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S A N P E D R O , L O S A N G E L E S A N D S A L T L A K E R A I L R O A D C O M P A N Y H. C. WUTF, i GENEVA™ MANAGER, ' C. J. BALCHj ASSISTANT TO GENERAL MANAGER, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. later supply pipe line, Las Yagas. June 14, 1912. Mr. W. H. Banoroft, ^Mr. J. Ross Clark, Special Committee. Dear Sirs:- I enclose a letter from Mr. Tilton with copies of a proposition from the Reinforced Concrete Pipe Company for the construction of an 18" pipe at Las Vegas, and one from the Pacific Tank i Pipe Co. for a copper-banded, wooden stave pipe to replace the existing sheet steel pipe, which is becoming somewhat deteriorated from the action of the alkali in the soil. When it becomes necessary to replace the existing pipe it seems to me the reinforced concrete pipe i# certainly the one that we should adopt, as it is considerably cheaper than any other and the five year guarantee which the Pipe Company offers on that style of pipe is as long as we could expect, and I believe we would find concrete to be unaffected by the alkali in the soil. I recently went over the pipe line in company with Messrs Cullen and Jessup, and while it is true that we have had some very serious interruptions in the supply of water on account of the breakages in the pipe, I do not believe, from personal examination of it, that there is any doubt about the present pipe qontinuing to furnish a regular and adequate supply of water for another year at least, and with alight repairs from time to time it may last considerably longer. In the last six months, December to May, inclusive, it cost us 5392.00, or an average of $48.6? a month, to keep the old pipe in repair. That amount is only about three per cent on the §17,899.00 Mr. Tilton eat itmi tes the new concrete pipe will cost, so that we have not reached the point yet where the expense of keeping the old pipe in repair would justify replacing it with reinforced concrete. The expense of keeping the old pipe in repair will of course increase pretty rapidly from this time on, but I believe we will not be taking any appreciable risk in depending upon the old pipe for six or eight months, and my opinion is that we could better afford to defer the construction of a new pipe until nex even longer. Yours truly, spring or possibly