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I t i c 1C 11 12 13 14 15 16 IT 18 19 29 21 22 23 24 25 26 wit&ossss chows that while the Company had from to brretc **** ******** U you* Honorable Coweieeion a reserve tor replaee- mmt or depreoletlca im tha amount of 8$ figuring the water faeill- tie* to bare a useful Ufa of 50 year*, it baa hem determined dur- i»g recent years by actual use and necessary replacements, that la th# ioeallt3r •* Lm y®6*«* *svada, the eharaeter of the soil aad !te effeet on the facilities used, depreciation la 4jf, as the water facilities have a useful Ufa of only 88 wmm. See testimony of U F. Drew, lines * t« 8©, page 88 of transcript, ae followst _ '*!!''set up a reserve'far repl*cement la the--- I J**^4*** equalling #^I,IL ?* mO. ? IS eoneidered life basis? la th* ®rerage life of the staler portion ef these facilities» s it le an avsnaw n0»ma j_. S?L ^afe, been adopted as more or leas general in fa©illties of*-1* otbars^wili ftS* f»«illttes will not last that Lags^be Instanee, eaat iron pipe winpreb- ably last longer, whereas wood stave will net last se leno. 9 a! thct will last pratty long. *g# lines SiZ «! ?!L®°r f5ffrian<>e ** this soil* if have solaced ^ Soil editions here sra aot good for preservation of redwood pipe lino, particularlv whan thew are exposed to the excessive5® itaLw^L* ea«# experience with redwood lusterwhere it la exposed to feb» &##3* Xif# si- $31 t&fkX.iffifflia t ? In fiyib t watfML ^ * redwood replaced in three ywTon bri^54r«u» " M See also, lines 80 to 88, page *t of transcript. "?* r®Pi^3P from tine to tine? *» r^yy those wood stave lines have bed to bo completely replaced during th© last 18 years. **®*h of that wood stave, line le ? la use now? A -here is about 8,000 feet of it? 16* in diameter.8 I See testimony of 0. 8. Connolly, page 68, lines £0 to 88 of transcript, as followsi •8-