Arizona republican., 1921-11-11
NEW GOVERNORS GALL FUR BIDS IN
 GAVE CREEK DAM
Board Authorized At Re cent Conference M e t Yesterday And Took Step To Further This Project.

The board of governors, authorized under the agreement reached on Wednesday at a meeting at the office of the governor of representatives of the parties in interest to the move ment for the control of the floods of Cave Creek. met yesterday at the of- flee of the state engineer for the pur- pose of organization
 The following members of the board had been designated by their respec- tive organizations: Thomas Maddoek, state engineer, representing the state; Guy Vernon, representing the county of Maricopa; c. c. Cragin, general manager, representing the Salt River Valley Water Users association; V. A. Thompson, representing the city of Phoenix, and E. W. Michael. repre- senting the Paradise Verde Irrigation district. Mir. Thompson was elected chairman of the board and MT. Mi- chael, secretary.
 Plans and specifications as well as the reports of engineers of the parties interested were presented and reports which had been made by the engin- eers at the meetings of Oct IS and A were read, after which a motion was offered by MT. Maddock that the | board make a call for bids on plans and specifications submitted by the several engineers. The motion fur ther proposed the consideration of bids on other types of dam. This motion was supported by MT Maddock and Messrs Vernon and Mi chael. It was opposed by Messrs l Cragin and Thompson. As the agree ment under which the board was | formed requires unanimity of action the motion was rejected,
 Gall for Bids
 Thereupon a motion offered by MT Cragin was unanimously carried pro- posing that bids be called for ths construction of the Cave Creek fioot control dam on schedules one anC two, as recommended by the board O engineers, composed of engineers rep
 resenting all interested parties; ant that included in such advertisement there be the statement that contract
 OTIS will be furnished plans and speci
 ffcations for an alternate design. am
 further, that contractors may submi
 any other design for the construction
 of a dam of the capacity indicated ol
 the proposed plans; and that it be tn sense of the board that they do wei
 come any such proposed alternat
 for full consideration by the boar
 of governors.
 The board fixed Dec. IT at 2 o'cloc'
 as the time for opening bids and di
 rected that advertisements for bid
 be published in The Republican, tn
 Gazette. the Engineering News Rec ord, the Western Highway Builder and the Southwestern Builder an
 Contractor.
 Another action of the board was tn selection of the firm of Hayes, Lane & Alice as counsel for the organiza ton.
 Form of Advertisement The following is the form of the ad
 vertisement for bids:
 Sealed proposals will be receive at the office of the Salt River Valle Water Users association, at Phoeni, Ariz., until 2 o'clock p. m., Saturda, l Dec. IT, 1921, for the construction ( the Cave Creek flood control dam an s appurtenances, in Maricopa count. s Arizona.
 ; 'The plans and specifications fe I this construction may be secure from the chairman of the Cave Cree
 flood control board at the office of th 9 city manager, Phoenix, Ariz., on tt ! payment of a fee of five ($5) dollar
 Bids are requested on plans involvir
 the construction of approximate l three hundred and seventy thousar 7 (370.000) cubic yards of embankmen ten thousand 100000 cubic yards