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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



Cement. 



The Reclamation Service wants 30,000 barrels of Portland 

 cement for the Uncompahgre irrigation project, Colorado, and 

 is asking the cement mills to submit proposals, which will 

 be onened April 15 at ivlontrose. 



This cement will be used in lining the great Gunnison 

 tunnel, which is now considerably over half completed. The 

 engineers have encountered all sorts of difficulties in this con- 

 struction, but are working away with the same degree of 

 enthusiasm which they displayed when the work was taken 

 over from the contractors in May, 1905. During several 

 months past the drilling in the east end has been exceedingly 

 hard rock, and the difficulty of material and scarcity of labor 

 have retarded the progress considerably. In the west end 

 the laborers have encountered floods and deadly gases. In 

 February an air shaft about 700 feet in length was sunk to 

 increase the circulation of air and aid in carrying off the 

 gases, and the floor of the tunnel has been concreted for 14,- 

 000 feet. The tunnel is now in good shape for any large 

 flow of water which may be encountered when the seam 

 which has been giving so much trouble is opened. This seam 

 was closed two months ago and all efforts concentrated on 

 sloping the sides and paving the floor of the tunnel so that 

 the water can be easily handled. , 



The Civil Service examination for junior clerk, U. S. 

 Reclamation Service, which was scheduled to take place at 

 Garden City, Kas., March 13, has been postponed to April 

 10, and will be held at Deerfield, Kas. 



This examination is for the purpose of filling vacancies 

 as they occur in the position of junior clerk, at salaries of 

 $60 to $75 per month, depending upon conditions of service 

 and location. 



Two contracts in connection with the lower Yellowstone 

 irrigation project, North Dakota-Montana, have been awarded 

 the Pittsburg Manufacturing Company, of Pittsburg, Pa. One 

 of these contracts calls for the furnishing of forty small gates 

 for lateral turnouts, the other for furnishing six gates for 

 sluiceways. The company agrees to furnish the former for 

 $4,895.06 and the latter for $449.75. 



The Secretary of the Interior has awarded contracts for 

 canals and structures, Buford-Trenton irrigation project, North 

 Dakota, as follows : 



James Burton, Delhi, Iowa, furnishing and installing 

 pressure pipe, $13,282.50; Penson & King, Williston, N. D., 

 thirteen miles of canal and ditch excavation, and the con- 

 struction of bridges, flumes, culverts, etc., $20,867.75 ; John 

 S. Penson, Williston, N. D., installing pumping station, $3,333. 



Buford-Trenton. 



The Board of Consulting Engineers of the Reclamation 

 Service recently convened at Williston, N. D., to open bids 

 for the construction of canals and structures in connection 

 with the Buford-Trenton irrigation projects, reports that one 

 proposal each was received for divisions A, C and D, none 

 having been received for division B. 



The work involves the excavation of about 420,000 cubic 

 yards of earth and furnishing labor and material for a pump- 

 ing station and various structures requiring about 120,000 

 feet B. M. of lumber, about 1,300 cubic yards of concrete, 

 and 10,000 pounds of structural steel. 



Division A consists of thirteen miles of canal and ditch 

 excavation and the construction of bridges, flumes, culverts, 

 etc. The proposal submitted was that of John S. Penson and 

 B. F. King, of Williston, for $20,867.75. 



The bid of James Burton, of Delhi, Iowa, was submitted 

 for division C, which consists of furnishing and installing 

 pressure pipe. Mr. Burton's bid was $13,282.50. 



John S. Penson, of Williston, N. D., submitted a proposal 

 for installing pumping station as provided for in division D, 

 for the sum of $3,333. 



The papers have been forwarded to the Secretary of the 

 Interior for consideration. 



Force Contract. 



The Secretary of the Interior has authorized the Reclama- 

 tion Service to prosecute the work of constructing the lat- 

 erals and structures required in the distribution svstem of the 

 Okanogan irrigation project, Washington, by force account. 



The work will be divided into small schedules so as to 

 enable local contractors to submit bids. The estimated cost 

 is $50,000. 



This project is somewhat remote from transportation 

 facilities, and the work does not attract large contractors. 



The Secretary of the Interior has accepted the bid of 

 the General Electric Company, of Schenectady, N. Y., for the 

 installation of a plant for the generation of electricity for 

 lighting and power purposes in connection with the Straw- 

 berry Valley irrigation project, Spanish Fork, Utah. 



The total amount of power generated at this point will 

 be about 500 electrical horsepower. 



A recent report from Mr. J. H. Quinton, supervising en- 

 gineer, states that notwithstanding labor troubles the total 

 excavation of 153 feet was made during the month of Feb- 

 ruary on the Strawberry Valley tunnel in Utah. 



The work has been greatly retarded by reason of heavy 

 snowfalls, rendering it impossible to reach the far side of the 

 tunnel in any way except on snowshoes. The snow is now 

 from five to eight feet deep on the summit, and the roads are 

 impassable. 



The party in charge of the survey of the power canal 

 has completed the preliminary work and the final location of 

 the canal from Spanish Fork to the power plant will be com- 

 pleted on the ground this month. The work of construction 

 will be started immediately thereafter. 



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