Show IT al project broj ed decision deel sion looms loom so flaming ml n gorge G ore a 1 I cal I 1 hyped I 1 d 1 I 1 1 reports from washington 1 early this week indicated that a decision Is near whether the administration will ask congress for or funds this year to start the ve vernal venal nal unit of the central utah project also tuesday at vernal ch umber chamber of commerce luncheon meeting jean R n walton project construction engineer for or flaming gorge unit paid there was every indication that bids on the prime eon con tract for flaming gorge will be issued during the lattery part of this month altho although as yet he fie had received flegal notification 41 although though president eisenhower has vetoed the rivers and i harbors co construction instruct an bill once thought of 0 as an anti recession measy measure y secretary of tha th interior fred A seaton adels advised ca rep william dawson it utah ahw that the of going ahead with new starts in the fiscal year 1959 Is receiving further study the I 1 vernal unit la Is classified as anew start mr seatons seamons Sea tons battle for a bigger ager reclamation program is believed spurred by the fact that western democrats are formulating a package program of now new reclamation yecla matlon starts which they saem oera deter mined to t dalvet through congress with or without the encouragement coura gement of executive the branch mox more acclamation it was reported at the ibe chamber 1 of commerce clinton PAnder VAnder sori DL L NM an s abed reclamation pro program granit 1 calling balong for 13 new reclamation r doubling the mf requested i or reclamation rec matlon construction st in vie the presidents original budget for fiscal year I 1 starting july 1 0 senator arthur va V watkins 11 utah addressed tho the 21 countley count lea committee th in salti lake city saturday and verl verified that the vernal project was sull still under funder consideration by Administration the lie ile said that he was hope f ful and encouraged that the vernal the central utah project would begin this year at the meeting sen D ft String hain was wa elected president of the committee and li Y Sidd ovay was chosed see rotary at the chamber meeting mr walton said that thai it would take live five years year to construct flaming gorge dam A lot of hie work would be ba suspended during the winter he said paid such as concrete con crets pouting pouring dig big tunnel the diversion tunnel will be 28 feet wide and 1200 feet long and will be concrete lined it will be built on the ver nol nal side of the river and will take one year to complete specifications for the dam prime contract are nearly teady ready at the chief calef engineers office in ili denver deliver mr walton disclosed and then will go to the prin printer tero water problems have been solved ani and water will be obtained front tile the green alver treatment K storage vind and pumping plans will be included in the prune optime coni acl tact J jle I 1 e pointed out tha that t there were two calls ft bids for power bower initially but they were Wert all rejected due to deficiencies in tile the low bid the second in ima moon bloon Lake Electric was low bidder but au all bids wet were rejected again due to lack of appropriations currently mhd th oon contractor will buy hla his own power bower the prime con contractor wilt will include all structural features and the power bower plant ond find a later late r Lon contract tract wilt will include ina gen C rotor furnish in and installing turbines A large switch yard and park irig area willbe 4 on oil tile the vernal vertill side d 0 of f the dam mr ex expressed 11 bossed ills hia to the chamber af ol 01 commerce and ui kval dents of this area for finding space ance for the brall anti and leh I 1 fl 41 W housing ile he eald id that had enjoyed giving and fei regretted retted t that i ifould vo u d h have A V 6 J io enow t rial ning gorgal tow 0 |