| Show SEN WARREN BUSY Contract Contra t Has Been Let For Building Artillery Quarters at Fort FortA A 0 D Russell Special to The Herald Washington Dec 20 Senator War Warren Warren Warren ren called call d upon Assistant Secretary ty Sanger of the war department today and was advised that orders have been issued to award the contract for build building building buildIng ing artillery quarters at Fort Russell Wyoming to M P Keefe of Cheyenne Che enne Bids Bide were furnished for tor this work two months ago but the award of the contract was delayed pending an in of the report that the wa ter supply at Fort Russell was made quate for the needs of the garrison The t war a department sent Major Baker 1 ty to Fort Port Russell to make an examina tion He telegraph yes that the ordinance passed by the Cheyenne City council co granting Fort Russell gallons of water dally daily from the city system affords a complete solution to the water ques tion at Fort Russell No reason exists why the work of construction at this post should not proceed Two hun bun dred and thousand dollars Is available for building the artillery quarters Senator Warren called upon Director Walcott of the geological survey and Secretary Hitchcock today and urged the continuation of experimental work at the site of the proposed government reservoir at Devils Gate on Sweet Sweetwater Sweetwater Sweetwater water river The work of boring to determine the character of the rock foundation of the proposed pro Dosed reservoir site was commenced but stopped on the excuse that the weather was too severe to work Senator Warren also urged an investigation of the artesian well welI possibilities of or Wyoming a |
