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COLORADO; RIVER STORAGE PROJECT 3 Peter Kiewit, and the Coker Construction Co., Omaha} Nebr.) for $29,602,497. The contractor has beglUl work on housmg for con- struction workers, on an access road from Dutch John to the dam site, and on excavation of the diversion tunnel. By JlUle 30, 1958, construction of an access road .from Linwood, Utah, to Dutch John had been completed with the exception of the blacktop surfacing. Construction of streets, utilities, and residences at Dutch John, located 2 miles from the dam site, was nearing completion. Navajo storage unit The contract for the construction of Navajo Dam was awarded on June 26, 1958, to a combination of construction firms made up of Morrison-Knudsen, Henry J. Kaiser, and F & S Contracting Co. for $22,822,624. The contractors moved onto the job immediately and started work on excavation in the spillway area and the opening of borrow areas. By June 30,1958, facilities at Navajo Camp, the field headquarters for the construction of Navajo Dam, had been completed. An access road to Navajo Camp and to the dam site has been com- pleted. The road was constructed by the State of New Mexico utilizing, in part, funds advanced by the Bureau of Reclamation. Transmission division During fiscal year 1958, preliminary steps have been taken in the planning of a suitable transmission system for the Colorado River storage project. Reconnaissance surveys have been made to select a route for the Glen Oanyon'Springville.section of the Glen Canyon-Flaming Gorge interconnecting transmission line. Network analyzer studies have been initiated to determine operat- ing voltages, size and type of conductors, location of lines, and operat- ing characteristics of the potential system. Advance planning activities Foundation drilling at the dam site and the testing of sources of earth embankment and concrete aggregate materials constituted the major activity during the year relative to the Curecanti unit. By June 30, 1958, definit~ plan reports had been completed for the Paonia project in Colorado and for the Verual unit of the central Utah project in Utah. Definite plan reports were essentially com- plete for the Hammond project in New Mexico and the Seedskadee project in Wyoming. Advance planning studies continued during the year on all other authorized participating projects with the major emphasis on field studies coincident with preparation of definite plan reports. 8. ALLOCATION OF FEDERAL INVESTMENT Section 6 of Public Law A85 states that upon completion of each unit, participating project, or separable feat.ure th~reof, .the Se?retary shall allocate the total cO$ts of constructmg smd umt, project or feature to the various purposes authorized in the act or authorized under reclamation law. Therefore in accordance with such provision no formal allocations to the several purposes to be served by the I