Show Nebraska firm has low bid on Gorge Bids for construction of Flaming Gorge dam were opened June by the US Bureau of Reclamation at Daggett low bidder for the contract was Arch a joint venture The bid was 12 per cent above the federal engineers' estimate of The Manila school gymnasium was jammed with ma- and equipment government newsmen and interested Seven bids were read by Jean R. federal project construction engineer for Flaming The joint-bid firm is headed by Peter Kiewit and also represents Utilities a Texas and Coker Construction Bids for the dam contract ranged as as 50 million Low bids were submitted to he Bureau's assistant commissioner and chief Grant of for review and final recommendation to Bureau Headquarters in C. Date for of the contract will probably be on or before June the end of the 1958 fiscal Daggett a livestock producing Is now a focal point for the second major project in the Upper Colorado River Development Martin and Foster estimate engineers for Peter Kiewit Sons' San Fransisco said early construction details will be handled by the firm's Omaha office if Arch Dam Constructors are awarded the prime The seventh highest concrete dam in the United GORGE back page GORGE From f ing Gorge will Green River S power and reclamation River Development ro Attending the bid were members of the Z County Commission and Sweetwater County and Green Rive ap i |