Show flam ing imig gor gorge e autes eyes ion 0 bids bi s set S in 60 days do ft a 7 s for reports from washington early this week indicated that about 1300 will be ba included in the administrations orations budget next year for continuing F laming flaming gorge construction congress already has haa appropriated over for this project also of great interest to the vernal area was the announce ment from the bureau of reclamation cla mation in washington that bids will be invited within 60 days for the vernal project Stcl reservoir the flaming gorge will be part of 75 to be budgeted budged led next year tor for the upper colorado storage project about two thirds of the amount will be tor for glen canyon near the U utah tah arizona border for which congress has appropriated 80 86 already transmission lines line A substantial sum also is expected to be in the budget for starting construction of the power construction line between flaming gorge and glen canyon dams these figures represent the minimum appropriations suggested by tile the bureau of reclamation la to congress this year needed to carry on the orderly construction of the river projects for another year at his pi begs conference this week president eisenhower Elsen hower emphasized that economy w would be the main objective of his last two years of service in the white house flaming gorge will reach its peak construction period in fiscal 1961 and Is scheduled for completion in fiscal 1084 1964 a year ahead of glen canyon project funds fund tills this year congress appropriated for the upper colorado river project which was only more than the amount recommended by the administration the increase included each for the vernal unit of the central utah project and the laonia paonia project in western colorado the president also made it clear that he has no intentions of relaxing his policy of no new reclamation starts as the outlook now good for any ny additional participating projects being recommended for construction in the budget he sends to congreso Con gresi in january the no new starts policy also was in effect this year but congressional delegation pushed so hard for the vernal project that it received an despite tile administrations attitude in danger local supporters of tile the vernal project feel that it if an appropriation had not been made tills this year that tile the local development would have fallen flat on oil its face and stayed for several years Stel reservoir will be among million worth of new government projects to be called for bids during tile the next eight months Stel vain dam will be an earth tilled structure feet high and have a volume of 1 14 U million cubic yards the reservoir will supply supplemental mental culinary and irrigation water |