1906 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



477 



of Iola, Kansas, for furnishing 5,000 

 barrels of Portland cement for the 

 Garden City irrigation project, in 

 western Kansas. 



The bid of the above named com- 

 pany, at $1.60 per barrel, f.o.b., cars at 

 Iola, was the lowest received, trans- 

 portation considered. 



Another contract is that with Mar- 

 cus E. Getter, of Mitchell, Nebraska, 

 for the construction of ten miles of 

 earthwork, distributing system, Inter- 

 state canal, North Platte irrigation 

 project, Nebraska. Mr. Getter's bid 

 was $5,649. 



The bid of Flower & Twing, of 

 Morrill, Nebraska, for the work pro- 

 vided for in Schedule 4, earthwork of 

 distributing systems, North Platte ir- 

 rigation project, Nebraska, has been 

 accepted. The bid for this work was 

 $11,711, and the contract calls for the 

 earthwork on about ten miles of lat- 

 eral. 



The Secretary of the In- 

 terior has rejected all 

 bids received for the 

 construction of structures for the Gar- 

 den City irrigation project, Kansas, 



Bids 

 Rejected 



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Henry C. DeLaney, of Williston, 

 North Dakota, has secured the con- 

 tract for the construction and comple- 

 tion of canals and structures under 

 the Williston irrigation project, North 

 Dakota. The work involves the exca- 

 vation of about 220,000 cubic yards of 

 earth, and furnishing labor and ma- 

 terial for various structures requiring 

 about 40,000 feet B. M. of lumber, 

 and 1,000 cubic yards of concrete. 

 Mr. DeLaney's bid was $81,867. 



and authorized the construction of the 

 work by force account under the di- 

 rection of the Reclamation Service. 



The work consists of the construc- 

 tion of deep and shallow wells, suction 

 pipes, pumping stations, siphons, con- 

 crete-lined conduits, and fencing. 



The bids were all greatly in excess 

 of the estimates of the engineers, ex- 

 cept one bid for a gate valve, and it is 

 believed that the work can be more 



