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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 or« reported to year lenerable &cmsieeie& a reserve for replace-w l #r, depreciation la the awourit ef ll figuring lb# water f M U l * ;1»8 1# bar# a useful life ef m year#, it b#8 been determined t o - m feeeat year# by actual us# and necessary replacements, total la ;h# locality of t o Vegas* Nevada, the character of the soil sod ts effect m %be facilities used, depreciation is 4$, as the ater facilities have a useful life ef euly 26 years. . See testimony ef t, f, Pres* lines 2 te 20, page 23 ef ‘rsneeript, as fellows*. . . _ WI have alee set up a reserve IfSI rsplaaenent la t o mount f 4$ of this valuation, equalling $7,085.02. ft* la that on the considered life basis? A* Twenty-five yesre, which la the average life of the uajor orlion ef those facilities* It is an average figure that scents • have be«m adopted as were or less general in facilities ©f his type* t o e of those facilitiee will net last that long, thars will last longer, t o instimes, cast Iren pipe will preb-fely last longer, whereas wood stave w i n net laet so long* ft* Is that redwood? that will last pretty long. A* That la act ear experience in this soil* ae have replaced lues laid as late as 1216* Sell conditions here ere act good ©r preservation of redwood pipe line# particularly when t o y re exposed te the excessive temperatures we have* t o have t o mm experience with redwood lusher where it is exposed to *-he xeeaalve heat* The sun seen* to burn the life out of it, x>©n»t at near t o life as in Sou torn £aliferoia; in fact, 2 have had edwood replaced in three years ©a bridge work,® See also* lines 20 to 25, page 27 of Transcript. *£• ^hese lir.ea need considerable repair froa tine to tine? 5, They dp. Some of those weed stave lines have had te be oir#Xetaly replaced during the laet 15 year#* 0 lew mich of that wood stave line is in use now? A. There Is about 6,000 feet of it§ 16® in diameter*? Sec teat t o n y ef || T* Connolly, page 63, lines 20 te 26 Transcript, as followsi Xtnesses shews that while the had tmm tine to hersto-