The Dalles City Council approved the latest step in the process of the rebuild of the Dog River water pipeline, approving a contract to clear timber along the pipeline corridor for construction to take place.  The contract was given to Bounds Excavation for just over $469,000.  City Public Works Director Dave Anderson told the Council the corridor the clearing will take place in is lengthy and narrow:  3 1/2 miles long and 25 feet wide.  Anderson noted the contract is just under the $500,000 that was budgeted for this portion of the Dog River project.