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I trill "be glad to bare your confirmation of the correctness of the information as ire have reported i t , or your opinion as to the proper s ta tis tic s to be reported* I f the figures as reported are proper, i t appears that the information reported in item 4, "Maximum Water Supply’ in your annual advices w ill not hereafter be required, and that the only information required from HT* Strong’ s o ffic e in future w ill be that as to maximum amount of water available* Please advise# Under item 6, "Collecting Canals and supply mains*, on page 13 of the Report, we answered "Hone", and under item 7, "Transmission mains" we reported 230 feet of Cast Iron, 16 inch mains in use at f i r s t and a t end of year, this being the same figure as has been reported fo r some years past, although item 10 of your le tte r of February 5, 1938 reports transmission m ins in use as 9,750 ft* of 16* mains 11,395 ft* of 24" mains Please confirm or correct my understanding that the figures given in your le tte r Include the 16* and 24" mains rented from the Union P acific R*R*Co* under the terms of Contract Audit Ho* 7322, in addition to 230 fee t owned by the 1*V*L*& W*Co*, in accordance with data compiled by Mr* R* B* Perkins, Valuation Engineer of the 1*A*& S,X.*R*R*Cg*, as given to Hr. R* 1* Adamson in his le tte r of June 12, 1929, f i l e 3703* Since the Report asks fo r information as to mains "in use", do you know of any reason why the to tal length of mains, used in providing the water supply, both owned and rented, sh uld not be reported? Under item 8, "Distribution mains* we reported the following lengths, in use a t f i r s t and end of year, these same figures having been reported each year since 1934, and being based, per recommendation of ,fr* Adamson, in his mailgram J-444, f i l e 20-6-1 of March 8, 1930, on