Show bids opened tuesday in n vernal ve rn al for river project power lines PP 1 J t 44 1 1 ANAL BIOS BIDS alton allan H peterson Pt non project construction nginr engineer for the vernal project oani bids bid s on Stin kr service canal of last wk week in minlah county building at the loft Is 1 parley NIT neely design i ginor loft to right at the lh table or ar 0 carl car davis mr peterson and edward skinner bureau of reclamation n ginex staff photo bids for the first two contracts on power transmission lines for the upper colorado river storage project were opened tuesday at 2 pan in uintah county building auditorium BIDS WERE opened by jean it walton project con st ruction engineer of the bureau of reclamation at naming 9 gorge dam project wasatch lines construe tion co salt lake city wax was apparent low bidder with 10 for a three phase contract the specifics eions call for a toile mile line with a volt capacity from rom rangely langely Ran gely colo to oak creek colo substation also a ten mile line of volts irom from Kr emmling colo to green mountain substation and an eight milo mile une line wit with h 0 volt capacity from gore tap to substation apparently successful bidder on the second contract was irby construction co of jackson miss min with 11 50 for construction of an 85 B 5 mile line from froma flaming gorge switchyard via vernal to rangely langely Ran gely colo to carry cany volts MR WALTON said that it will be about 30 days day before the contract will be awarded and the contractor has hai 30 days from the time he receives the notice to proceed be fore for work commences commence j he said mid that a small email trans tran mission division office of the flaming gorge unit will be 3 set et up in vernal to handle the transmission line construction pon chief of the transmission line division of flaming gorge unit will be ted grav i er who has been transferred from chico calif to vernal mr walton saia said that 12 to 15 employees will be transi berred to the vernal office some from dutch john mind and other jobs about 10 or 12 of them will be employed on line work and will be stationed in craig bida WILL BE balled called for later on substations sub stations in vernal and rangely langely Ran gely mr walton said referring to the flaming gorge project mr walton sold said that the clearing contract in the reservoir area had been completed for the most rugged section another clearing contract is underway and it will be 4 going into next win ter before it Is completed be said halt half a million yards of concrete will be placed JA in the darn dam this season and the balance of half a million yards yard next season the concrete Is if placed in 50 foot blocks blacks LM in 1962 2962 the gates will be shut and storage of water will begin the engineer said to catch the spring runoff of 2963 employment IS picking up and will increase rapidly until to persons are employed at the peak of the th project which will occur this construction season mr walton disclosed then jobs will begin to decline during the winter work in u continuing on cutting spill pill way and cutoff tunnels |