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Show BIDS ON THE CONDUIT IN CANYON t Contractors' bldsjfor the construction construc-tion of the Cold 'Water canyon conduit con-duit will be considered Fobruary 27. and, In all likelihood, the contract will be awarded1 at that time. The notice of Intention to build the conduit con-duit and asking for bids is now being be-ing published andUhe plans iind specifications speci-fications for the"structuro are in the city engineer's offl'ce. This conduit will extend from the new reservoir, kn$wn as reservoir No. 2. to a point In pold Water canyon, the.dlstanco being 13,000 feet, 12,000 feet of which will be along the Ogden canyon to the mouthof Cold Wator canyon. ' In a number .of places the great pipe will lie close to the roadway of Ogden canyon but. tho engineer says, the work of laying it will not In any way lntnrfero with travel over the boulevard. Tho conduit will be made of steel 24 Inches In diameter, and It will ho placed In a trench five feet doep and four0 feet wide. The pipe will havo to pass through filx tunnel3, botweon tho reservoir and Cold Water canyon, the tunnels averaging 1ou feet each in length, but it is said by tho engineers en-gineers that tho tunneling will not be difficult. The cost of the structure, It Is estimated, will be about $70,000. The terms of the contract provide that tho conduit must bo In place and ready for use within flvo months after February 21, which will be the Jul 27th or 'this year The contract will Include tho price of the pipe, tho trench work, tho building of the basin for the intake in Cold Water canyon and the surfacing sur-facing of the course of the pipe after tho placing of it has been completed. City Engineer Bostnph states- that, In connection with the building of tho conduit, It is probable the city will concrete reservoir No. 1. and Increaso Its capacity to 7,000,(ifo gallons, aud that another main leadiug from the reservoirs to tho distributing system on Tyler avenue, will be laid. With tho conduit laid to Cold Water canyon, it will give the city a double pipe line as far as tho mouth of that canyon, which will mako it possible to connect with the main pipe leading lead-ing to tho lutako in Ogden canyon and pormlt the romoval of the present pipe for cleaning and repairing. Tho new pipe can bo easily connected with the old at any point doslrod. This, will give the city a double system as far as Cold Water canyon nnd, it Is said by tho members of the engineering engineer-ing department, that it will he a question ques-tion of only a fow years when It will be necessary to doublo pipe the entire en-tire length .'of the water mains to tho Intake in Wheeler canyon. The concreting of reservoir No. 1. will cost In tho neighborhood of $18.-000. |