects, as the interests of the 

 service may require. Bidders are invited to be 

 present. Proposals must be marked " Proposals 

 for the construction of canal, Huntley project, 

 Montana." E. A. HITCHCOCK, Secretary. 



DEPARMMENT OE THE INTERIOR, United States 

 Geological Survey, Reclamation Service, Wash- 

 ington, D. C.. April 27, 1905. Sealed proposals 

 will be received until 2 o'clock p. m., June 1, 1905, 

 and thereafter opened, at the office of the En- 

 gineer, U. S. Reclamation Service, Glendive, 

 Mont,, for installing, in connection with the Fort 

 Buford reclamation project, a telephone system 

 having four telephone stations and about 70 miles 

 of pole line, beginning opposite Glendive, Mont., 

 on the west side of the Yellowstone River, ex- 

 tending northward down the Yellowstone Valley, 

 generally following the county road and ending 

 at the junction of the Yellowstone and Missouri 

 Rivers at a point nearly opposite Buford, N. Dak., 

 on the Great Northern Railroad. Specifications, 

 form of proposal and particulars may be obtained 

 by applying to the Chief Engineer of the Reclam- 

 ation Service, Washington, D. C., or to F. E. Wey- 

 mouth, Engineer, Glendive, Mont. Each bid 

 must be accompanied by a certified check for 

 $1,000, payable to the order of the Secretary of the 

 Interior, as a guaranty that the bidder will, if 

 successful, promptly execute a satisfactory con- 

 tract and furnish bond in the sum of 20 per cent 

 of the contract price for the faithful performance 

 of the work. Each bid must also be accompanied 

 by the guaranty of responsible sureties to furnish 

 bond, as required, if the contract is awarded to 

 the bidder. The right is reserved to reject any 

 and all bids and to waive technical defects if the 

 interest of the Government requires it. Bidders 

 are invited to be present at the opening of the 

 proposals. Proposals must be marked " Propos- 

 als for Telephone System, Fort Buford Project, 

 Montana and North Dakota." E. A. HITCHCOCK, 

 Secretary. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, United States 

 Geological Survey. Washington, D. C., May 1, 1905. 

 Sealed proposals will be received at the office of 

 the United States Reclamation Service, HOSBraly 

 Building, Los Angeles, Cal., until 2 o'clock p, m., 

 Monday June 5, 1905, for the construction of the 

 Laguna Dam and Sluiceways, involving the exca- 

 vation of about 282, 000 cubic yards of earth exca- 

 vation of about 305,000 cubic yards of solid rock, 

 placing of about 305,000 cubic yards of solid rock 

 in the dam and masonry core walls, building of 

 about 27,150 cubic yards of concrete, laying of 

 about 80,000 square yards of paving, and furnish- 

 ing and driving of about 53,000 linear feet of 

 sheet-piling, for the diversion of a part of the Col- 

 orado River about 10 miles northeast of Yuma, 

 Ariz, Bids will be received for the entire work or any 

 inter/ml part thereof. Specifications, form of pro- 

 posal, and particulars may be obtained by appli- 

 cation to the Chief Engineer, U. S. Reclamation 

 Service, Washington, D. C.,; to J. B. Lippincott, 

 Supervising Engineer, U. S. Reclamation Service, 

 1108 Braly Building, Los Angeles, Cal., or to 

 Homer Hamlin, Engineer, U. S. Reclamation 

 Service, Yuma, Ariz., at whose offices the plans 

 may be inspected. Each bid must be accom- 

 panied by a certified check for 810,000, payable to 

 the order of the Secretary of the Interior, as a 

 guaranty that the bidder will, if successful, 

 promptly execute a satisfactory contract and furn- 

 ish 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 

 accept one part and reject the other, and to waive 

 technical defects, as the interests of the service 

 nuiy require. Proposals must be marked " Pro- 

 posals Laguna Dam, Yuma Project, California." 

 Bidders are invited to be present when bids are 

 opened. E. A- HITCHCOCK, Secretary. 



