UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT of THE INTERIOR, Memorandum for the Secretary. Herewith is transmitted specifications and schedule of drawings of Hoover Dam, power plant, and appurtenant works. As soon as these are approved, bids will be invited. The estimates show that the work can be completed within the limits fixed by the authorization in the Boulder Canyon act. The pressure for action on this matter, as a means of furnishing employment and encouraging a revival of business is, as you know, very great. It is proposed, if these can be approved within the next day or two, to fix the date for opening bids as March 4, 1931. ELwood MEAD, Commissioner. Approved: December 17, 1930. RAY LYMAN WILBUR, Secretary. (I) |