Show NO O BID BIO RECEIVED I FOR BIG BIfi TUNNEL Not a Single Contractor Cares I Ito to Undertake the Strawberry Strawberry Strawberry Straw Straw- berry Work EN ENGINEERS IN ER NOT Pi SURPRISED 1 1 J. J m l l. l c. c t t r Itself J lis' lis I ML C- C t I. I 4 r t t l. l Iong louif- louif ho hour r f Ji th the oJ opening mc t f r the c construction n of r the tho the Str Sti tunnel e came cae mc yes yes- Cl tc rda Pi to consider the tho bids were were vere a s supervision pol I lon engineer of r tho the reclamation service a consulting engIneer engineer engi engI- neer ricer and amid two district at tt least east three of or whom had hail traveled se- se seVeral several seV- seV eral hundred miles to t po Q pre present When hen 2 o'clock arrived and the tho engineers engineers engi engi- noelS noel'S gathered about the long table pablo In n Engineer Swe 1 seng private ate office of of- flee fice It 11 wa was earnd that not nut a single bid hn had been submitted for tor tho constrUction construction construction con con- o ot- ot the tunnel II An And the tho strange e part of It was that the engineers were not surprised sed They have ha known for months that oYer every contracting firm rn In part of the country has contracts for ICor many months ahe ahead d and anel as the time bids for 01 provided that the time Strawberry tunnel shall shail bo bd ted complete In June Junc I I 1908 lOS It fl was Vas Vas' no no surprise to them to learn team that no mio bid bids ha had been received Referred rr tl d io to Secretary In answer cr to the time q fl question What that thatIs is to be done It waS wa announced that the tho mott matter r will bo be referred to tho S Secretary of ur the Interior who will probably advertise re-advertise for bids at an early carh eary date date- This Is not certain however however how- how ever and meantime tho the of oC constructing constructing con CUIl- the tunnel will bo bo be carried on un as It has been begun un the e. e the 1 vision loll of or the UlC engineer In d charge e. e George Georgc L L. SWen sen And Anti it ma may be that tho time government o will do as ns It huts has done In iii the construction of cr the time son on tunnel tunnel do do It itself June Jun 11 ii was the date date- date on on which bids for tho time Strawberry tunnel w were a ad advertised advertised ad- ad for or In addition to requiring that ach bid hid b be accompanied by a certified check clutch for the tha notice to bidders hidden set forth Corth that the success- success ful rul bidder should furnish a n bond In the sum o of for time the p performance per per- r- r of the the work Tho Time advertisement advertisement adver adver- also provided pro that the contractor contractor contractor con con- tractor should hould begin work promptly after atter the he signature of or tin the contract b by bythe bythe the Secretary of the Interior and should to the in- Government time the sum of OO a day If the work Viol nut he be completed b by June Juno 15 1908 The Tho engineers attending yesterdays yesterday's at meeting J J. J H H. Quinton Quintan supervising super simper engineer for Cor Colorado arid and Utah W. W H If Sanders consulting engineer I. I W W r. McConnell cn engineer in charge charse of the Gunnison river rl project and George I I. I engineer in charge hanc of Strawberry tunnel Mi 1 c leaves tonight for Cor Boise Dolse Ida to tu attend the thc National Irrigation congress congress con con- gress M Mr Mi 1 Sanders left la last t evening for Cor or hi his home in n 1 lx Los s Angeles Mr Mc- Mc CouncIl Connell will wll r return tonight ht to Mont Mont- rose e Colo Cob and nd Mr Ir leaves in the morning tp tt re resume mme super supervision supe j joC of oC the time work at tt the tho tunnel I |