Vendor. YAKIMA DISTRICT PROJECTS, WASHINGTON-Continued. Description. Little, A. L., and wife.. Morgiel, Frank E., and wife. McConihe, Lucien F., and wife. Natches Land and Cattle Co. Noble, John....... Sinclair, Daniel, and wife. Templeman, Fred A... Union Gap Irrigation Washington Irrigation Weddle, J. S., and wife. Right of way for wagon road across SW. sec. 8, NE. NE. and lots 1, 2, and 3, sec. 20, T. 21 N., Lot 2, sec. 34, T. 12 N., R. 14 E., W. M., 13.20 acres. . A Right of way for wagon road across sec. 35, T. 15 Lot 1 in sec, 10, T. 20 N., R. 14 E., W. M.. June 23, 1906 Sunnyside canal, in Yakima and Benton counties, 235, 072. 00 heany, and all its sub-laterals, feeders, flumes, gates, sluiceways; also all maps, plans, and Right of way for wagon road across the S.NE. 1.00 July 27,1906 Gratis. Mar. 4, 1907 Arnold, Harrison P. Riddle, Stilley T., and wife. Thurmond, Henry L. (unmarried.) Tinkcom, Lilian, and husband. Wilcox, James L., and wife. Williams, Marian, and husband. SHOSHONE PROJECT, WYOMING. Part of S. SW. sec. 24, T. 52 N., R. 103 W., sixth Lease of NW. NE. sec. 23, T. 52 N., R. 103 W., NE.SW. sec. 25, T. 52 N., R. 103 W., sixth princi- S. SW. sec. 23; N. NW. sec. 26; W. SE. sec. 1 acre of land in NW. SW. sec. 12, T. 52 N., R. 3,500.00 Oct. 29, 1906 850.00 Aug. 1, 1906 SW.SW. sec. 26, T. 52 N., R. 103 W., sixth princi- TRANSPORTATION OFFICE. The establishment of an office in Chicago to handle the transportation of material, machinery, and supplies used in reclamation work has proved to be of much benefit to the Service in securing empty equipment for loading machinery, material, and supplies, in accelerating the movement of freight, in securing general contracts and special concessions in freight rates, in making and collecting claims against transportation companies, and in making administrative examination on bills for charges on Reclamation Service freight. The following transportation companies have executed general freight contracts with the Department of the Interior, providing for the lowest of (a) any special commodity rate published; (b) Pacific coast terminal rates as shown in transcontinental tariffs to apply to all project points; (c) tariff rates, less legal land-grant deductions; (d) 50 per cent of any published class rate: Railroads that have made general freight contracts. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway_. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company_ Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company. Chicago, Great Western Railway Company_. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company- Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company. Chicago, Rock Island and El Paso Railway Company_ St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company_ Gila Valley, Globe and Northern Railway Company. Illinois Central Railroad Company. Maricopa and Phoenix and Salt River Valley Railroad. Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company_ Oregon Short Line Railroad__ Paris and Great Northern Railroad_. San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company. Southern Pacific, Atlantic System: Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company__| Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Louisiana Western Railroad. Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company__ St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway. All of the above contracts apply to machinery and material used in reclamation work. On March 1, 1906, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company made a special rate of 30 cents per hundred pounds on lumber in carload lots from sawmill points on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway to Carlsbad, N. Mex. On November 14, 1905, the same company conceded a rate of 15 cents per hundred pounds on cement in carload lots from Iola and Independence, Kans., to Carlsbad, N. Mex. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company has made the following rates. On July 22, 1905, a special rate on stock in carload lots, from and to all points, of 50 per cent of commodity rates. On January 11, 1906, on cement in carloads of 60,000 pounds, from Chicago to Cody and Corbett, Wyo., a rate of 40.88 cents per hundred pounds was conceded. On April 14, 1906, on lumber in carload lots, from Denver to all points on the Guernsey branch, a rate of 21.5 cents per hundred pounds was made. On November 2, 1906, on grain in bulk in carload lots, the same rate was made as obtained on grain in sacks, from and to all points on the Guernsey branch. On February 15, 1907, on cement in carloads of 60,000 pounds, from South Chicago to all points on the Guernsey branch, a special