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Show ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF WATER DEVELOPMENT 89 December 17, 1940. Concreting was completed in October, 1941. The Thompson Company originally bid $ 129,087.50 for the Olmsted tunnel and $ 617,448 for the Alpine- Draper tunnel. The latter figure has been increased by extra work orders resulting from unforeseen difficulties in the tunnel construction due to geological conditions. Trenching and Pipe The contract for the first 9.1 miles was awarded to Utah Concrete Pipe Company. This company bid $ 522,353 on eight miles of pipe, and was later authorized to build 1.1 miles additional on orders for changes. All pipe for this distance was made at a specially constructed plant in Pleasant Grove. Work on this contract was completed in 1941. Additional contracts are to be advertised for bidding in the near future. Aqueduct Right of Way Work on the Aqueduct right of way was commenced on November 28, 1939, and has been continued up to the present time. So far the District has acquired title to 13 miles of right of way exclusive of a number of roadways and other collateral easements. This work has involved negotiations resulting in the acquisition and clearing of the title to approximately 100 separate pieces of property, title to all of which is presently vested in the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake City but which eventually will be passed to the United States. The Government requires a fee title on the aqueduct line, 108. An official inspection of the aqueduct construction. Left to right, Alson W. Ferguson of The Salt Lake Telegram: S. A. Kennedy, Vice Chairman, Metropolitan Water District; John Win- tersteen of The Salt Lake Tribune; George D. Keyser, Commission of Waterworks and Water Supply and a director of the Water District; City Commissioner P. H. Goggin; City Commissioner Oscar W. McConkie; Blair Richardson, Chairman of the Metropolitan Water District; E. O. Larson, Construction Engineer of the Reclamation Bureau; City Commissioner John B. Mathe- son; and J. Stuart McMaster, Assistant Counsel in the Salt Lake City office of the Bureau of Reclamation. Hampton C. Godbe |
