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THE IKRIGAT10N AGE. 



O. H. Ensign Electrical Engineer. 



Mr. O. H. Ensign has been designated as Chief Electrical 

 Engineer of the United States Reclamation Service in charge 

 of electrical and mechanical matters, with office at 321 

 Merchants Trust Bujlding, Los 'Angeles, Cal. It has been 

 found desirable to give Mr. Ensign more specific authority 

 and responsibility in connection with the preparation of designs 

 for electrical and mechanical devices. Mr. Ensign's past 

 record is briefly recited : 



Native state, New York; born, July, 1863. Grammar and 

 high school education; two years in Mechanic Arts, Cornell. 

 Ithaca machine shops, 1883 ; Schenectady Locomotive Works, 

 1884 to 1886; Edison Electrical Company, New York, 1887 

 to 1888; General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y., 1889 

 to 1893, in charge of tests, and general inspector. In 1893 

 moved to California and was made consulting engineer on 

 first three-phase transmission line in America at Redlands, 

 Cal. Electrical and mechanical engineer, Los Angeles & Pas- 

 adena Electric Railway, and Los Angeles & Santa Monica 

 Railway. In 1896 to 1904, Electrical and Mechanical Engineer 

 of the companies now known as the Edison Company of Los 

 Angeles, constructing and operating long distance hydro- 



Klamath Project. 



Proposals are being solicited for the construction of the 

 Keno Canal in connection with the Klamath irrigation proj- 

 ect, Oregon-California. The work will involve the excava- 

 tion of about 80,000 cubic yards of rock and earth. The bids 

 will be opened at Portland, Ore., April 15, 1907. Contractors 

 should address the Supervising Engineer of the Reclamation 

 Service at Portland, Ore., for particulars. 



Authority has been granted to the Reclamation Service by 

 the Secretary of the Interior to purchase by informal contract 

 under competitive proposals the necessary equipment consist- 

 ing of machinery for the generating of electricity and its 

 utilization at the tunnel headings and other points on the 

 Tieton project, Washington. The cost of the machinery is not 

 to exceed $75,000. 



The New Jersey Foundry & Machine Company, of New 

 York City, has been awarded contract for furnishing high 

 pressure gates for the Shoshone and Pathfinder dams, Wyo- 

 ming, at the price of $123,500. 



View of Black Lake, Washington County, Idaho. 



electric plants. Member American Institute of Electrical Engi- 

 neers. On November 1, 1904, appointed Electrical Expert, 

 United States Reclamation Service. 



The Secretary of the Interior recently granted an exten- 

 sion of time to S. H. H. Robinson to June 1, 1907, for the 

 completion of his contract for the work of Schedule 1, main 

 supply canal, Belle Fourche project, South Dakota. 



North Platte Irrigation Project. 



The Secretary of the Interior has awarded contract to the 

 S. R. H. Robinson & Son Contracting Company, of St. Louis, 

 Mo., for the construction of a diversion dam and headworks, 

 North Platte irrigation project, Wyoming-Nebraska, at a total 

 price of $217,850. 



The Secretary of the Interior has authorized the Recla- 

 mation Service to purchase power equipment to be utilized 

 in the building of the Cold Springs dam, Umatilla irrigation 

 project, Oregon, now being constructed by force account 

 under the supervision of the Government engineers. The esti- 

 mated cost of the machinery is $5,000. 



The Secretary of the Interior has granted an extension 

 of time to July 1st to Nohle & Mann of Buford, N. D., for 

 the completion of the work of constructing a unit of the 

 Lower Yellowstone project. 



This dam, known as the Whalen dam, is situated about 

 150 miles down the river from the Pathfinder dam, its 

 purpose being to divert the water into the Interstate Canal. 

 Its construction involves the excavation of about 90,000 cubic 

 yards of earth and rock, the furnishing and placing in struc- 

 tures about 10,000 feet board measure of lumber, and the 

 construction of about 8,000 cubic yards of concrete masonry. 



The Reclamation Service has been authorized to purchase 

 informally from the lowest bidder, cost of transportation con- 

 sidered, 5,000 barrels of Portland cement for use on the 

 Interstate Canal, North Platte irrigation project, Nebraska- 

 Wyoming. 



Will Purchase Cement. 



The Secretary of the Interior is advertising for proposals 

 to furnish 55,000 barrels of Portland cement f. p. b. cars at 

 mill, for use in connection with the following irrigation proj- 

 ects : Shoshone, Wyoming ; Williston and Buford-Trenton, 

 North Dakota; and Huntley, Montana; North Platte, Wyo- 

 ming-Nebraska. 



The bids will be opened at Huntley, Mont., March 

 12, 1907. Detailed information may be obtained upon applica- 

 tion to the Supervising Engineer, Huntley, Mont., or the 

 Supervising Engineer, Crawford, Neb. 



