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\ Union P acific Railway, Engineering Department Los Angeles, Cal.. / ) w 1 ( Gentlemen: We take pleasure in confirming prices that we quoted you on P acific Continuous Redwood St&ve Pipe, delivered and in stalled at Las Vegas, Nevada, in accordance with the terms and conditions of our standard form of contract, which b rie fly stated, mean that you are to unload the material from the cars at Las Vegas, sort the material, and haul and distribute same conveniently along the place of in stallatio n , do a l l trenching, grading, and in s t a llation of supportsyor stru c tu re other than pipe, and ^ furnish water for testing pipe promptly upon it s completion, as follows: clear, thoroughly seasoned Redwood lumber, dressing to approximately 1- 1/2" in thickness, the butt joints 'to be slotted.&nd provided with l/g" x 1-1/2" steel tongues. The banding would consist of 7/ l6" diameter round mild steel bands provided with, malleable iron straight pu ll shoes fo r connecting the ends. The bands would be spaced 7-1/2" centers on the body of the 3 ^ pip© and 6" centers over the butt join ts, this being the M§ proper spacing for a maximum gravity pressure of not to exceed 25 pounds. The bands and shoes would be coated with asphaltum before being placed on pipe and any damaged spots after in stallatio n is completed would be re-touched. quite a lo t of 16" pipe, in stalled at Las Vegas, and the Approximately 1800 lin e a l feet - 2h" inside diameter - 25-pounds pressure - Continuous Redwood Stave Pipe, in sta lle d ...................... Approximate weight........................................ / Approximately 100 lin ea l feet - 20" inside diameter pipe, as above................................ Approximate weight......................................... #2.70 per f t . 27# « « IgS This pipe would be constructed of staves milled from We have furnished and in stalled for your Company