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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



Michigan and graduated from the state university in 

 1886. He was engaged constantly in railroad, mining 

 and canal work until 1903, when he received an appoint- 

 ment in the United States Reclamation Service. He 

 has charge of the construction of the Salt River project, 

 which is now in course of construction and is already 

 famous for its wonderful engineering features. Here 

 one of the highest dams in the world is being erected, 

 creating an artificial lake 25 miles long and 200 feels 

 deep against the dam. A cement mill with a capacity 

 of 300 barrels per day is in operation, turning out first- 

 class cement for use in constructing the dam, lining 

 ditches, tunnels, etc. The work also involves a power 

 house, power canal, electric transmission line, etc., and 

 the rebuilding of a considerable part of the distribut- 

 ing system in Salt River Valley. Saw mills have been 

 erected to furnish lumber for the system, and over 100 

 miles of wagon road were constructed. Sixty miles o 

 this road connects the outside world with the dam site, 

 which is in an almost inaccessible canyon, and is use4 

 for hauling supplies to the army of workmen em- 

 ployed there. Engineers who have driven over it pro- 

 nounce it a marvel of engineering skill, unequalled in 

 this country or in the world. Mr. Hill is regarded 

 as one of the ablest engineers and executives in the 

 country, and although the loss of Mr. Lippincott's ser- 

 vices was a severe one, the people of southern California 

 are to be congratulated upon the wise choice of his 

 successor. 



RECLAMATION SERVICE NOTES 



The Secretary of the Interior is asking for proposals for 

 the construction of main and lateral ditches of the distributing 

 system of the Umatilla irrigation project, Oregon. The work 

 is divided into two nearly equal schedules and includes about 

 315.000 cubic yards of earth and rock excavation. The bids 

 will be opened at Portland, Ore., October 1st. 



The President has issued an order reserving the N. E. 

 Y 4 of Sec. 24, T. 9, N., R. 5 E., Black Hills Meridian, South 

 Dakota, within the limits of the Belle Fourche irrigation 

 project, for the purpose of experimental work in agriculture, 

 under the supervision of the Department of Agriculture, the 

 tract, however, to remain under the general jurisdiction and 

 control of the Reclamation Service. 



Proposals are sclicited for furnishing 5,000 barrels of 

 Portland cement for the Garden City irrigation project, Kan- 

 sas, f. o. b. cars at bidder's mill. The bids will be opened at 

 the office of the Reclamation Service, Garden City, Kas., 

 September 28th. 



The Secretary of the Interior has rejected the bid of the 

 Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company, of Seattle, Wash., 

 for constructing fourteen miles of main canal, St. Mary irri- 

 gation project, Montana. The bid of the above named com- 

 pany, in the sum of $767,505, was the only one received, and 

 was found to be greatly in excess of the estimates of the 

 engineers of the Reclamation Service. 



The Reclamation Service has been authorized to procure 

 such machinery, tools, appliances, equipment and animals as 

 may be necessary in the construction of fourteen miles of the 

 main canal, St. Mary irrigation project, Montana, and to 

 prosecute the work by force account. The Secretary of the 

 Interior recently advertised for proposals for this work, but 

 only one bid was received. That bid was so much in excess 

 of the estimates of the engineers that it was rejected. 



The engineers of the United States Reclamation Service 

 have been authorized to continue the construction work on 

 Shoshone dam and on the Corbett tunnel, Shoshone irriga- 

 tion project, Wyoming, by force account. The contract for the 

 construction of Shoshone dam with Prendergast & Clarkson, 

 of Chicago, 111., and that for the construction of Corbett 

 tunnel, with Charles Spear, of Billings, Mont., were recently 

 suspended by the Secretary of the Interior by reason of the 

 fact that the contractors were unable to secure the necessary 

 laborers and financial backing to successfully prosecute the 

 work. 



A contract has been executed with Newman & Hoy, of 

 St. Paul, Minn., for the construction and completion of the 

 work of Division 3, main canal, Lower Yellowstone irrigation 

 project, Montana and North Dakota. The work called for in 

 the contract consists of about nine miles of canal, involving 

 1,088,800 cubic yards of excavation, 100,000 cubic yards of 

 overhaul, 900 linear feet of terra cotta pipe, and 2,000 cubic 

 yards of puddling. 



