1906 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



575 



property probably in excess of half a 

 million dollars. The railroads and 

 power companies were the principal 

 losers. A great deal of farming prop- 

 erty was flooded. It is not expected 

 that the flood will cause any serious 

 loss of time in the progress of the 

 Government's construction work in the 

 Yakima Valley. 



The Secretary of the In- 

 terior is advertising for 

 proposals for the con- 

 struction of the diversion dam and 

 headworks, in connection with the 



Advertising 

 for Bids 



This work was previously adver- 

 tised and but one bid received, and 

 that for only part of the work. The 

 Secretary of the Interior rejected this 

 bid as being excessive, and authorized 

 the prosecution by force account of 

 certain work near the headgates, which 

 was necessary in order that water 

 may be delivered in the spring of 

 1907. 



The Secretary of the Interior is also 

 advertising for proposals for furnish- 

 ing steel and cast iron for use on the 

 North Platte irrigation project, Ne- 

 braska. The bids will be opened at 



Initiating a recent recruit into the mysteries of irrigation engineering 



5 



North Platte irrigation project, Wyo- 

 ming-Nebraska. 



The work involves the excavation 

 of about 90,000 cubic yards of earth 

 and rock, furnishing and placing in 

 structures about 10,000 feet board 

 measure of lumber, and the construc- 

 tion of about 8,000 cubic yards of con- 

 crete masonry. 



The bids will be opened at Mitchell, 

 Nebr., January 9, 1907. 



Mitchell, Nebr., January 24, 1907. 



About 125,000 pounds of steel bars 

 for reinforcement of concrete, about 

 16,000 pounds of structural steel, and 

 about 50,000 pounds of cast iron gates, 

 guides, stands, etc., are required. 



The Secretary of the In- 

 F or A y terior has also granted 



authority to the Recla- 

 mation Service to construct by force 



