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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



RECLAMATION SERVICE NEWS. 



RECENT INFORMATION CONCERNING GOVERNMENT WORK. 



Bids recently opened in Chicago for furnishing 12,000 

 barrels ol' cement for various irrigation projects now under 

 construction by the Government indicate a noticeable decrease 

 in the price of that commodity. 



The Reclamation Service has twenty-seven big irrigation 

 projects under construction requiring thousands of barrels 

 of cement. The unprecedented demand for cement all over 

 the west for the past two years so overtaxed the capacity of 

 the mills that many of the Government's requests for bids 

 were turned down and those that were received were at prices 

 that materially increased the cost of construction. 



Nine bids were received for i'urnishing the cement above 

 referred to, the prices given being for delivery freight on 

 board cars at the works. The lowest was" from Kansas at 

 90 cents per barrel. One was received from Chicago at 95 

 cents per barrel, and one at 98 cents a barrel. The other 

 prices ranged from $1.05 to as high as $1.60 in California. 



Approximately 32,000 acres of land lying in Townships 

 24, 25 and 26 N.. Ranges 61 to 65 W., 6th P. M., which were 

 withdrawn in connection with the North Platte irrigation proj- 

 ect, Wyoming-Nebraska, have been restored to the public 

 domain, and will become subject to settlement and entry on 

 such dates and after such notice by publication as the Secre- 

 tary ol' the Interior may prescribe. 



The Secretary of the Interior has awarded contract to 

 the Marquette Cement Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, 



The Secretary of the Interior has awarded the following 

 contracts for furnishing electrical apparatus : 



To the Northern Electrical Manufacturing Company, of 

 Madison, Wis., a ten K.W. generator and .switchboard to be 

 used in the operation of gates at the Pathfinder dam, North 

 Platte irrigation project, Wyoming-Nebraska, contract price, 

 $400. 



To the General Electric Company, ol' Schenectady, N. Y., 

 at 75 K.W. generator and switchboard to be used in the 

 operation of the gates at Laguna dam, Yuma irrigation proj- 

 ect, California-Arizona, contract price, $1,783. 



Buring January 700 head of stock and 280 men were em- 

 ployed in the construction of the Yuma levees, Yuma irriga- 

 tion project, California- Arizona. About 165,000 cubic yards 

 of material were moved. An additional force of men were 

 employed and started work about the middle of the month 

 on Laguna dam. It is the intention between now and the 

 high water period to complete the dam to the level of the new 

 levee on the Arizona side ot' the Colorado river, and to the 

 line of the old levee on the California side, getting ready to 

 cross the river during low water next spring. 



An extension of time of eleven months has been granted 

 to Mr. Charles Herrman, of Conconully, in which to com- 

 plete his contract for clearing Conconully reservoir site, Okan- 

 agon irrigation project, Washington. The contractor was un- 

 avoidably delayed in the prosecution of his work by reason 

 of the stringency in the labor market, making it impossible 

 to maintain an adequate force, and the impossibility of burn- 

 ing material during the remaining part ol' the season on ac- 

 count of rain and snow. The Secretary of the Interior there- 



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111., for furnishing 12,000 barrels of Portland cement for use 

 in the construction of reclamation works in Wyoming, Mon- 

 tana, North Dakota and Nebraska. The contract price is 

 $1.35 per barrel f. o. b. cars at La Salle, 111. 



The Secretary of the Interior granted "5n extension oi' 

 time to the Billings Construction Company, of Billings, Mont., 

 to February 29. 1908, for the completion of their contract to 

 construct the Corbett dam, Shoshone Irrigation project. Wy- 

 oming. This work is now completed with the exception of 

 installing the headgates for the Corbett tunnel and the sluice 

 gates for Corbett dam. 



The following described lands under the Okanogan irri- 

 gation project, Washington, which have been segregated 1'ronr 

 any form of disposition whatever under the public land laws, 

 have been restored to homestead entry in accordance with the 

 terms of the Reclamation Act : 



WILLAMETTE PRINCIPAL MEREDIAN. 



T.34 N., R.26 E.. all Sees. 1, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21 to 28 

 incl.; ~E.y 2 Sec. 29; all Sees. 31 and 32; E l /2, E*/i, 

 NWJ4. E^, SWy 4 and SW^ SW^, Sec. 33; all Sec. 34; 

 and W/ 2 Sec. 35. 



eservation, Montana, on the Great 

 Railway. 



fore advanced the date of completion from December 1, 1907, 

 to November 1, 1908. 



An extension of three months and a half has been granted 

 to Mr. Henry C. DeLaney, of Williston, N. D., for the com- 

 pletion of his contract. The contractor was delayed in his 

 work by the scarcity of laborers, the unusually severe weather, 

 and the encountering ol' unexpected quantities of wet ma- 

 terial and other materials difficult to handle. This extension 

 advances the date of completion to June 1, 1908. 



Contract has been awarded to Fairbanks, Morse & Co., 

 of Chicago, 111., for furnishing two 50 horse power producer 

 gas engines to operate the large wheel pump which is to be 

 installed under the Yuma irrigation project, California- 

 Arizona. 



Contract has also been awarded by the Secretary of the 

 Interior to the Western American Gas Company, of Phanix, 

 Ariz., for furnishing a plant for producing gas to operate 

 these engines. This plant will use crude oil as a i'uel, the 

 gas being similar to producer gas made from bituminous 

 coals. 



