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I agree.Letter stating that damage to the pipeline was causing damage at the rail yard, and repair work should be undertaken immediately instead of waiting for scheduled maintenance.
hln000941. Union Pacific Railroad Collection, 1828-1995. MS-00397. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d13j3d158
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Las Vegas, Nev., Dec. 31, 1916. Mr. H.C. Nutt, Pres., L.V.L.&.W. Co., Los Angeles, Cal. Dear Sir: I am writing you at this time in reference to our pipe line from resevoir to the town. It seems to me almost imper-ative that we relay this pipe line as early as possible for the following reasons. The old line has at present been leaking in so many places that more than one-half of the water is leaking out and is surrounding the shops and material yards and as Mr. Hoffman and I went over the matter yesterday, we find that it is doing quite a bit of damage. For instance, the turntable at the shops through the percolation of this overflow of water, is standing in water up to the circle rail and they have to be pumping at it continually. The large storage oil tank is entirely under water to the depth of one foot and it will only be a short time until the water and chemicals in this soil will rust through the tank even though the same should be coated with P.& B. paint or any other material. I make this assertion from the fact that I have tried to prevent rusting of pipe etc., out here and without any degree of success. All through the yard around the shops and south of the Roundhouse, the water is coming to the surface so that it is at all times muddy. The tressle work laid up to the top of the storage oil tank has been thrown out of shape and I believe, as Mr. Hoffman said, was only a short time ago repaired but on account of this water that is there they cannot have sufficient foundation to hold it properly. At the south end of the yards the water is standing in a lake 100 feet by 500 feet long and undoubtedly when hot weather comes this will be a pool rather injurious to the health of employees. A day or so ago the water service department started to dig a ditch from the pipe line in the rear of the shops clear across the country to the creek to carry off this leakage. This may help to some extent but will not eliminate the trouble and as yet this ditch is not completed. Knowing that the rebuilding of this pipe line has been included in our budget, I believe that as above stated, we should not delay in the matter but should have it reconstructed at once. Agent. Yours truly,