Arizona republican., 1903-10-19
Men Who Will Be Given the
First Contracts
Mr.. DAVIS QUICK ACTION
MOI an Hour Lost After He Heard the
News-Bids for Power Canal the
Next in Order-Important Confer
ences Here This Week.

Arthur 2. Davis returned to Phoenix
yesterday from Engle. New Mexico,
where he went from the Tonic reser-
voir basin which he visited after leav-
ing here a few days ago. Since the
coed rlews that came from Washington
Wednesday night there has been an
unusual desire on the part CT Phoe-
nix people to meet Mr.. Davis. thank
him for his services to this valley and
press him for some of the informal
tion which he has had up his sleeve
all the time as it were. but which was
rot ready for the public till after the
decisive action by the secretary.
Mr.. Davis says the first news he re-
ceived of the secretary's action was
at FL Paso while he was on his way to
Engle. He knew there would be some
thing done in Phoenix at once and
just to show how deep an interest he
has in this Enterprise he sent teiegrams
to Derver, placing certain orders for
material and giving directions respect
ing work, before his train pulled out
of El PaSo. Arriving at Engle he re-
ceived a whole consignment of tele
grams. official and otherwise. among
thm the one from the citizens COM
rnittee of Phoenix.
Asked last night if he was ready to
give out the names of the successful
bidders and the work they are to do,
comprising the preliminary enterprises
acted upon in Denver some time ago.
he readily consented and here they
are:
Cement Mill. awarded to Wilcox and
Rose of Riverside. Cal. at Il cost of
s1S.997.53
Cement Machinery. awarded to the
Allis- chambers company of Chicago at
a cost OF sSS.79S, f. o. b. Chicago.
Electric Motors for the cement mill,
awarded to the Stanley Electric manu-
featuring company. Pittsfeld, Mass,
for s10,631.
Repair Shop mill. to be purchased
from Hendrie and Bolthoff, of Denver
at {, cost of s1,470.6S.
Saw Mill. to be purchased from the
Port Huron Engine and Thresher COM
pany for s292.50.
Temporary power p!ant. to be pur-
chased from the Bullock Electric man
ufacturing company, Cincinnati, O., for
s11,375.
Water wheels, etc. Water wheels,
governor and draft tube. to be pur-
chased from the Stilwell- -Bierce and
Smith Vaile company of Dayton, O..
for SIS, AS.
Steam power for saw mill. to be pur-
chased from the Colorado Iron works
at $500.
Telephone line. The erection of a tele-
phone line was awarded to James r.
Thorpe of Denver in accordance with
the terms of his bid.
Contracts with the above bidders
of course have lot been made. but
will be as soon as possible. and ac-
tual construction begun at the ear
iest possible day. Meantime the gov
ernlnent force at the basin will not be
idle. A large part of the construction
work enumerated above will necessar-
lily be on side hills and uneven ground
and the engineers and their respective
staffs will be busy placing these foun-
dations, doing the rock work. etc,
which was not covered by the bid
ders
And now comes another piece of
news that is entirely new, never hay
ing been touched upon 10 date. and
that is the preparations for construc-
tio1 of the power canal. The cement
works must befinished before the canal
as some cement will be necessary in its
construction, but there is a lot of work
that need not be delayed, nor will be.
such as ditching and some tunneling.
Mr.. Davis said that a week ago he
forwarded to Washington. the details
of al advertisement for bids which will
appear shortly in the Engineering
News, the Engineering Record. the
Denver News. the Los Angeles Times,
and the Arizona Republican. This ad-
vertisement will cover the ccustruc-
tiOn OF the power canal which is to be
eighteen miles long and specifications
concerning it may be secured of T.. Da-
Wis here on and after November 3.
Here is a. chance fer local contractors.
miners and mule skinners if they can
meet the figures of ether people. These
bids will be on three classes Of work.
One will be for tunnel work. as a num-
beT of short tunnels will be necessary.
Another Will be for pressure pines and
the third will be for other structures.
Lastly but OF more Immediate occur
renee will be d meeting of engineers
in conference here, the first of SER
les thdt VIII PROBABLY occur from time
to time till the proposed reservoir is
full of water Morris Bien of Washing
ton. D. c., the legal adviser of the re-
clamation service. and n. II. Savage.
of California, 2 consulting engineer of
the service. will arrive here this MORN
ing. !. e. Hill. one of the constructing
engineers at the basin. will arrive
Tuesday morning.
This conference viii ne mainly on
fiscal and legal matters. Mr.. Bien will
carefully inspect the articles OF the
Water Users association in all de-
tails and Mr.. Savage is a business
man of wide experience as we'll as an
engineer. Mr.. Hill will come armed
with data concerning titles to certain
properties in the basin, still in private
ownership, and their scrutinizing will