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Show TO GET BIDS FOR STRAWBERRY TUNNEL WASHINGTON. Feb. .'.Authority has been granted the Supervising F.ngi neer of the Strawherrv Valley Irriga tion project. Utah, to obtain proposal from as many firms as mav he practi cubit- for the machinery required for the power plant to he used in excavating exca-vating Strawberry tunnel. It is estimated esti-mated that ttie machinery required will cost approximately flon.orto. The gen eral plan which has been worked out bv the engineers is to erect a power plant at a point where the Strawberry vallev Tunnel water is dropped into Salem can al. utilizing a fall of 120 feet, and a minimum amount of water which flows into Spanish Fork, alcut sixty feet per second. This power is to be utilized for furnishing power to the Ptrawber tv tunnel until it is finished, and in furnishing light and possibly a small quantify of power to towns in the neighborhood neigh-borhood of the power plant, which are all within a radius of 12 or lo miles. |