The Secretary of the Interior has today withdrawn from 

 any form of disposition whatever under the public land laws, 

 the following described lands in the State of Wyoming, for 

 use in connection with the Jackson Lake reservoir. Minidoka 

 irrigation project, Idaho : 



SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN. 



T. 45 N., R. 114 W., all Sees. 21 to 29 inclusive and 31 

 to 36 inclusive. 



T. 46 N., R. 114 W., all Sec. 25. 



T. 44 N., R. 116 W., all Sees. 1, 2, 3, 11 and 12. 



T. 45 N., R. 116 W., S Yi Sec. 26, S. y* Sec. 27, and all 

 Sees. 34, 35 and 36. 



A contract has been executed with Hughes & Olson, of 

 Butte, Mont., for the construction and completion of Division 

 3, main canal and high line canal, Huntley irrigation project, 

 Montana. This work consists of about ten miles of main 

 canal and seven miles of high line canal, and involves the 

 excavation of approximately 350,000 cubic yards of material. 

 According to the terms of the contract, the work is to be 

 completed by May 15, 1907. 



A contract has been awarded to the Expanded Metal and 

 Corrugated Bar Company, of St. Louis, Mo., for furnishing 

 405,000 pounds of steel bars for the reinforcement of con- 

 crete, Shoshone irrigation project, Wyoming. The bid of the 

 above named company was $9,085.50 f. o. b. cars at Minnequa, 

 Colo., or $7,060.50 f. o. b. cars at Youngstown, Ohio. The 

 contract calls for the delivery of the material f. o. t>. cars at 

 Youngstown, Ohio. 



Only one bid was received in response to the advertise- 

 ment of the Secretary of the Interior for proposals for the 

 construction of Divisions 1. 2 and 3 of the main canal. St. 

 Mary irrigation project, Montana. The bid was that of the 

 Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, of Seattle, 

 Wash., amounting to $767,505. This company was recently 

 awarded contract for the construction of the storage feed 

 canal, Umatilla irrigation project, Oregon. 



An agreement has been executed on behalf of the United 

 States by J. T. Whistler, with the Wilson Irrigation Company, 

 of Umatilla county, Ore., whereby the latter agrees to permit 

 the Reclamation Service to cross their right of way and canal 

 with feed canal, ditches, roads, telephone and electric trans- 

 mission lines, and other irrigation works under the Umatilla 

 irrigation project. Oregon. According to the terms of the 

 agreement, the Wilson Irrigation Company grants this right 

 of way in consideration of the payment of one dollar and 

 upon condition that the works made necessary by said cross- 

 ing be perpetually maintained by the United States. 



The United States Reclamation Service has been author- 

 ized to organize a force to carry on the work of repairing and 

 maintaining the Interstate canal. North Platte irrigation pro- 

 ject, Wyoming and Nebraska. This authority carries with it 

 an appropriation of $12,000 for the purchase of horses, tools, 

 etc. In addition to repairs on account of erosions, wash- 

 outs, etc., the work will consist of putting in small drains, 

 inlets to take small amounts of surface water into the canal, 

 paving around outlets, and other work which would necessi- 

 tate a multitude of small contracts, causing delays and in- 

 creasing the cost. 



A contract has been awarded to the Illinois Steel Com- 

 pany, of Chicago, 111., for furnishing 40,000 barrels of Port- 

 land cement for use in construction work in connection with 

 the North Platte irrigation project, Nebraska, and the Sho- 

 shone irrigation project, Wyoming. The cement will be fur- 

 nished for $1.40 per barrel, f. o. b. cars at the mill of the 

 contracting company, South Chicago, 111. All deliveries of 

 cement under this contract are to be completed before Febru- 

 ary 1, 1907, the maximum amount required in any one month 

 not exceeding 10.000 barrels, and sixty days' notice will be 

 given for the delivery requirements. 



The engineer in charge of work on the Gunnison tunnel, 

 Uncompahgre irrigation project, Colorado, reports that 718 

 feet were excavated during July, making the total amount of 

 tunnel excavated to date, 14,614 linear feet. Less headway 

 was made in July than in previous months on account of 

 the friable material encountered in heading No. 2, the acci- 



