Show One Firm Bids On Tunnel r By Telegram Leased Wire PROVO 1 The e Utah Construction Construction Construe Construe- I I tion company of Ogden was the I only contractor to submit a bid for the construction of the second half of the Duchesne tunnel when bids were opened Mond Monday y at the United States re reclamation bureau office at Provo The company submitted l a bid totaling The bid will be checked and abstracted abstracted abstracted ab ab- ab- ab here and forwarded to the office of the chief engineer at Denver Colo Cob after which it will go to Washington D. D C. C for consideration according to E. E O. O 1 Larsen reclamation engineer in ch charge rge of the Provo river f f The Utah Construction company company com corn pany is contractor on the downstream downstream downstream down down- stream half of the Duchesne tunnel tunnel tunnel tun tun- nel now under construction The company secured this job on a bid of in competition with seven other bidders on August 21 1940 according to Mr Larson i Although both units of the tun tun- nd nel are three miles in length the I second bid was expected to be appreciably higher because of the themore themore themore more remote location of the upstream upstream upstream up up- stream half of the tunnel he said The new job will require hauling of all construction material to approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately feet above sea sealevel sealevel sealevel level and through mountain passes he pointed out Work on the first half of the tunnel is progressing well wi with th feet completed out of the three-mile three unit Work is going forward with three shifts of men each day he said Date of comI completion com corn I on the first half is April 28 1943 The second half unit isto isto is isto to be completed days after noti notice notice no no- ti tice e to proceed |