Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-01-11 | Page 15 | Construction Booms in Far West States

CONSTRUCTION 1 BOOMS IN FAR WEST ST ATES Projects to Cost to Provide Jobs for Thousands Cr Press Pun SAN FRANCISCO Jan 11 Plans 11 Plans for the expenditure of around around on construction projects in the 11 far western states during 1932 were reported in detail today by Western West ern erR Construction News Jobs for thousands of or men rose in prospect in such undertakings as building water supply systems costing costing costing cost cost- ing and in highway building building build build- ing street paving and bridge build build- ins inc budgeted to absorb The outline of construction by divisions divisions divi divi- was tas incompletely set forth thus Highways streets streets Water systems Irrigation etc etc Rivers and harbors Flood control Total 6 The foregoing foregoing- budget included an estimated expenditure of about 45 on road construction and highway high way maintenance for the state of Texas other items listed being in the states of ot Washington Oregon California Cali Call fornia Arizona N Nevada vada Utah Idaho Montana Colorado Wyoming and New Mexico LARGEST ITEM ITE The largest single item was in the Los Angeles water supply system on which bonds have been voted for lor the sum of ot This work has been somewhat retarded by legal aspects Another large item was an estimated ed cd for the proposed Oak Oak- San land-San Francisco bridge Preliminary Preliminary nary work has been progressing smoothly This project will involve an outlay equal to the entire building building building build build- ing activities of last year in Los Angeles Angeles Angeles An An- geles San Francisco and Seattle Oakland was slated in the prospectus prospectus prospectus pros pros- to call for bids within six months on the Contra Alameda Costa tunnel to cost and approaches approaches ap ap- expected to cost around 2 2 The city of Seattle was Inline in inline inline line for around for grading and street work while King county Washington outside of Seattle was due to spend nearly as much on roads FLOOD CONTROL CO The Los Angeles flood control project was booked as a job for this year ear The street work program of Los Angeles was totaled at Seattle had a municipal municipal municipal pal lighting development involving completion of the Diablo power house and transmission line that was budgeted budgeted eted for Denver planned to put into the municipal waterworks The cast b bay y municipal utility district district district dis dis- dis- dis Oakland announced a program of of developments Tacoma Tacoma Tacoma Ta- Ta coma and Salt Lake City had smaller programs Appropriations of have been made on the Hoover dam project and an additional is sought Expenditures on seven western reclamation reclamation reclamation mation projects were down for 15 Power companies were expected ex cx to use about in cx cx- pans ons