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Los Angeles, Gal., Mr.E.C.Sutt, #8» June 5th. 1912. Internals along the proposed route convinced it that, excepting on on© short section, the soil contained no salts or alkali that would harm the concrete, and in that section no injurious effects would result unless the soil was kept constantly or nearly constantly wot. I estimate the cost of 9210 feet of pipe required, laid and including freight at 45 cents a foot would be as follows:« 9210 feet of pipe f.Trenching and backfilol*ibn*g ,L ols/ si ncgye*los, at $1.35 012,433*50 to 3$li Snu.pfetr«v i3s0i7o0n ooyn. above, freight on Company lines,Los Angelos to T? .30 921.00 400.64 Las Vegas on 9210 feet, t¥ .45 4 frX^/jr#O0 CompaEnsyt ilmiantoesd a dcdoesdt, wi(t0h1 .9f4r3e iglhint. fotn.) 017,899*64 Less freight on Company lines, 4>144*50 Estimated cost without freight on Company lines (01*493 lin.ft.) 013,755.14 X also secured from the Pacific Tank & Pipe Company a tender for a copper banded wooden stave pipe, two copies of which I hand you* We have tried out iron banded stave pipe at Las Vegas but the banding was soon destroyed by the corroding elements in the soil. The maximum head provided for is 100 feet, which is about the difference between the elevation of the water behind the clam at the spring and at the tank, and the gradient between those points falls almost uniformly* About one-quarter of the pipe would b© banded to withstand 25 feet head; another quarter 50 foot head; a third quarter a 75 foot head; and the remaining quarter 100 ft* head* The object being to