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BK Las V egas, H e r ., August 16, 1905. Mr. E. G. T ilt o n , C h ie f E n g in e e r, \ Los A n g e le s , C a l. L e a r S i r : - In r e p ly to yours o f August 14th in -which you say th a t you hare r e p o r t from Mr. Branson on c o n d itio n o f 18” p ip e l i n e a t Las Vegas and sending me in s tr u c tio n s as to p la c in g B lo c k in g and s tr in g e r s under tra ck s where th ey cro ss p ip e . I w ish to sa y ..that the minimum d is ta n c e from "bottom o f t i e to 18” p ip e is 2 * 6” and t h is o n ly occurs a t one p o in t . I send you a sk etch p r o f i l e Jfehowing p ip e a t t h is - a p o in t . I t is a g r e a t tem p ta tio n to me to#use some e x tre m e ly s tro n g language in r e p ly to you r l e t t e r above r e fe r r e d t o . In the f i r s t p la c e I c o n s id e r i t v e r y stra n g e th a t yojf/ should take the unsupported word o f a tempopary employe on my r o l l jfaij/ a man who i s in t e r e s t e d on the s id e o f the company su p p ly in g tJfe p ip e as to the lo c a t io n o f a grade lin e made by me. I have alreaJry r e p o rte d to you th at th ere is a c e r t a in space between the b o t t d f L t the t i e s o f the yard tra ck s and the p ip e and i t seems to me you ld be o n ly common c o u rte s y on your p a r t to have a t l e a s t asked mW to r e p e a t my statem en t o r to make some in q u ir ie s o f me b e fo r e assuming th a t th e p ip e f i t t e r was co rre c t, in h is sta tem e n ts . T h is man is e v id e n t ly an u t t e r l i a r and a d o u b le -fa c e d s c o u n d re l. He s ta te d p o s i t i v e l y to me and to Mr. Andrew Ash ton , Poreman o f W ater S e r v ic e , th a t he was s ic k o f the jo b o f t r y in g to make the p ip e w a ter t ig h t and re p e a te d s e v e r a l tim es th a t he in ten d ed to r e p o r t to h is company when he a r r iv e d a t Los. A n gbles th a t the whole source o f the tr o u b le was th a t th e p ip e was u n fit f o r the pur pose f o r which i t was d e sig n e d . He