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Show Jordan Siphon Bid Indorsed By Directors Warren Co. Of P. G. Is Low Bidder Directors of Provo River Water Users Assn., holding a special meeting in Salt Lake City advised ad-vised the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation Recla-mation to accept the $549,299.40 bid by Carl B. Warren Co., Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove, to complete the Jordan Narrows siphon and pumping plant. Despite present high prices, the board suggested need for finding "ways and means to complete every aspect of the Provo River project within the ability of the beneficiaries to pay for it. The Warren company, which has already completed 2000 feet of siphon, 2000 feet of penstock for the pumping plant under a previous pre-vious contract, submitted lowest estimate for a new contract among bids opened in Provo oh July 10. The hew contract involves furnishing fur-nishing labor and materials and performing all work for construction construc-tion of a pumping plant, siphon, penstock, discharge pipes, and wastway six miles northwest of . Lehi. The siphon is part of the Provo Reservoir canal enlarge- . ment which win furnish, an uj creased water supply Jtpr irrlgtji' , tion of project lands and lanl x Of the Utah Lake Distributing iJ, wst rf. .thbrdajv river tetweMM largement is a major feature of-the of-the Deer Creek division, ProVb."' river project. Principal work items and materials mate-rials include 34,000 yards of excavation ex-cavation for pipe, laying 1200 feet of 36-inch diameter concrete pipe; furnishing and placing 225 tons of steel reinforcement bars; installing 345 tons of welded plate steel pipe, and 82 tons of pumping unit and related equipment. |