Show Contract Given for Mile Water Hollow Tunnel Fen en Wallace F Bennett R It Utah said today that the Bur Bur Bur- Bureau eau of Reclamation has a warded awarded contracts for the con con- construction of the Water Hollow Tunnel portion of the Central Utah Project to Boyles Brothers Drilling Co and Gibbons and Reed Construction Co THE TWO firms in a joint venture hid bid on the vital Central Utah Project pro gram Sen Bennett on October 24 had urged the Commission Commission- Commissioner er of the Bureau of tion Floyd E Dominy to lift the freeze on the funds for the Central Utah Projects pointing out that if a contract is not I awarded virtually immediately au an entire veal car may be lot lost in the construction program for forthe forthe the tunnel I was very pleased to hear that the Bureau has lifted the economic freeze on the funds for this project and I am hope hope- hopeful ful that the companies ved can move quickly and start the Water Hollow project Sen Bennett said The firms will construct the tho tunnel which will be about four and a half miles long and anel which will be a part of the Straw berry Aqueduct The tunnel will vill take water from the High Uintah Mountains 1 in the Rock Creek Current Creek area arca and dump dumpit it into Strawberry Reservoir Construction time is estimate ed cd at al 1150 days Sen said sai |