Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-13
ARMY POST IMPROVEMENTS
Fort Omaha Comes in for Share of the New
Buildings for the Year.
WESTERN POSTS ARE TREATED LITERALLY
for Bids for Diversion
Tunnel for the shOshOne Irri-
CATION Project In
Wyoming.
(From a stan Correspondent

WASHINGTON, July 12-(Special Tele-
gram. )-Announc was made at the
War department today of the allotment of
funds for construction of new buildings
of various kinds at army posts during the
current fiscal year
Fort Omaha is to be enlarged to accom-
modate four companies of signal corps and
the following additional buildings will be
erected One set of field officers quarters,
one double captains quarters three double
Northumberland two double noncom-
missioned officers quarters single nom
commissioned officers quarters. one hos
pital, one post administration building, one
double barracks.
At Fort Robinson $4,000 is set apart for
general repairs, in addition to the usual
ar al repairs.
Des Moines is to have new stable
for the regimental field stan and band,
magazine and ordinance storehouse and
cavalry drill hall
Fort Meade, South Dakota new frame
stable for horses of band.
Fort Mackenzie, Wyoming. is to be en-
larged to accommodate reglmental head
quarters and eight companies of infantry
and the following buildings to be erected:
One set colonies quarters, one eight-set
bachelor officers quarters, two double nom
commissioned stan officers quarters one
band barracks. two double barracks for en-
listed men, one hay shed, one wagon shed,
one shop building, one granary and enlarge
ment of administration building and guard
house.
At Fort Russell, Wyoming, a new cavalry
and infantry drill hall is to be built.
Bids on DendwOOd Building.
Bids were opened today at the supervising
architects office of the Treasury depart
ment for the installation of steam heating
apparatus for the new public building at
Deadwood, s. d. There were seven bidders
the lowest being the Iowa Manufacturing
company of Oskaloosa, at $4167.
Proposals for Tunnel.
The secretary Of the interior has adver-
tised for bids for construction of the Cor
bett diversion tunnel for the Shoshone irri-
cation project in Wyoming. This tunnel is
to be approximately 1900 feet long. The
auxiliary works will include the excavation
of about 5000 cubic yards OF material in
open cut. These works are located about
ten miles east of Cody. Proposals will be
opened at Billings Mont, September is.
Ordered to Fort Crook.
Contract Surgeon Milton Vaughan, U. s.
A, is relieved from duty at Fort Douglas
Utah. and ordered to Fort Crook for duty.
Postal Matters.
Rural carriers appointed Nebraska
McCook, route 2. Leon A. Clark carrier, Ed
ward Flitcraft substitute. Iowa-East Elk
port, route 2, John II. Strube carrier, Ed
ward Strube substitute; Pennington, route
3. Robert w. Stansbury carrier, Thomas
Nelson substitute; Mount Zion, route 1,
Chester p. Barker carrier. Emmett McIn-
tosh substitute; ottawa, route g. Joseph w
Knox carrier, Starkie Mccoy substitute;
Rowan, route 1, Edward " Campbell car
rier, Mrs. Minnie r. Campbell substitute
South Dakota-Platte, route l, Carroll H.
Perkins carrier. Cyril H. Perkins substitute
Complete rural free delivery service has
been ordered in Johnson county, Nebraska,
by the Encouragement OF seventeen existing
routes, to be effective from August next
Following are the postoffices from which
the routes emanate: Cook, routes /, and
3; Crab orchard, 2 and 2; Elk Creek, and
2; Sterling, /, 2, and 4; Tecumseh, /, 2 3,
4 and 8; Vesta, l.
New National Banks.
The comptroller OF the currency has APP
proved the conversion Of the State Bank
of Wilcox. Nebraska, into the First Ma
tional bank OF Wilcox, with $4,000 capital.
The First National bank of Randolph,
Ia, has been authorized to begin business
with $4,000 capital; II. ]. Failing president.
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