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tm . ASKHStSS, 23sr©h ®th-1918* its s r m -m . ? i m t u r n s m © - e x s / ^ Condition Blnot oon*- «t motion* ia. •* H* COMSfOC^S ' * Enforcing to our teoont conversation .and advl©* regarding fail®*® of 'tic. a«' jlp# .lint *1 M ® Yeg®*i ? this H a s ?-&b last tested about tea days eg© and held under pressure Wit host leaking for 'two days. fh®ts a ©flit' about ;? ftftyyfsot in length soar its® lower end, thiii snowed the wot,or to eeoepe in sash m im e that it J w shut off. , p||| The- pipe lips w M ooastmotsd late loot ' 1 8tM7. end first teeted' in M v e H M r * , At that tost 'a number of 2,0^8 j& tnoogfet' to two- frott th® , Joints* The Joint® wore then vas&icl over and the lino , again teeled, when a hasher of s&ltt pipe developed*, .Sin®# t i m w hare spent a large money * between #0,9 i)# 3® •©ad 94*999*00,' In an endeavor to *s®d. out the - .egg pipe and mfc® tip line ©tend the neoesssry pressure* - through the failure which ©esurred m lew days og'O * I m om ©0®®-’nee A'the line asm not he made to do - so end X now.desire Mbherlty to replace about 4000 foot of it with Ires: banted redwood stare pipe* left on top of the • 'gromat, supported e» redwood blocks ©at fros mmn& M a d ties* foa art w i l t 'that the alkaline soil at £.88 Vegas forfeit the use of the -emmn .pipm m&- omasa® . methods* 8®lve®Ss®d iron servic® pipe© in tdj town.site are destroyed, within, three to four years mA In wood pipes, wMl® tl$t wood is not affected, the iron hands are destroyed in a . few year®. ' •-?-?* fhe present line from the spring, that %which m are replacing*. Is asphaltm coated steel, This line developed leaks within a few years after feeing planed and sins© that , tine the $o®t of maintaining It has greatly . ere©#dt& the interest m any reasonable investment* them renewal of the line oats® up, about a year, ego, a number of different 'kinds of .pipe m m suggested