rate was made of 9.224 cents per hundred pounds to the Missouri River, and 50 per cent of class C rate beyond. On July 3, 1907, on cement in carloads of 60,000 pounds, from South Chicago to Huntley, Mont., and intermediate points, a special rate of 28.38 cents per hundred pounds was made. The Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway Company has conceded that on cement in carload lots from South Chicago to points taking Pacific coast terminal rates, Pacific coast terminal divisions may be applied from South Chicago to East Joliet. On December 10, 1906, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company agreed that on cement in carload lots from South Chicago to Nampa, Boise, and intermediate points the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern switching charge would be absorbed. On January 7, 1907, the Chicago and Alton Railway Company made a concession similar to that made by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company, as noted in the preceding paragraph. The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company has made the following special rates: On all freight carried in class tariffs from Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo, Colo., Ogden and Salt Lake, Utah, to Delta, Cedar Creek, and Uncompahgre, Colo., and intermediate points, 50 per cent of the class rates will be accepted, effective August 1, 1904. On January 18, 1906, this company agreed that on all freight carried in class tariffs from Ogden and Salt Lake, Utah, Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and Trinidad, Colo., to Thistle, Utah, and points contiguous, it would accept 50 per cent of class rates in effect January 18, 1906. On August 1, 1904, it named a rate of $1 per ton on coal in carload. lots from Grand Junction and Somerset to Uncompahgre Valley points. On November 28, 1906, a rate of 10 cents per hundred was made on lumber in carload lots from Gateview, Madeira Siding, and Spruce, Colo., to Uncompahgre Valley points. On September 14, 1905, a rate of 20 cents per hundred was made on lumber, carloads, from Porter and Glencoe, Colo., to Uncompahgre Valley points. On May 20, 1905, a rate of 11 cents per hundred was made on lumber, carloads, from Sams Spur to Cedar Creek, Colo. On February. 20, 1906, a rate of 33 cents per hundred was made on oats, carloads, from Newcastle to Cedar Creek, Colo. On February 1, 1906, a rate of $4 per ton was made on coal, carloads, from Porter to Cedar Creek, Colo. On February 20, 1906, this company made a rate of $3 per car on all commodities, carloads, between East and West Portal Siding. On August 11, 1905, a special rate on all sand and gravel in carloads was made between Cedar Creek, Colona, Delta, and intermediate points, and also from Cimarron, to Uncompahgre Valley points, of 50 per cent of the class rates. On August 24, 1906, the Great Northern Railway Company made a special rate on lumber and piling, carloads, from Spokane and east to points on the Sun River, Milk River, Lower Yellowstone, Buford-Trenton and Williston projects of 50 per cent of the lumber commodity tariff rate, provided the material is shipped on Government bills of lading. On July 25, 1906, the same company conceded that on machinery and materials moving from St. Paul, Minneapolis, or Minnesota Transfer to Mondak, Mont., the land-grant deduction via the Northern Pacific Railroad from St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Minnesota Transfer to Glendive will apply. On October 4, 1905, the Missouri Pacific Railway Company and St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company agreed to transport machinery and material from all points to Pueblo, Colo., at 50 per cent of class rates. The Oregon Short Line Railroad has conceded a rate of 18.5 cents per hundred on cement in carload lots from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Minidoka, Idaho. On live stock, in carloads, between all points it has conceded a rate of 50 per cent of the live-stock commodity tariff rates. The Union Pacific has agreed to move stock in carloads between all points at 50 per cent of the commodity rate. On October 13, 1906, the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company made a special rate of 25 cents per hundred on lumber in carloads from East San Pedro to Provo, Utah. The Southern Pacific Company, Pacific System, moves stock in carloads from and to all points for one-half of the commodity rate. It has also conceded a rate of 50 per cent of class rates on supplies, groceries, clothing, etc., from San Francisco and Sacramento, Cal., and Reno, Nev., to Hazen, Nev.; also on machinery and material from all points to Globe, Ariz., the rates to