Show reclamation F H newall chief engineer ot the service of the united states claims that the undertakings already outlined by the government while not aa expensive as the panana canal involve as great if not greater questions of and business judgment the law requires not merely that irrigation works shall be built but more than this the country reclaimed must be settled in small tracts and the cost of th 0 work ultimately returned in ten annual installments there improbably no oilier undertaking in the united states upon which tam future of th nation no th successful execution 0 tho rec lamai tion act means not merely creating thousands of homes but more than this it results in up building great hime markets for manufactured products and vastly increases the value of all the transportation and other industries dus tries of the entire country in the three years which have elapsed since the passage of this act the reclamation service has been organized gani zed consisting of upwards of engineers assistants and experts in various lines each roan carefully selected through competitive civil service examination at the same time surveys have been carried on in all parts of the west and the relative merits of various projects compared has been pushed forward on the most important of these projects and contracts involving the expenditure of many all dollars have been entered into there la now la the reclamation fund the sum 0 nearly plans have been made for the expenditure pend iture 0 this amount in fourteen western states and three territories the work is greatly scattered each project being usually hundreds of miles from any other similar project hence great responsibility has necessarily been put upon the local engineers in charge in the three years which hava clasped tho great questions of policy have been outlined and works have been designed whose construction will require at least ten years on the of june tho third anniversary of the reclamation act occurred the formal opening of ane first government project constructed under this law the truckee carson project by which acres of desert will aft brought under ditch it Is expected that on each succeeding anniversary of the act at least ono large project will be completed and lands opened to public settlement and cultivation the principal works now under construction st or to be begun at an early date are as follows arizona roosevelt dam contract awarded early in 1905 to john M co galveston texas estimated cost about power canal construct edby robert sherar co los angeles california and by john tuttle san francisco california and Is now nearly completed pl eted california laguna dam bids were opened june 5 1905 estimated cost about colorado gunelson Gunn lson tunnel contract awarded in december 1901 to the taylor moore construction co of hillsboro Hlll texas length feet estimated over canal contracts have also been executed with knowlton bollen construction st co ft colllns colorado for sections 1 2 7 8 and 9 south canal with orman crook pueblo colorado for sections 4 and 5 south canal a nd elih ell ogg worley for section 6 ot south canal dam contract executed with bates rogers construction co chicago illinois length of dam feet cost approximately Wor kwas begun in november 1904 montana the bids for the main canal near glendive il endive mont were opened on june 1905 also bids for the canal were opened on june 28 1905 nebraska the interstate canal bids were opened at denver on may ag for this canal water will be obtained from tho pathfinder dam la wyoming Wi oming the contract for the tunnel of which has been awarded to the all patrick bros colllns contracting co beatrice nebraska nevada in this state the largest amount of work has been performed contracts tor canal leading from the truckee river to carson river having been awarded to and practically completed by E B A L stone of oakland california and C A warren co san francisco california other contracts have been executed tor additional construction by the pacific coast co portland oregon san francisco construction co san francisco california R C mattingly san francisco and utah construction co of ogden utah there are tor portions of the distributing system from carson river bids were opened on june 16 for the controlling ivores at the outlet ot lake tahoe at head of truckee river nw mexico tho hondo dam and canals have been nearly completed under contracts to the aukard construction co ot roswall N M and the taylor moore construction co of mil texas north dakota the fort canal contract as awarded from bids opened june ilsoo south dakota bello fourche canal Is being built under contracts let in may 1905 to S R II 11 robinson st loula mo and the finley co of mancato mankato Man kato manti bl will be advertised at an early date for work in connection with thi borks and canal on tho Suo river |