Show ARE BUSY I Will Begin Work on Strawberry Project When Road is is Completed W. W II H. San Sanders lr consulting consulting- engineer of the tho reclamation service ser stopped off or offIn offin In Salt Snit Lake e yesterday est on his way to tho mho West Yest For FT the Uw past sl three months Mr 11 Sanders has lias been heen acting as ns su supervising supervising su- su engineer at tho the Uncompahgre va valley lie project Supervising Engineer J. J H. H Quentin having been heen obliged to give up the work for rOl n time tim anI and go to Europe for fOI his health hN Mr Ir Quentin however cr landed at Now New York last loIt Tuesday and Is expected at Montrose early next week to resume charge of the tilt UI work k When completed they the Uncompahgre tunnel will be bo feet f.-et long Two miles of this with the exception of lining has hns been completed In addition addition addi addi- tion to the long tunnel thero there are arC three e shorter ones on the line of or the canal one about 1300 feet reet and each of the others about feet feel long IonS Much of the canal has already been constructed Orman tC Crook of Denver Denver Denver Den Den- ver have th the contract Make nl Record I In III 1 Tunnel The Gunnison tunnel or tho the Uncompahgre Uncompahgre Un- Un va valley II C project as It Is called is being constructed b by the government bO It will water when completed completed com com- acres of land 1300 second feet of water to be he diverted dl from rein the Gunnison river for Irrigation purposes The men employed In the tunnel tumid made a record last month in tunnel construction advancing It 1256 feet In a single month But there 1 Is much yet tet to be he done and those In charge ge of the project do not hope to have It completed b before for the tho h Irrigation riga riga- tion g season alOn of 19 1908 n S. S Mr r. Is on his wa way to meet C. C E. E Grunsky consulting engineer for the secretary of tho Interior who Is la now In California With J. J B. B Lippincott Lip Lip- supervising engineer of the state of California these gentlemen will form Corm a board to tu consider r the Lagoona Lagoona La- La goona dam Ilam work worl on the Colorado river at Yuma After that board se session lon Mr Ir Sanders ers and Mr Mi Grunsky will visit Roosevelt Hoose Ariz to make male an examination examination ex ex- of the th foundation for velt dam nm and after that examination has been completed will go to Los N. N M. M where with Supervising En Engineer IJ B M. M Hall lIH they will consider consider con eon Rl sider er plans for fOI a dam daw In the Rio Hlo Grande river at that point The party part will then go to Carlsbad N. N M. M to toa a advise In regard to tho the Avalon dam now In the course of construction Soon Suon Ready Randy fur for Strawberry Strau berry Concerning the Strawberry valley valle project In which Mr 1 Sanders Is In Interested Interested interested In- In as consulting engineer there Is little new to give out at present The government has not yet n advertised for Cor bids but it is expected that this will be done shortly Some work willbe will willbe willbe be necessary tunnel before these bids can b bo be advertised for and this cannot be done until after th the completion completion completion com com- of or tit the road from Castilla Springs Spring As soon as bids are received re re- re Mr Sanders Mr 11 Quentin an and probably other engineers In the government government gov o service will meet with Mr 11 engineer n n char charge e and advise advise ad- ad vise viso with him further In regard In the project |