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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



December 



account a canal approximately three 

 miles in length, to be used in connec- 

 tion with the power plant to be con- 

 structed for the generation of elec- 

 tricity at the mouth of Spanish Fork 

 River, Strawberry 'Valley irrigation 

 project, Utah. 



Owing to the fact that no bids were 

 received for the construction of a dam 

 at the outlet of Bumping Lake, Wash- 

 ington, in connection with the Yakima 

 irrigation project, the Reclamation 

 Service asked authority for the con- 

 struction of this work by force ac- 

 count, and same has just been granted 

 by the Secretary of the Interior. 



As the point where this work is to 

 be done is very remote from the rail- 

 road, the work evidently was not at- 

 tractive to contractors. As there seems 

 to be no probability that readvertis- 

 ing would result in receiving bids, and 

 it being certain that such readvertis- 

 ing would cause the loss of an entire 

 season, it is extremely important that 

 the work should begin at once by force 

 account. The estimated cost of the 

 structure is about $140,000. 



Piper Bros., of Pueblo, Colo, con- 

 tractors in charge of canal construc- 

 tion on the Huntley irrigation project, 

 Montana, have formally transferred to 

 the Reclamation Service their con- 

 tract, plant, material, supplies and 

 commissary. The Government will 

 complete the contract by force ac- 

 count, and has already organized a 

 force and work is under way. 



Huntley irrigation project, Montana. 

 Owing to the unusual floods which 

 have occurred on the western side of 

 the Cascades, and which practically 

 suspended railroad traffic for a time, 

 rendering it impossible for contrac- 

 tors to present bids on the date fixed, 

 the Secretary of the Interior has ex- 

 tended the time of opening bids on the 

 main canal of the Tieton project and 

 on the dam on Bumping Lake. 



Contracts 

 Awarded 



Extension 

 of Time 



The Secretary of the In- 

 terior has granted an ex- 

 tension of 60 days time 

 to the Canton Bridge Company, of 

 Canton, Ohio, for the construction of 

 five highway bridges over the main 

 supply canal, Belle Fourche irriga- 

 tion project, South Dakota. The con- 

 tractors were delayed by the failure 

 of the manufacturing companies to 

 promptly deliver the structural ma- 

 terials. 



An extension of time to June 1, 

 1907, has been granted to William D. 

 Lovell, of Minneapolis, Minn., for the 

 completion of Division 2, main canal, 



The Secretary of the In- 

 terior has awarded a 

 contract to the Midland 

 Bridge Company, of Kansas City, Mo., 

 for furnishing steel and cast iron for 

 reinforcement and structural uses in 

 connection with the Rio Grande irri- 

 gation project, New Mexico. 



The contract calls for 55,000 pounds 

 of steel bars for reinforcement of con- 

 crete, about 12,800 pounds of struc- 

 tural steel, and about 9,000 pounds of 

 cast iron gates, guides, and stands to 

 be delivered within 60 days after 

 award of contract. The bid of the 

 Midland Bridge Company was $2,885. 



A board of consulting engineers of 

 the Reclamation Service recently con- 

 vened in Portland, Ore., to open bids 

 for the construction of about twelve 

 miles of main canal in Tieton Can- 

 yon near North Yakima, Wash., with 

 diverting dam, headworks, tunnels and 

 other appurtenant structures, received 

 but one proposal. This was submitted 

 by Mr. Theodore Weisberger, of 

 North Yakima, Wash., for the work 

 of Schedules 5-A, 6-A, and 7-A. 



The Secretary of the Interior has 

 awarded Schedules 6-A and 7-A to 

 Mr. Weisberger, and authorized the 

 construction of Schedules i-A, 2-A, 

 3-A, 4-A, and 5-A by force account. 



Mr. Weisberger's contract amounts 

 to $230,381.10, and calls for the fur- 

 nishing, distributing, and laying of 

 concrete shapes in open canal, flumes 

 and tunnels. 



The Secretary of the Interior has 

 executed a contract on behalf of the 

 United States and approved the bond 

 of the Kansas Portland Cement Com- 

 pany, of Iola, Kans., for furnishing 



