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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />887 <br /> <br />plant to be located at Clarkdale, Arizona, some 50 miles south <br />of Flagstaff, Arizona. Bids for 220,000 tons of pozzolan to be <br />used with the cement are scheduled to be opened April 29. <br /> <br />The prime contractor is making excellent progress on <br />excavating spillway intake channels, service roads and tunnels, <br />and the left diversion tunnel. <br /> <br />Construction of a 25-bed hospital has started. The <br />contractor for the Colorado River bridge plans to start erection <br />of bridge steel this month. Some $6-1/3 million in contracts <br />have been awarded for construction of community facilities for <br />Page, Arizona, and bids for an administrative building, garage, <br />fire station, and police station will be asked for in the near <br />future. <br /> <br />Even with the $10,000,000 supplemental appropriation, <br />funds will be inadequate to keep up with the present construc- <br />tion rate this fiscal year; however, the $49,000,000 requested <br />for F. Y. 1959 should carry the construction forward at a good <br />rate. <br /> <br />Flaminq Gorqe Unit <br /> <br />Inclement weather and heavy snows have slowed constru~ <br />tion during winter months; however, the construction of 50 per- <br />manent and temporary houses, several community buildings, and <br />related facilities at the townsite will be completed in a few <br />months. Some final finishing and surfacing remain to be done on <br />the Linwood access road. <br /> <br />The Daggett County Utah School Board has contracted <br />for construction of a school building to be completed in Septem- <br />ber of this year. Arrangements have been made with the Utah Gas <br />Company for the distribution and sale of gas to the community <br />and the Bridger Valley REA is now furnishing electricity. It <br />has not yet been concluded whether to obtain town water supply <br />from wells or by pumping from the river. <br /> <br />Newspaper surveys have been conducted to determine <br />public opinion for assisting Washington in selection of a name <br />for the proposed community. Such names as Dutch John, Ashley <br />Falls, Powell, Progress, and Flamgorda have been popular favor- <br />ites. <br /> <br />Bids for construction of the dam and powerplant should <br />be requested soon, however, we have not received word of a defi- <br />nite date. Invifations for bids on garage, fire station, labora- <br />tory and administration buildings are being delayed by appropria- <br />tion committee action. <br />