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Pipe Line to Springs: Las Vegas, Nevada, A p r il 26, 1933. Mr. F. H. