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REDWOOD M A N U FA C TU R E R S CO . R E D W O O D F O R D U R A B I L I T Y ” PAGE 2 r r :W Mr• Arthur M aguire. leaks and guaranteed to comply e x a c tly with the s p e c ific a tio n s g iven on page 44 o f our c a ta lo g . I t is also s p e c if ic a lly guaranteed for a 100 per cent overload fo r the~pressures named. For your inform ation w i l l state that we have added to the p rice o f the p ip e, d e liv e re d in Las Vegas, 6/ a fo o t fo r la y in g . You could do i t w ith your crews fo r about 3/ a fo o t . We o f course would have to send our superintendent and h is r a ilr o a d fa r e and expenses make up the d iffe re n c e hut we have given you our fig u res so th at you can fig u re on a maximum co st. The continuous stave pipe fig u re s are fo r the pipe erected in p la c e , contemplating that we d e liv e r a l l m a teria l at Las Vegas, that you at your expense tran s­p ort the m aterial from the r a ilr o a d s ta tio n to the lo c a tio n o f the lin e and d is trib u te the m a teria l along the lin e handy fo r our workmen. I t a lso contemplates that, you supply any cradles or do any trenchin g that you d esire fo r the p ip e. When our work is performed we w i l l turn over th is pipe to you, b u ilt according to the s p e c ific a tio n s on page 44 o f the c a ta lo g , fr e e from leaks or d efects o f any m aterial or workmanship and we w i l l guarantee to do e x a c tly t h is . I t is c e rta in that the continuous stave is the longer liv e d pipe as i t would be banded with 7'/l6 inch s t e e l and the bands could be replaced in ease o f corrosion o f any p a rtic u la r one at very l i t t l e expense, the old bands simply being removed and a new one put in i t s p la c e . The machine banded pipe to be rep aired would have to have a new section wherever the wire gave out on any p a rtic u la r s e c tio n . The l i f e o f machine banded pipe i s the l i f e o f the ga lva n izin g on the w ire which, under average conditions in the west where the s a lt fogs are absent, would he about 25 years. The l i f e o f a continuous stave pipe weado not know fo r the o r ig in a l in s ta lla tio n s of a ir d ried redwood pipe, o f our manufacture, a re s t i l l in existen ce and some o f them are 28 years o ld but I t is f a i r to estim ate that i t is somewhere from 50 to 60 yea rs. Our pipe Is made e n tir e ly from c le a r a ir -d r ie d redwood, fr e e from any d efects and i t can be la id on the surface o f th e ground or under ground, as you e le c t . You can, i f you place i t on the su rfa ce, use your old r a ilr o a d t ie s f o r cra dles as th is s ize pipe w i l l requ ire very l i t t l e support. On account of the: v io le n t flu c tu a tio n s o f s t e e l p rices the prices we have given you are good today. What they w i l l he by the time you are ready to buy a lin e we can only guess but we w i l l r e v is e these fig u re s fo r you promptly at any time you d e s ir e . I f s t e e l lowers i t w i l l be le s s , i f i t r is e s the p ric e w i l l s lig h t ly in crease.