1906 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



521 



The engineer in charge 



Vaney 6rry ^ tne Strawberry Val- 

 ley irrigation project, 

 Utah, reports that 120 feet of the 

 tunnel were completed on the first of 

 the month. Only one shift of eight 

 hours was worked on the tunnel dur- 

 ing the greater part of October, as the 

 men were busily engaged in getting 

 ready the buildings necessary to house 

 the men and animals during the winter 

 season. An engine house, power 

 house and blacksmith shop also have 

 been erected. 



The road is completed to the east 

 end of the tunnel. This road was one 

 of the important preliminaries to con- 

 struction, as everything had to be 

 hauled twenty-four miies from the 

 railroad to the west end and about 

 thirty-one miles to the east end of the 

 tunnel. The electric driils which are 

 being given a trial are dong very good 

 work; and it is hoped they will prove 

 a success. A great deal of difficulty 

 is experienced in procuring the ser- 

 vices of miners for tunneling. 



Large quantities of dead wood 

 which is plentiful on the hill sides 

 have been hauled into camp in antici- 

 pation of the heavy snows which may 

 be expected in that latitude. 



. The Secretary of the In- 



Equipmenf terior has authorized the 

 purchase of four 10- 

 inch by 16-inch locomotives of thirty- 

 six-inch gage, at $3,000 each, from the 

 American Locomotive Company of 

 New York City. These locomotives 

 are to be used as a portion of the con- 

 struction plant for hauling excavated 

 materials for the Cold Springs dam, 

 Umatilla irrigation project, Oregon, 

 which is to be constructed under the 

 direction of the Reclamation Service 

 by force account. 



Authority has been given for the 

 purchase of a seventy-ton steam shovel 

 for use in the construction of the Cold 

 Springs dam, LTmatilla irrigation pro- 

 ject, Oregon. Early in October the 

 Department authorized the Reclama- 

 tion Service to construct this dam by 

 force account, and in order that no 



time might be lost in initiating the 

 work emergency bids were obtained 

 on steam shovels for early delivery. 

 The shovel is to be delivered Novem- 

 ber 20th, and will cost the Govern- 

 ment $9,000. It will be furnished by 

 the Marion Steam Shovel Company 

 of Marion, Ohio. 



The Secretary of the Interior has 

 also authorized the Reclamation Ser- 

 vice to purchase forty-four-yard dump 

 cars from the Kilgore Peteler Com- 

 pany, of Minneapolis, Minn., at 

 $168.75 each; sixty-five tons of rails 

 from the Hoftius Steel and Equip- 

 ment Company, of Seattle, Wash., at 

 $34 per ton, and 125 tons of rails from 

 the Kilgore Peteler Company at $33 

 per ton. Also the purchase from the 

 Ernst Wiener Company, of New 

 York City, of ten switches at $35 each. 

 This equipment is to be used in the 

 construction of the Cold Springs dam, 

 Umatilla irrigation project, Oregon, 

 which is being carried on under force 

 account by the Reclamation Service. 



The Reclamation Service has been 

 authorized to purchase from J. F. 

 Donahoo, Washington, D. C, two 

 grooved embankment rollers for roll- 

 ing puddled material, at $300 each, the 

 rollers to be used as a portion of the 

 plant required for the construction of 

 Cold Springs dam, Umatilla irriga- 

 tion project, Oregon, 



Extension 

 of time 



The Secretary of the In- 

 terior has granted an ex- 

 tension of time to May 

 31, 1907, to the Deadwood Construc- 

 tion Company, of Deadwood, South 

 Dakota, for the completion of their 

 contract for structures, Division 4, 

 main canal. Lower Yellowstone irri- 

 gation project, Montana-North Da- 

 kota. According to the terms of the 

 contract this work was to be completed 

 on December 1, but owing to the oc- 

 currence of excessive rains, difficulty 

 in securing: labor, and additional work 

 required under the specifications, it be- 

 came necessary to extend the time of 

 completion. 



An extension of time has also been 

 granted to W. O. Morrison, of Den- 



