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«.H.O* #2 - 3-9-19X8 I I I 6X3 tt wee m t desire at that time to m e a redwood stave ripe constructed in §ffc manner suggested above* bat ;.:r* Halt obj eotefi to the construction on account o f lt*8 expo oar© to'the miaeSiievoas sets of smell boys, and . pavtlooXaarl^ to It’s exposure to v£®oietta''aot® of em­ployee ® daring' strife® trouble and similar causes, ?sr* Haft wanted to use reinforeed concrete pipe, but I had recently read an article Issued by the Unites States Geographical Surrey* desertblog a concrete pipe laid In alkaline soil in feaa®, eh4eh after a few years softened sad wee destroyed , and also as I had observed that the concrete sidewalks constructed is' frost- of the company cottages at tasVege® were is places, being con-saised by the alkaline waters from the soil* l-wa® afraid of concrete pipe# & vitrified clay pipe wan then sug­gested and 1 investigated lt*e see carefully through the Berkeley driver city I found that clay pipe- has 'been tested from 80 lb. to XXQ lb* .pressure before- breaking* I then took the matter up with the Los Angelos '-.Preseel trick Company end their Engineer wont Into it in- detail-and said hie Company would readily-guarantee their pipe for the 30 lb* working pressure necessary at las Vega®, As the vitrified clay pipe would resist any action of the alkali soil, we decided to try- it* ffce order for the pipe was, however, placed with the Pacific Seast flower Pipe Company, bat bought under a guarantee thaf it would withstand a working pressure of 30 pound®. ? ? From what I have seen of it, however,. 1 am confident that It as m o t be-made to withstand a greater pressure the® IV pound®, and therefore l desire to repine® it- beXe?«f -the 'point where the pressure exceed® 1? pounds* 1 realise the objection which Mr* nutt *«e to the construction of the wood pipe is well token, feat it aeena to mo th©r advantage® outweigh the objections-* I m confident that' the.'wood pipe, . if laid above - ? the ground, will normally last 2 0 to Si: year®, and during serious labor troubles we would expect to patrol the I n ® to protect it fromi nmHarlain c>'i ouV-s\ *s oCt s, asv 'w'Ae ln''l !i a''s.other property* It i® very important that . we. have am early-decision is this matter and we v i i appreciate it.-if m m will let us have your Seelcion just as soon an possible* , si# CM?®t of the new pipe will be- about *4,000,00 ' and will be chargeable to Ope rat log Expense, i e e f course hop©.-to regain some of our loss from, ins fipe Company* Tsars truly. •AM/OEO , Chief Engineer.