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Rooming House Addition. Las Vegas, Nevada, October 24, 1924. Mr. A. Maguire, C hief Engineer, Union P a c i f ic System* Los Angeles, C a l i f . Dear S ir : n~ ,, l e t t e r w i l l be handed you by Louis H ilk e, foreman i f P ip e Shop and, I might a ls o say Mr. H ilk e is the C ity Plumbing In sp ector who, under my in stru c tio n s, has been in sp e ct-zng the plumbing to the new building*; , , x , To ’oeS ia with the Contractors d isregarded a l l your in stru ctio n s concerning the la y in g o f the s u b -flo o r . She sub- 1 1 °or was la id and a l l p a r t it io n studding up b efo re plumbing 5‘?Wf!rer; H1i ke has matie a thorough in sp ection even w ith th is maiked disadvantage but now the plumbers a re d isre g a rd ­ing the plumbing s p e c ific a tio n s and H ilk e w i l l not stand f o r 6 some o f the things they are explain to you in d e t a il. try in g to * s lip o v e r.* He w i l l + n0 f l r s t settlem ent made with the * u n t il they liv e up to the s p e c ific a tio n s as in te rp re ­ted by your in spector, Alspaugh, and H ilk e, both o f whom are very le n ie n t in t h e ir requirements in my opin ion. * . . , s5;0“Jd Jt UP feo to approve the voucher,as V ic e - Las Vegas Land & Water Company, am sure t h e ir settlem ent w i l l be delayed u n t il such time as they fo llo w the s p e c ific a t io n s . Yours tru ly , V ic e -P re sid e n t & Agent