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 thereafter opened, 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 may 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 81,000, 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 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. Bidders are invited to be 

 present. Proposals must be marked " Proposals 

 for the construction of canal, Huntley project, 

 Montana." E. A. HITCHCOCK, Secretary. 



DEPARTMENT OE 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, 

 United States Reclamation Service, Billings, Mon- 

 tana, until 2 o'clock p. m., June 28, 1905, and 

 thereafter opened, for the construction of pump- 

 ing station, concrete culverts, siphons, drops, etc., 

 and furnishing two steel highway bridges, four 

 steel sluice gates with stands, and 120,000 pounds 

 steel bars for reenforcing concrete. Total amount 

 of concrete about 1,600 cubic yards. Above work 

 to be done along line of canal east from Huntley, 

 Montana, in connection with the Huntley project. 

 Specifications, form of proposal, and plans may 

 be obtained at the office of the Chief Engineer of 

 the Reclamation Service, Washington, D. C., or 

 from R. S. Stockton, Engineer, Billings, Montana. 

 Each bid must be accompanied by a certified 

 check for 11,000, payable to the order of the Sec- 

 retary of the Interior, as a guatanty that the bid- 

 der will, if successful, promptly execute a satis- 

 factory contract and furnish bond in the sum of 

 $10,000 for the faithful performance of the work. 

 It must also be accompanied by the guaranty of 

 responsible sureties to fuinish bond as required if 

 the bid be accepted. The right is reserved to re- 

 ject 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. Bidders are 

 invited to be present. Proposals nust be marked 

 " Proposal for building structures and furnishing 

 material, Huntley project, Montana." E. A. 

 HITCHCOCK. Secretary. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, United States 

 Geological Survey, Reclamation Service, Wash- 

 ington, D. C., June 9, 1905. Sealed proposals will 

 be received at the office of the Supervising En- 

 gineer, United States Reclamation Service, 1108 

 Braly Building, Los Angeles, California, until 2 

 o'clock p. m., August 17, 1905, and thereafter 

 opened, jor the construction of about 12 miles of 

 dike, involving excavation of about 445,000 cubic 

 yards of earth, and clearing 125 acres, for the 

 reclamation of Yuma Valley, Arizona. Specifica- 

 tions, forms of proposals and plans may be ob- 

 tained from the Chief Engineer of the Reclama- 

 tion Service, U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, 

 D. C., from the Supervising Engineer, Los Angeles, 

 California, and from the Engineer of the Recla- 

 mation Service, Yuma, Arizona. Each bid must 

 be accompanied by a certified check for three (3) 

 per cent, of the amount of the bid, 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 in the sum of 20 per cent, of the con- 

 tract price for the faithful performance of the 

 work. It must also be accompanied by the 

 guaranty of responsible sureties to furnish bond as 

 required, if the 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 interests of the Service may re- 

 quire. Bidders are invited to be present. Pro- 

 posals must be marked ; " Proposals for the con- 

 struction of dikes, Yuma project." E. A. HITCH- 

 COCK, Secretary. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, United States 

 Geological Survey, Reclamation Service, Wash- 

 ington, D. C., May 23, 1905. Sealed proposals will 

 be received at the office of the Engineer U. S. 

 Reclamation Service, Belle Fourche, S. Dak., until 

 2 o'clock p. m., Monday, June 26, 1905, and there- 

 after opened, for the construction and completion 

 of a telephone system, about 16 miles in length 

 and having 4 telephone stations, in connection 

 with the Belle Fourche project, near Belle 

 Fourche, S. Dak. Specifications, forms of pro- 

 posals, and particulars may be obtained from the 

 Chief Engineer of the Reclamation Service, U. S. 

 Geological Survey, Washington D. C., or the 

 Engineer in charge of the Belle Fourche project, 

 Belle Fourche, S. Dak. Each bid must be accom- 

 panied by a certified check for 2 per cent, of the 

 contract price, 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 20 per 

 cent, of the contract price for the faithful per- 

 formance of the work. The right is reserved to 

 reject any or all bids, to accept one part and re- 

 ject the other, and to waive technical defects as 

 the interests of the service may require. Propos- 

 als must be marked "Proposals for telephone 

 system, Belle Fourche project, S. Dak." E. A. 

 HITCHCOCK, Secretary. 



