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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



November 



A contract has been made with the 

 Billings Construction Company, of.. 

 Billings, Montana, for the construction 

 of the Corbett dam and auxiliary 

 structures under the Shoshone irriga- 

 tion project, Wyoming. The Corbett 

 dam is a reinforced concrete structure 

 located on Shoshone River about 8 

 miles northeast of Cody, Wyoming,, 

 and the contract involves about 10,- 

 ooo cubic yards of excavation, 8,000 

 cubic yards of concrete, 9,000 cubic 

 yards of earth and gravel embank- 

 ment, and the placing of 250,000 

 pounds of steel reinforcement. The 

 bid of the contracting company was 

 $66,750, and, according to the terms 

 of the contract, the work must be com- 

 pleted on or before April I, 1907. 



Proposals are being asked for the 

 construction of structures on the main 

 canal and laterals from the headworks 

 to the town of Newlon, Lower Yellow- 

 stone irrigation project, North Da- 

 kota and Montana. The work involves 

 approximately 10,000 cubic yards of 

 excavation, 1,400 cubic yards of con- 

 crete, 2,200 cubic yards of rip rap, 

 90,000 pounds of square steel bars, and 

 300,000 feet board measure of lum- 

 ber. The bids will be opened at Glen- 

 dive, Montana, December 15. 



The Secretary of the Interior has 

 executed a contract with the Pacific 

 Portland Cement Company, Consoli- 

 dated, of San Francisco, California, 

 for furnishing 27,000 barrels, more or 

 less, of Portland cement for the Sun- 

 nvside and Tieton irrigation projects, 

 Washington. The cement is to be fur- 

 nished at $2 per barrel, f. o. b. cars at 

 the company's mills, Tolenas, Califor- 

 nia. 



A report has been received by the 

 Chief Engineer of the Reclamation 

 Service from the board of consulting 

 engineers recently convened at Mitch- 

 ell, Nebraska, to open proposals for 

 the construction of a diversion dam 

 and headworks, North Platte irriga- 

 tion project, Nebraska- Wyoming. 



No bids were received on Schedule 

 1. consisting of the earth embankment, 

 and but one bid on Schedule 2, the 

 concrete structures. Mr. G. F. At- 



kinson, of Colorado Springs, Colora- 

 do, was the contractor who submitted 

 a proposal for the work of Schedule 2, 

 and the aggregate of the several items 

 was $142,720. 



The Reclamation Service is adver- 

 tising for proposals for the construc- 

 tion of laterals and waste ditches near 

 Glendive, Montana, in connection with 

 the Lower Yellowstone irrigation pro- 

 ject, Montana and North Dakota. 



The work consists of about 74 miles 

 of lateral ditches and about 34 miles 

 of waste ditches, involving the exca- 

 vation of approximately 800,000 cubic 

 yards of earth, and furnishing such 

 material and doing such other work as 

 may be necessary for the completion of 

 the work. 



The bids will be opened at Glendive, 

 Montana, on December 15. 



The Secretary of the Interior has 

 executed a contract with Pickering & 

 Rush, of Morrill, Nebraska, for the 

 construction and completion of Sched- 

 ule 13 of earthwork of distributing 

 system. Interstate canal, North Platte 

 irrigation project, Wyoming-Nebraka. 

 Schedule 13 consists of about 8 miles 

 of material and 1,000 cubic yards of 

 overhaul. The bid of the contracting 

 party was $6,052.50. 



w ^ ne Secretary of the In- 



Force Account terior has authorized the 

 Reclamation Service to 

 construct under force account or by 

 small contracts to be entered into by 

 the engineer, 13.3 miles of canal on 

 the Okanogan irrigation project, 

 Washington. This work consists of 

 an extension of the main canal for a 

 distance of 5.6 miles, and of the lower 

 main canal for a distance of 7.7 miles. 

 The region is remote from railroad 

 transportation and it is difficult to se- 

 cure satisfactory bids. It is, therefore, 

 believed to be to the best interests of 

 the government to carry on the work 

 as above outlined. 



The Secretary of the Interior re- 

 centlv advertised for bids for the con- 

 struction of a diversion dam and head- 

 works. North Platte irrigation project, 

 Nebraska- Wyoming, to be opened No- 



