Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-10
LANDS FOR BUILDING SITES
First Steps Toward POatoffits Structures in
Three Wyoming Towns.
BIDS FOR WORK ON IRRIGATION DITCH
Received I'm Response TO Advertise
ments Issued After First bids Had
Been Rejected a. Being
Too High.
CFrom a stan Correspondent

WASHINGTON. Aug. ESPECIAL Tele-
gram)-The supervising architect OF the
Treasury department today opened pro-
posals for public building sites in Sheridan,
Rawlins and Lander. Wyo. Congress ap-
propriated $4,000 for a site and building
at Sheridan $4,000 for a site and building
at Rawlins and 81, 800 for site at Lander.
Bids were received as follows:
Sheridan-sherdan Land company south
". II. Edelman, southwest corner Brund-
age and Center, $500; w II. Edelman,
northwest corner Loucks and Center $3.50
j. NJ. Enochs corner Brundage and Gould,
$1,000; w. @. Griffin, northeast corner
Brundage and Brooks. $4,000; Mrs. Elmira
e Waiser, southeast corner College and
Sumner, $1,000; Halle c. Gillette, northwest
corner Toucks and Gould $500; Mrs. Ella
Henschke, southwest corner Loucks and
RawlinsNMrs Ellen Cannon, northwest
corner Pine and Fifth, 1900; William
Daley. northwest corner Cedar and sixth.
Pine and Fourth 5000; I. c. Miller, south
cast corner Sixth and Cedar, 5000; Mary p.
Foster. southeast corner Third and Buffalo;
81 600: Henry Blickfeldt. Homer France ard
Andrew McMlckey. northwest corner
Fourth and Buffalo, $500.
Second and Ameroetti. 5000: G. f. starr,
southwest corner Lincoln and Third, t8WO:
Walter Oswald, northwest corner Third , ana
corner Lincoln and Second. 5000 same
bidder same site 5000; same bidder, south
west corner Lincoln and Second $500
and Second, $3.50; r. f. Coon and Fred r.
Noble, southeast corner Main and Fourth,
field and Fourth, 1920; p. p. Dickinson.
northwest corner Main and Fourth, $500;
Mrs; Margaret Dickinson -four sitesl'
southwest corner Lincoln and Fourth,
$500; southeast corner Lincoln and Firth,
$500; northeast corner Fifth and Main,
geo; northwest corner Lincoln and Fourth,
I
Garfield and Fifth, 81. 800; A. d. Lane south
west corner Sweetwater and Third. SO $50.
The secretary Of the interior has today
awarded contracts for the construction of
earthworks of the distributing system Of
the interstate canal Of the North Platte
irrigation project in Wyoming and Ne
braska as follows:
Schedule l. earthwork on about seventeen
miles of laterals, j. w. McNeel, morrill,,
! Neb., $3.50; schedule 2, earthwOrk on
eleven miles of laterals Deadwood Con-
| struction company, Deadwood, S. D., Sl75;
! schedule 3, earthwork on fifteen miles of
1 laterals. Jerry Hurley, Pratt, Neb., s. $50;
schedule 4 sarthwoTk on ssn niles Sc OF
| $ll, nj; schedule 5, earthwork on fourteen
| miles of laterals Nancy Bros & Co, Okla
| work on seven miles Of laterals Hobbs.
| McElroy & McElroy. Morrill, Neb. 49, i07:
| schedules and S, seventeen miles Of earth
/ work on laterals, James O'Connor Mitchell.
| Neb.. s2o,237; schedule Q. earthwork on
| twelve miles Of laterals. D. r. Noe. Nor
! rill. Neb.. S6922; schedules 10 and II. earth
work on ten miles Of laterals. Marcus f.
! Cotter, Mitchell Neb.. IS $40 schedule -,
earthwork on six miles of laterals. Frank
! Wynegar. Mitchell Neb.. 50 800; schedule 49,
! earthworlS on eight miles Of lateras Pick
] ering & Rush Morrill,, Neb.. 81, 052; schedule
| u, earthwork on three miles of laterals
! c. f.. Chessman, Mitchell. Neb. $2.031.
These bids were opened on June 15 when
II was found that the lowest proposal re-
ceived was 6S per cent higher than the engi-
neers' estimate of the cost. The bids were
therefore rejected, and the present informal
| bids solicited. .l.E
Postmasters appointed: Nebraska-An-
drews, Sioux county, Sarah Bancroft, Woo
c. A. Clark resigned Iowa-Cordova
| Marion county. William H. Debott, vice
NJ r. Hart. resigned.
The Farmers Savings bank of Garner Ia.
has been authorized to covert into the
Farmers National bank with a capital Of
$4,000. &c.,.
Civil service examination will be held or
August IS at Carroll Ia, for positions o.
clerk and carrier in the postoffice service.