Show AGREEMENT REACHED Government Makes a Deal Por For Port Fort Portland Portland land Cement Special to to The Herald Washington D C Nov 25 An agree aee agreement mont ment has been en reached between officiate officials of the Interior department nt and of oC Portland cement by which wl cb the government will save sa ve several hundred bundred thousand dollars in the irrigation of the Tonto basin ln in Arizona Arisona and in addition secure a modern cement mill with a dally daily capacity of SO barrels As a result re of the agreement the department will advertise for tor bids Wets for furnishing barrels of cement for tor the Tonto dam darn by either of two methods The first will provide for the manufacture of cement at an mine and its shipment to Phoenix or Globe by rail and then transported tran ported overland to the site ate of the dam da The sec eec second ond by manufacture of cement cem nt at the site Bite of the mill Jl tJ plant and pow r to oper open operate ate It tt being furnished by the government to the contractor free of ot cost Ost This ar arrangement arrangement is III highly satisfactory to both manufacturers and to department officiate cals Among the manufacturers inter interested sated ested e are the Colorado Portland Cement compan Utah Portland Cement ement company compan and several other western firms firma fir The first contract for cement in connection with irrigation work in n the west went was let today It is for barrels for a Neva e da project and was let to the Pacific Portland Po Cement company of f San Fran eqi Cl |