Show ogden firm t low on aqueduct bidding under tinder the engineers estimate the wheelwright construction co of ogden Is apparently patently ly low bidder for construction of the weber aqueduct fifth major phase of the weber basin project the ogden firm submitted a bid of estimate of the bureau of reclamation engineers was there were six other bidders for the job bureau of reclamation officials said all bids will be sent to the regional office in denver tor for study before the contract Is let specifications on the project call for doing earth work providing and placing concrete pipeline structures and building equalizing and wast eway reservoir the pipeline will be 48 inches in diameter for 33 miles and 42 inches for the final 9 of a mile the wast eway and equalizing reservoir must hold acre feet of water the project must be completed within days of the notice to proceed the weber aqueduct will carry water from the outlet of the gateway tunnel northward to the southward limits of ogden it will provide irrigation water for aln tah bench and south ogden the jhb line will be earth covered and will cross beneath the weber river at the mouth of weber canyon water will then siphon thru the line up to the uintah bench other phases of the weber basin project now under construction are gateway tunnel davis aqueduct wanship manship dam and gateway canal the gateway tunnel Is s nearing completion bids are expected to be called next spring or summer for construction st of the final two major projects in the first phase of the weber basin stoddard diversion dam and raising df 0 f pine view dam |