Show i 1 washington I 1 NEWS LETTER 1 ny congressman SS IAN cp ANnn i y Retla reclamation matlon projects with our attention focused now on our long awaited postwar post war building program it Is well to review the status of projects being investigated or constructed in first congressional district the newton project in cache county which Is now nov under construct lon ion in essentially completed and canal construction was about 70 per cent complete as of october 31 the scofield project of carbon county is also nearing completion and work will be resumed as soon as weather permits the virgin river sub basin report has been completed in the field and Is being reviewed in the regional office at boulster Bould ter city nevada A resurvey re survey of mammoth dam site gooseberry project is ia being made in order to permit a more reliable cost estimate the report on this project Is otherwise essentially complete in preliminary draft form preliminary location and d design work Is being done for vernal project canal estimates preliminary design studies for storage dam and brush creek diversion dam are in progress on the ho jensen project A geological reconnaissance survey has recently been made of all green river dam sites between the mouth ot of yampa river and horseshoe bend 12 rall miles south ot bf vernal field investigation on the santa clara and hurricane projects in that vicinity will be resumed shortly some preliminary design work on these two projects is being done in the denver office at present on the ogden river project extension economic surveys are in progress and a topographic map of the pine river reservoir basin Is being prepared |