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Los A n g e le s , C a l i f . , June 4 , 1 9 2 7 , 20-6 Mr* W, R, Armstrong W ith r e fe r e n c e t o y o u r l e t t e r o f May 1 9 th , f i l e 9215, s u b m ittin g Form 30 Ho* 5 -4 0 1 6 , a s k in g a u t h o r i t y t o r a i s e th e p r e s e n t 7 0 ,0 0 0 g a llo n w ater tan k a t Las Vegas 1 5 % An i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f c o n d it io n s e x i s t i n g a t la s Vegas has b een made, and I do n o t f a v o r s u b m issio n o f Form 30 a s p r e ­p a r e d , The a d d it io n a l h e ig h t o f 1 5 ” a s p ro p o s e d w i l l n o t e n t i r e l y e lim in a t e th e c o n d i t i o n now e x i s t i n g . I f t h i s tan k i s t o be r a is e d a t a l l , i t sh ou ld be r a is e d an amount s u f f i c i e n t t o p la c e th e g o o s e n e ck s a t Common S tandard e le v a t io n * T h is can be done w ith o u t m aking any a l t e r a t i o n s i n th e s o f t e n e r o r p ip e l i n e s le a d in g t h e r e t o . The to p o f the p r e s e n t tank i s 3 ’ 1 0 ” b elo w th e to p o f th e s o f t e n e r . By r a i s i n g th e tan k 3* and c o n n e c t in g th e d i s ­ch a rg e l i n e from the. s o f t e n e r in t o th e s id e o f th e to p s h e e t o f th e ta n k , s u f f i c i e n t f a l l w i l l be had from th e s o f t e n e r t o th e tank and th e e n t i r e c a p a c it y o f th e tank w i l l be a v a ila b le f o r s t o r a g e . The g o o s e n e ck s w i l l th en be o f p r o p e r h e ig h t t o d i s ­ch a rg e in t o lo c o m o t iv e te n d e r s w ith o u t any w a s te . The e s tim a te d c o s t o f th e w ork a s o u t lin e d a b o v e , w i l l be 1 2 ,9 0 0 o f w h ich $840 w ould be c h a r g e a b le t o C a p ita l A cco u n t, In t h i s c o n n e c t io n , th e e stim a te d amount a s shown on Form 30 Ho. 5 -4 0 1 6 i s n o t in ou r o p in io n , s u f f i c i e n t t o h a n d le th e work p r o p e r ly ; fu r th e r m o r e , we do n o t c o n s id e r th e p ro p o se d m ethod o f r a i s i n g t h i s tank by th e a d d it io n o f e x t r a 15” s t e e l I beam a s th e p r o p e r p la n t o be f o l lo w e d , a s t h i s c o n s t r u c t io n w i l l p r e s e n t an u n s ig h t ly a p p ea ra n ce and w i l l be v e r y d i f f i c u l t t o p r o p e r ly i n s t a l l , ORIGINAL SIGNED A. L ADAMSON R* L* Adamson. c o -M r . F . H, K n ick e rb o ck e r