Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-07-17
THE IRRIGATION WORK.
An Opening for $4,000 More lnhabi-
tants in Nevada,

tants in Nevada.
I..e Of the most important transact
ions that has taken place in Reno in
some time was consumated in the
Office of Chief photographer L. S.
Taylor Friday afternoon at two .
clock when bids calling for the expen-
diture on the part of the United States
government in Nevada were opened.
The bids have been advertised for
the past month or more and called for
the construction of the lateral bitches
floodgates, falls, diverting dams and
bridges In all thirty seven miles
of lateral bitches will be constructed
They are to be in the booming county
of CHURCHILL
In all twenty-five bids were submit
ted.
The work was divided into four
classes-"A'' "B' &C" and ID"
Glass "a" called for the removal of
100000 cubic yards of cath. The Pa
cific Coast Construction Company,
with main Offices at Portland, Oregon,
proved to be the lucky bidder. Their
price was $195 9S7.
r. G. Matunly was awarded the
contract for class p his price being
$50 1926 The specification in class
"B" call for the construction Of d.
verting dams and canal headgates
along the line of the main ditch.
The San Francisco Construction
company Of which Warner #- 3Gc..-
man are the head, was awarded the
contract fer class &C" The work calls
for the construction of headgates OIL
the branch canals together with the
numerous falls that will be required
The hid was @t3,2t950.
Clarence w. Swain. a contractor,
who resides at lone, California, was the
lowest bidder for the work called Tor
in class %" His bid was $4,2SS. The
bid calls for the construction Of five
steel and iron and combination bridg-
es over the main and lateral bitches.
Mr. Taylors office was thronged by
an anxious crowd from early morn
ing. Everyone interested in the pro-
ject, especially in the contents Of the
bids. were present long before hte
appointed hour.
In addition. A. P. Davis, assistant
chief engineer of the United States
Reclamation Service with headquarters
ia Washington, came all the wa from
the national capital to assist in in
speeding the bids He was accompan
led by three United States Consulting
Observation-Disclosures J. H. Cuinton, W
H Sanders and George Y. Wisner. Ia
addition Edward Duryee, the govern
ment cement expert. known through
out the country was in attendance. Mr.
Duryee LETT for San Francisco last
evening.
The work will entail an expenditure
Of over three hundred thousand dol
lars on the part of the United State;
Government. The completion Of tbs
work is called for on or before Apri
1st 1905.
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TniTty-five miles Of lateral bitches
in al ere 20 BE constructed I'D t.t2'
are to be located in Churchill county
The completion ofthe work will meaE
the throwing open to settlement ant
cultivation of thousands n acres :,
land, and result in the settlement 4
a country, which. as far as the mem
DRY of man runs has never zen N
der cultivation. There is room 10
ten thousand or more families in th'
valley that is to he touched /" thea
bitches. Every acre OF Land, 2Xper"
state. is productive. and freely tn
prophecy is made tiat within III
next ten years the great desert wi
be & dream Of the past aud what i
now sand dunes. sage brush and greas
wood. will lie one OF the garden spot
of the world paopled with anywhere be
ween twenty and fifty thousand {
happy, prosperous and c0nterted pc
pie.