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THE IREIGATION AGE. 



Fortunate Bidder. 



A board of consulting engineers of the Reclamation Serv- 

 ice recently convened in Portland, Oregon, to open bids for 

 the construction of about twelve miles of main canal in Tie- 

 ton Canyon, near North Yakima, Washington, with diverting 

 dam, headworks, tunnels and other appurtenant structures, re- 

 ceived but one proposal. This was submitted by Mr. Theo- 

 dore Weisberger, of North Yakima, Washington, for the work 

 of Schedules 5 A, 6 A and 7 A. 



The Secretary of the Interior has awarded Schedules 

 6 A ?nd 7 A to Mr. Weisberger, and authorized the con- 

 struction of Schedules 1 A, 2 A, 3 A, 4 A and 5 A by 

 force account. 



Mr. Weisberger's contract amounts to $230,371.10, and 

 calls for the furnishing, distributing and laying of concrete 

 shapes in open canal, flumes and tunnels. 



The contractors were delayed by the failure of the man- 

 ufacturing companies to promptly deliver the structural ma- 

 terials. 



By What Authority? 



The Reclamation Service has purchased two lots in the 

 town of North Yakima, Washington, upon which it proposes 

 to erect an office building in connection with the Yakima 

 project. 



The Secretary of the Interior has granted an extension 

 of sixty days' time to the Canton Bridge Company, of Can- 

 ton, Ohio, for the construction of five highway bridges over 

 the main supply canal, Belle Fourche irrigation project, South 

 Dakota. 



The Secretary of the Interior is advertising for proposals 

 for furnishing steel and cast iron for use on the North Platte 

 irrigation project, Nebraska. The bids will be opened at 

 Mitchell, Nebraska, 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 re- 

 quired. 



Grand Valley, Colo., Gooseberry Bush. 



The engineer in charge of operations on Gunnison Tun- 

 nel Uncompahgre irrigation project, Colorado, reports that 

 17,374 feet were completed December 1st, and nearly a mile 

 of masonry floor was laid in the west end. 



The progress on tunnel work during November was 586 

 feet, less than that made any previous month. This falling 

 off was due to the unusual difficulties encountered. In the 

 east end the material is quartzite of such a degree of hard- 

 ness that it is very difficult to drill. In the west end the 

 strata changed several times, necessitating change of tools. 

 Men who were experts with coal augurs, for instance, had 

 scarcely any knowledge of piston drills. A great deal of 

 pumping was necessary to remove the water which came into 

 the headings. Experienced drillmen are very scarce. Wages 

 are high, but the unusual activity in the mining industry 

 makes it difficult to secure assistance. 



It is believed that better progress will be made during 

 the present month. Canal work is being pushed as rapidly as 

 possible in order than when the tunnel is completed the dis- 

 tributing system will be ready to carry the water over the 

 land. It is expected that the tunnel will be ready for opera- 

 tion in June, 1908. 



The Secretary of the Interior has granted authority to 

 the Reclamation Service to construct the dam at the outlet 

 of Bumping Lake, Washington, by force account. This dam 

 is to be used in connection with the Yakima irrigation project, 

 and owing to its remoteness from railroad it apparently was 

 not an attractive undertaking to contractors, for no bids were 

 received for its construction when it was advertised recently 

 by the Secretary of the Interior. 



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