| Show t I. I i 1 t s. s MW t t y WC 1 re 2 Id Ar 41 y 11 u. u S I i u y hi hiva P l lv va ji v Y Ya a i 1 y 1 t I 1 a k q Y y Y c i v ie x W Ii ARTISTS CONCEPT of the Dam and Reservoir on Brush Creek north of Vernal The reservoir would bockup bock back backup bockup up to near where Highway 44 crosses Brush Creek at the Dam bid belo below engineers engineer's estimate A Denver Colorado construction construction construction con con- company was the apparent low bidder Tuesday afternoon in a pack of 13 bids for forthe forthe forthe the Dam and Reservoir construction phase of the Jensen Unit of the Central Utah Project Brown Root Root Western Inc submitted a low bid of to take the job if final approval is given Highest bid for the project was submitted by Washington Construction Co Missoula Montana at Second low bid was submitted by Green Construction Construction Construction Con Con- Co Des Moines Iowa at The engineers engineer's estimate for the project was w- w OTHER OTHER BIDDERS hi i order of am amounts were Folly Bros Inc St St. Paul Minn Holloway Construction Construction Construction Con Con- Michigan Granite Construction Construction Construction Con Con- Co Calif H. H Blattner Sons Avon Minn W. W W. W Clyde Co Springville S. S J J. J Groves and Sons Minneapolis Minn Lane Construction Corp Merrit Conn Goodfellow Bros Inc Washington and Peter Kiewit and Sons Omaha Neb Representing Brown Root Western at the bid opening was Robert A. A Batot vice president and general manager Mr Batot said Batot-said sald he was happy to be tH T W bj Th r Was us to get started He said his company was one of the largest i IIo I U. entrance to Stauffer Stouffer Chemical Company's phosphate ate mining operation The present dirt road rood into the area would be relocated around the reservoir heavy construction companies in the area and is a subsidiary of Halliburton Industries ABOUT A months month's time will willbe willbe willbe be taken by the Bureau of Reclamation in checking out the bid and bid and possibly another month before the final go ahead is given to the contractor finally awarded the contract stated officials at the bid opening Dam and Reservoir will be constructed on Big Brush Creek about 35 miles downstream from the crossing of Stale State Road 44 and about 10 miles northeast of Vernal The reservoir will have a total capacity of feet acre-feet of which a feet aFie-feet ref et will be active e dl Jt H. H The reservoir will store early spring run-off run and surplus flows of Big Brush Creek for subsequent subsequent subsequent sub sub- sequent municipal and Industrial Industrial in industrial In- In use and for irrigation Municipal and industrial water will be lifted from Reservoir by the Pumping Plant to Aqueduct and conveyed southwesterly southwesterly southwesterly south south- westerly to Reservoir or to Ashley Creek where it willbe willbe will be exchanged for high quality water from Ashley Springs The Jensen Unit of the Central Utah Project is the third of f six units under construction construction construction con con- in Utah by the Bureau of Reclamation The Uintah Water Conservancy Conservancy Conservancy Con- Con District will administer administer administer ad ad- minister the s sale le an and delivery ry o khe pr oj w f th the S Government for forthe fhe reimbursable cost of the Jensen Unit |
