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REIIIPOROBL CONCRETE PIPE COMPABY Los An geles, C a l,, May 14th, 1912, Mr* T ilto n , C h ief Engineer, S a lt Lake R ailroad , P, E, B u ild in g, C ity . Lear S ir : We can quote you the fo llo w in g p ric e s on approxim ately 9200 fe e t o f our rein fo rce d concrete pipe la id at Las Vegas, Levada, For pipe made and la id at Las Vegas 90 per lin e a l fo o t exclu sive o f earth work but inclu din g connection at the spring and s p e c ia l 10 inch te e opening at low er end o f the lin e , pipe made in Los Angeles and transported fr e e o f cost your Company from Los Angeles to Las exclu sive o: earth Vegas, & to For u s, the by SI*55 per fo o t , la id work but includin g s p e c ia l work above mentioned. <& 36,40 per The fre igh t on th is pipe, at „ ton,| whic?h? w?as the ra te quoted us by Hr. Sloan would be approxim ately 45^ per lin e a l fo o t making the t o t a l p r ic e , Including the fr e ig h t fo r the pipe made in Los An geles, $1*80 per foot* As th is pipe would have to be very c a r e fu lly made with selected m a teria ls, we b e lie v e i t would be much b e tte r to make i t here than to t r y to construct i t at Las Vegas as we can not only secure the proper m ateria ls here but we can g iv e the pipe much c lo s e r in sp ection and i t can be made under more fa vora b le con­d itio n s in every way. We w i l l guarantee the pipe fo r a period o f f i v e years from the date o f com pletion and w i l l immediately re p a ir or replace any de­f e c t s , should any appear w ith in th at time which might be due to d e fe c tiv e m ateria ls or workmanship o r the actio n o f any sub­stances contained in the s o i l . I t s h a ll be understood, however, th at th is guarantee does not cover any in ju ry which may come to the pipe through any causes except those above mentioned and over which we have no c o n tro l. W© wish to thank you f o r the opportunity o f fig u r in g on th is work and tru s t that we may be successful in securing the con tra ct, knowing th at we can g iv e you a pipe lin e which w i l l be successful and s a tis fa c to r y in every p a r tic u la r . Very tr u ly yours, R einforced Concrete Pipe Co, (Signed) S* L . Whitman.