Mesa, Ariz., apply. On October 31, 1905, the Wabash Railroad Company, the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Company, and the Wabash, Pittsburg Terminal Railway Company made a rate to the Reclamation Service of 50 per cent of class rates on material and machinery from all points on their lines to western terminals of the Wabash Railroad. The total expenditures for freights during the last fiscal year were $278,782.10. The commercial charges on the shipments covered by the above expenditures would have been $470,863.26, showing & saving of $192,081.16. The deductions on account of freight contracts with the railroads amounted to $173,713.15. In addition, the transportation office has received from the railroads $18,106.68 on account of land-grant deductions and $261.33 on account of loss and damage. A large number of purchases for field use are being made by the transportation office on requests received from the project engineers, and the amount of such purchases from January 1 to June 30, 1907, was $29,768.44. The total number of bills of lading issued from July 1, 1906, to June 30, 1907, was 1,596. The passage of the amended interstate commerce act compelled the withdrawal of the concession which had been made by the Western and Trans-Continental Passenger Associations of one-half the passenger rates for Reclamation Service employees and laborers engaged in reclamation work, the withdrawal being effective August 28, 1906. CEMENT TESTS.a ACCEPTANCE TESTS. The amount of cement tested during the year ended June 30, 1907, has been 164,279 barrels, of which 159,279 barrels were accepted a On May 1, 1907, the laboratory was moved from Denver, Colo., to Chicago, Ill. and 5,000 barrels were rejected. The companies manufacturing this cement and the projects for which it was furnished are as follows: Iola Portland Cement Company, Iola, Kans. (Iola brand), for Carlsbad and Rio Grande projects, New Mexico, and Uncompahgre Valley project, Colorado. Kansas Portland Cement Company, Iola and Independence, Kans. (Sunflower brand), for Garden City project, Kansas. Portland Cement Company, Portland, Colo. (Ideal brand), for Interstate canal, North Platte project, Nebraska-Wyoming, and Uncompahgre Valley projects, Colorado. Universal Portland Cement Company, connected with Illinois Steel Company, Chicago, Ill. (Universal brand), for Payette-Boise project, Idaho; Milk River, Sun River, and Huntley projects, Montana; Pathfinder dam and Interstate canal, North Platte project, Nebraska-Wyoming; Buford-Trenton and Williston projects, North Dakota; Lower Yellowstone project, North Dakota-Montana, and Shoshone project, Wyoming. Western Portland Cement Company, Yankton, S. Dak. (Yankton brand), for Belle Fourche project, South Dakota. Western States Portland Cement Company, Independence, Kans. (Cowboy brand), for Carlsbad project, New Mexico and Uncompahgre Valley project, Colorado. The methods of testing used in the laboratory conform in general to those prescribed by the standard specifications of the American Society for Testing Materials, these being the methods recommended by the committee on uniform tests of cement of the American Society of Civil Engineers as presented at its annual meeting on January 21, 1903, with subsequent amendments thereto. EXPERIMENTAL AND MISCELLANEOUS WORK. In addition to the tests for acceptance mentioned above occasional sets of long-time tests for various periods from one day up to ten years have been made on all brands tested, the samples for these tests being taken in such a way as to be representative of the general run of the brands tested. The work of the laboratory has also included the supervision of shipments from the lots tested at the plants of the above-named companies in the case of all shipments from the plants at Iola and Independence, Kans., and Portland, Colo., and from the plant at Chicago, Ill., after May 1, 1907. In the line of miscellaneous tests may be noted tests on samples of sand and gravel for concrete materials sent in from various projects. It may also be noted that results have been obtained during the year from long-time tests on samples of sand and sand cement, tests on which were reported in the fourth annual report, which results tend to confirm the observations there noted with regard to those tests. TABULATION OF TESTS. Since the beginning of the work of this laboratory 254,865 barrels of cement have been tested, of which 242,292 barrels have been accepted and 12,753 barrels have been rejected, and the following table gives the average results of all tests on accepted cement during this period, including the results of long-time tests on these brands as far as the same have been obtained: |