Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-24
IMPROVING FORT ROBINSON
Contracts Awarded for a Number Of Build
ings at That lost.
PREPARING TO ACCOMMODATE BRIGADE
Plumbing and Electric wiring GO to
Omaha Firms and Denver
Company Gets the COn-
struction work.
tFrOm a stan CorrespondentO

WASHINGTON, April 23.-(Special Tele-
gram .)-Looking to the making of Fort
Robinson a brigade post, which is part OF
the general scheme of Secretary Taft and
the general stan toward posts In certain
sections Of the United States, Quartermas-
ter General c. f. Humphrey today di-
rected Captain L. S. Roud!ez, constructing
quartermaster at Fort Robinson, to award
the contract to the Graham Construction
company Of Denver for the erection Of the
following buildings, including field officers
quarters: Two double captains quarters,
one double lieutenants' quarters. one
building containing ten sets bachelor off,
GERS quarters, two double cavalry bar
racks, at cost of S24l,47O.
II William Hamilton of Des Moines Ia,
will waive his condition in his bid rela-
tive to aluminium Of SILICA the contract
will be awarded to him for the following
buildings at Fort Robinson: Two double
stables, guard and shop buildings, four
cavalry stables and veterinary stable, at
total cost OF S991N. If Hamilton Will
not waive his provisions then the con
tract will go to the Graham Construction
company of Denver, being the next lowest
bidder at S1O1. 700.
In conjunction with the enlargement Of
contracts were let: ]. J. Hanighen,
Omaha, for plumbing of field officers
quarters, captains and lieutenants quar-
ters ETC.. S25.595; for heating of same to
Hanighen, S191O5; for electric wiring to
f. e. Newberry & Co., Omaha, $3.50.
Bids wanted on Canal.
The secretary of the interior is asking
proposals for the construction of a por-
ton Of south canal ami structures Of
the Belle Fourche irrigation project in
South Dakota. The work involves $4,000
cubic yards Of canal excavation, 7,2C0 cubic
yards of cocrete ad 1885 lear feet of
tunnel. Detailed information may be OBJ
tanned at the office of the reclamation SER
vice at Crawford, Neb.. or Belle Fourche,
( s. D., bids to be opened at Belle Fourche
May 2S
Change of station of Surgeons.
Captain Thomas L. Rhoades, assistant
surgeon, is relieved from duty at Fort
! Crook, to take effect in time to enable him
| to sail from San Francisco June for the
! Philippines, where, upon arrival. he will be
assigned to duty in the Philippines division
The following officers of the medical de-
partment are relieved from duty in the
| Philippines division, to take effect in time
! to enable them to sail from Manila July
/ Is for San Francisco and upon arrival will
proceed to posts designated after their re-
spective names for duty: Major Paul Shil'
lock, surgeon, Fort Robinson; Major Henry
&c, Fisher surgeon, Fort ID. A. Russell
Major John Kulp surgeon. Fort Meade.
Postal Appointments.
Postmasters appointed: Nebraska, Ida
Dawes county, Richard r. Ballieu vice T
Neeland resigned. Wyoming Brooks
Uinta county, Mary N spicer, vice w. c
Shinkler. resigned; Myersville, Fremont
county, Edward c. Mckinney vice Charles
Pease, resigned; Opal. Uinta county, WI
liam T. Golliher, vice Michael Hayes, re
signed.
Upon the recommendation of Congress
man Hepburn, DIR. A. r. Nelson has beef
appointed pension examining surgeon a
Centerville, Ia.