Following are abstracts of bids received: Bids opened July 24, 1906, for steel, Shoshone project, Wyoming. BIDDERS. A. Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, Chicago, Ill., f. o. b. Pittsburg; $5,643 (plain square steel bars). B. J. Edward Ogden Company, New York, N. Y., f. o. b. Pittsburg; $6,008.80 (plain square steel bars). C. James Blake Kendall, Washington, D. C., f. o. b. Pittsburg; $6,250.50 (plain square steel bars). D. Carnegie Steel Company, Pittsburg, f. o. b. Pittsburg; $6,250.50 (plain square steel bars). E. Expanded Metal and Corrugated Bar Company, St. Louis, Mo., f.o. b. Youngstown, Ohio; $7,060.50 (Johnson square corrugated bars). F. J. Edward Ogden Co., New York, N. Y., f. o. b. Tonawanda, N. Y.; $7,516.50 (twisted steel bars). G. Crucible Steel Company of America, Pittsburg, Pa., f. o. b. Pittsburg; $8,275.50 (plain square steel bars). H. N. J. Foundry and Machine Company, New York, N. Y., f. o. b. Chicago; $8,907.05 (twisted steel bars). I. Expanded Metal and Corrugated Bar Company, St. Louis, Mo., f. o. b. Minnequa, Colo.; $9,085.50 (Johnson square corrugated bars). Bids opened April 24, 1907, for reenforcing steel, Shoshone project, Wyoming. Lumber used on the project during the year was partly purchased in open market and partly obtained under the free-use permit from Yellowstone and Pryor Mountain national forests. For that obtained from the national forests contracts were made with local sawmills for cutting, sawing, and delivery at railroad stations. FARM UNITS. Farm unit plats have been completed for 40,000 acres of land on Garland Flat. IRRIGABLE LANDS. The approximate distribution of the irrigable lands is shown by the following table: The expenditures on this project to June 30, 1907, are summarized in the following table: Expenditures, according to physical features, on Shoshone project to June 30, 1907. Total expenditures, according to purpose and nature, on Shoshone project to June 30, 1907. PROPOSED LAKE DE SMET PROJECT. The preliminary surveys and examinations of this proposed project are reported in the Second and Fifth Annual Reports of the Reclamation Service. From an examination made in May, 1906, by a board of engineers, it was developed that practically all of the irrigable land tributary to Lake De Smet is in private ownership, and that the water of Piney Creek has been appropriated by a large number of small landowners. It was thought desirable, therefore, to give the present owners of the land an opportunity to increase their present water supply, and the area withdrawn for investigation by the Reclamation Service was restored to entry by the Secretary's order, dated June 9, 1906. The net expenditures to June 30, 1907, are $9,016.28. APPENDIX. As this report goes to press it is possible to add the following additional data regarding receipts and allotments: RECEIPTS. The actual net proceeds from sales of public lands during the fiscal year 1907 were $7,914,131.71, which amount was made available by an appropriation warrant dated December 31, 1907. The following table shows the actual annual accretion by States for the fiscal years 1901 to 1907, the total amount arising from each State, the restricted fund (51 per cent) for each State, and the order of the States as to amounts of such funds indicated by figures: Actual annual accretions by States from sales of public lands during the fiscal years 1901 to 1907, inclusive. |