Show IDAHO TO BE BUILT SOON UTAH COMPANY IS recommended BY DISTRICT BOARD AS BUILDERS RS OF DAM Prof preferred erred bid Is if present plans plains carry work will begin during the month of november american falls idaho the A ameri meri can falls reservoir district board has recommended to the secretary of the interior that the utah construction company bid of for the construction of a storage dam of acre feet capacity bo be accepted and approved the boards recommendation has been mailed to the denver office of the reclamation bureau it is estimated that the award may be made by the secretary within ten days and that work may begin within lt three weeks it is agreed here between representatives of the construction company the reclamation bureau and the reservoir board that every possible means will be employed to obtain an appreciable amount ot of stored water in the american falls reservoir by jure june 1925 to protect water users of the valley against a recurrence of another shortage recommendation as to the successful bidder came after two days deliberation and study on the part ot of the reservoir board members in the final analysis it was found that the bids were all reasonably close the utah construction company was the successful bidder because it was found to have the equipment on hand with which to do the work had done similar jobs before and could begin work immediately the recommendation of the reser voir board that the contract be award ld cd for the low dam follows out the decision of the secretary of the in interior that authorization would not be given for the construction of the higher dam acre feet capacity until participating irrigation districts shall have deposited in cash with the department of the interior this sum would be equivalent to per acre foot for the addi additional tiona acre feet that would be stored by the high dam engineers estimate that irrigation districts could come in and participate in the storage on the above cost basis not later than the fall of 1925 at which time the dam would be well on toward completion if this should take place a and nd the dani dam be built to the acre feet capacity the cot of the stored water would be reduced to 5 per acre foot as against 7 per acre foot should the low dam be completed several upper valley districts as well as the gooding district are expected to participate in the construction costs at a later date should the award be made to the utah construction company as recommended om Orn mended by the reservoir board en giner paddock who superintended super intended the construction of the dietch Il etchey dam in Cali california forna will conic como to american falls to superintend actual reclamation la service engineer and is reputed to be among the best engineers available for the kind of work that will be done at Amei american ican falls |