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, for 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. ('., July 3, 1905. Sealed proposals will 

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

 Reclamation Service, Montrose. Colorado, until 10 

 o'clock a m. , August 28, 1905, for the construction 

 of about 8 miles of main distributing canal, involv- 

 ing the excavation of 52- : ,000 cubic yards of ma- 

 terial and the placing of 20,000 cubic yards of con- 

 crete masonry for the conveyance and partial dis- 

 tribution of 1,300 cubic feet of water per second 

 from the mouth of the Gunnison Tunnel, near 

 Cedar Creek, to a point on the Uncompahgre 

 River 9 miles south of Montrose, Colo. Full in- 

 formation may be obtained from the Chief En- 

 gineer of the Reclamation Service, United States 

 Geological Survey, Washington, D. C., from the 

 Supervising Engineer of the Reclamation Service, 

 Chamber of Commerce Building, Denver, Colo., 

 or from the Engineer of the Reclamation Service, 

 Montrose, Colo. E. A. HITCHCOCK, Secretary. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. United States 

 Geological Survey, Reclamation Service, Wash- 

 ington, D. C., July 12, 1905. Sealed proposals will 

 be received at the office of the Supervising En- 

 gineer, United States Reclamation Service, Cham- 

 ber of Commerce Building, Denver, Colo., until 2 

 o'clock p. m., August 16, 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 impound the 

 flow of North Platte River. Plans, specifications, 

 and forms of proposal may be obtained by appli- 

 cation to the Chief Engineer of the Reclamation 

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

 C., or to the Supervising Engineer of the Reclama- 

 tion Service, at Casper, Wyoming. Each bid must 

 be accompanied 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 fur- 

 nish bond in the sum of 150,000 for the faithful 

 performance of the work. Each bid must also be 

 accompanied by the guaranty of responsible sure- 

 ties to furnish bond 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 interests of the Service 

 may require. Bidders are invited to be present 

 when bids are opened. Proposals must be marked : 

 " Proposals for Pathfinder Dam, Wyoming." F. 

 L. CAMPBELL, Acting Secretary. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIQR, United States 

 Geological Survey, Reclamation Service, July 7, 

 1905. Sealed proposals will lie received at the 

 office of the United States Reclamation Service, 

 Billings, Mont., until 2 o'clock p. m., September 

 5, 1905, for the construction of the Shoshone dam, 

 spillway, outlet and road tunnels, requiring about 

 69,000 cubic yards of < oncrete masonry and about 

 75.000 cubic yards of excavation, located eight 

 miles west of Cody, Wyoming. Plans, specifica- 

 tions and proposal blanks may be obtained from 

 the Chief Engineer of the Reclamation Service, 

 Washington, D. C., or from Jeremiah Ahern, En- 

 gineer, Cody, Wyoming. E. A. HITCHCOCK, 

 Secretary. 



DKPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, United States 

 Geological Survey, Reclamation Service, July 7, 

 1905. Sealed proposals will be received at the 

 office of the United States Reclamation Service, 

 Billings, Mont., until 2 o'clock, p. m., September 

 6, 1905, for the construction of a tunnel approxi- 

 mately IS, 000 feet long, and auxiliary works, in- 

 cluding about 28,000 cubic yards of excavation in 

 open cut, all located ten miles east of Cody. 

 Wyoming. Plans, specifications and proposal 

 blanks may be obtained from the Chief Engineer 

 of the Reclamation Service, U. S. Geological Sur- 

 vey, Washington, D. C., or from Jeremiah Ahern, 

 Engineer, Cody, Wyoming E. A. HITCHCOCK, 

 Secretary. 



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