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' ? , d Los Angeles, December 10, 1934 Mr. H. 0. Mann; Referring to your letter of November 38th, attach­ing copy of Mr. Jeffers' letter Hovember 2?th, relative to L, v. L. & W* Co. f0-241, renewal of water lines, Las Vegas, Hev&dai fhe wood stave pipe, purchased frost the Pacific Tanh & Pip© Co, of Los Angeles by the Hawkins Addition and installed In 1933, was bound by wire and quite heavily covered with asphalt coating; however, this was not redwood, but untreated fir pipe. I have made personal inspection of this pipe line, and find that the asphalt coating has fallen off in a number of places. Many of the spirals of wire have rusted entirely in two, thus permitting staves of pipe to expand, and leaks are developing througiout the length of the line. In one line, there were eight bad leaks in distance of one block. In addition, the ends of pipe at some of the joints have become worn so that they will not butt together properly, and leaks develop through these joints and around couplings. The night of December 5th, a blow-out occurred u • near Fremont and Ogden Streets, flooding the adjacent area, necessitating shutting off water in main for about half an j hour until temporary repairs could be made. Patrons com­plained about the shut-down. Mr. Bracken advises leaks develop nearly every day, requiring constant maintenance, and when water is shut off for making repairs, patrons complain