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Lan V egas Pip© Lin© • <9 • » • • • P i l e 80*6 L os A n g e le s , June 1 5 # 1925# Mr# F* B# McJTamee: H e fe r r in g to o u r c o n v e r s a t io n t h i s m orning r e l a t i v e to r e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f p ip e l i n e a t Las V egas: P resen t highw ay c r o s s e s ou r p ip e l i n e a t S t a t io n 524-10 and p r e s e n t p ip e l i n e i s b u rie d u n d ergrou n d “beneath th e highway# We a r e co n te m p la tin g r e p la c in g p r e s e n t p ip # l i n e w ith wood s ta v e p ip e w h ich w i l l h e l a i d on to p o f ground and the t o p o f p ro p o s e d wood s ta v e pip© w i l l he a p p r o x im a te ly 2| f e e t h ig h e r than t o p o f p r e s e n t p ip e l i n e , w hich w i l l n e c e s s i t a t e r a i s i n g highway a p p ro x im a te ly 3 f e e t * I t i s our in t e n t i o n , i f p e r m is s io n can he o n ta in e d f from th e p r o p e r a u t h o r i t i e s , t o “b u ild a wooden t r e s t l e o r c u lv e r t o v e r t h i s p ip e l i n o , t o p r o t e c t same, and g ra d e up the ro a d t o g o o v e r th e to p o f t h i s c u l v e r t , m aking g o o d w id e a p p ro a ch e s w ith l i g h t g r a d e and p la c in g r o a d in a s g o o d , i f not b e t t e r , c o n d i t i o n than a t p re se n t# W ill you k in d ly ta k e t h i s m a tte r up w ith th e p r o p e r a u t h o r i t i e s , o b t a in in g p e r m is s io n f o r t h i s co n tem p la ted c o n s t r u c t io n ? I f p e r m is s io n f o r a b ov e c o n s t r u c t i o n can n ot be o b t a in e d , i t w i l l b e n e c e s s a r y f o r u s to b u ild a s ip h o n u n d ern ea th th e road* w h ich ty p e o f c o n s t r u c t io n i s o b je c t i o n a b l e and m o h m ore e x p e n siv e than th e method co n te m p la te d , b e s id e s m aking n e c e s s a r y b u ry in g th e wood s ta v e pip© w hich i s n o t good, p r a c t i c e , as b u ry in g th e pip© w i l l ca u se d eca y and e n t a i l e x c e s s iv e m ain ten an ce ch a rg es# (S IG N E R B . c . m a j w HOIsB A s s is t a n t C h ie f E n g in eer*