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Show THE CITIZEN Engineering Projects & Building Construction Under Way In The Intermountain States i The city council of Roosevelt, Utah, have authorized the! letting of contracts for digging of trenches for laying of two and a half blocks of water main. ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION. . i ' The weekly report of engineering and building construction is announced by the Associated General Contractors of America and is as follows: Bids, will be received up to 9 a. m., June 30th, .by district engineer, Bu- reau of Public Roads, Kiesel building, Ogden, Utah, for constructing or Teton Highway (Section 2), 'national forest road .project within Teton National Forest, County of Te- ton, State of Wyoming. Length of project is 3.24 miles and consists of following quantities: Clearing, 7.5 acres; grubbing, 3.5 acres; rock excavation, 1,164 cyds:; common excava-- ; overhaul, 1,880 tion, 24,166 cyds.; cyds.; finishing graded Toad, 3.24 miles; class A concrete, 175 cyds.; ' reinforcing steel, 27,400 lbs.; corr. ditch . metal pipe, 648 lin. feet; furrow above cut slopes 8,500 lin. feet; bronze expansion plates 190 lbs.; riprap, 15 cyds. Government will loan on rental basis equipment for the work. Plans and- specifications from above upon deposit of $10.00. Check for 5 per cent with all bids. : - A paved approach to City Creek can- . im--'provi- 4 . ; , Temple has by action of the City sion and bids for this work called as soon as preliminary ments for this can be made. yon . - along-Nort- been as-sui- ed Commis- will - be arrange- .Hank Knipple of Pocatello has been awarded contract for construction of a section of highway in Bear Lake county, Idaho. liis bid was $3S.995.26. Several bridges on this project are nearly completed. The Enterprise Reservoir & Canal company of Enterprise, Washington county, Utah, have made definite arrangements for the immediate construction of a new reservoir. George A. Holt is president and B. C. Farnsworth is secretary. Kaibab Forest, where Tourists Like to Go. - . i The City Recorder, Salt Lage City, will shortly call for bids on proposals to pave .North Temple from Main street to viaduct at Third Ve3t. The engineers estimate of the citys portion of the work is $12,075. &Reed Company of this cty have been awarded contract to pave Fourth East street from 13th to 171 h South with Warrenite type of Gibbons " George Bowles is contractor who will erect Belvedere Ward chapel and amusement hall to cost $60,000. The structure will be of brick. Alston Hogan, Commercial this city, have been awarded tract for erection of stable at of Utah. r city, on a bid of $7,128.73. Shirley Player has been awarded contract to lay vitrified sewer pipe at fair grounds. The Veterans Bureau has accepted a site, for a $1,000,000 hospital on Mar-qua- m Hill, Portland, Oregon. A survey will begin at once and bids will be called in the very near future. & con- large companies. High metal price bring prosperity to all mining camp Lead is holding strong at around 8' cents, while copper appears to b nailed down to a fixed price whic could be better. SILVER GOES UP OLD TIME ADS. Contract for Deseret News office building will be let during early part of July. Ashton & Evans are the architects. Wheeler has been awarded contract for constructing sewers in district embracing Military Drive, 17th East street and Michigan avenue, this C. L. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Mrs. Margaret E. May, president of Provo city board of education, an- nounces that many improvements are contemplated at once in local schools, among which will be installation of fire escapes on certain buildings and new hardwood floors will be laid in several of the schools. The present demand for silver is a healthy condition for the mining men and it has been some time since the white metal has soared to 70 cents its present price. It may go higher and of course will go much higher as national conditions right themselves in European countries where people prefer silver for their medium of exchange. The increase in silver price 3 will add greater efforts in Utah in mine development work. Smaller properties located near the larger properties will open up or be abosrbed by the (By Clara Fagergren.) Ads from a Salt Lake City nack 1863. S. J. Lee, sack and wagon cove maker, has added a pegging machlr. to his business. L. I. Smith big lead and silver producers,' located In carries mail and pas gers to Fillmore twice a week; kP a meat market and goods, 14th war' H. E. Phelps, barters, trades and changes, sells, i Silver King Coalition, one of worlds Aim: the famous Park City District. buys, in f |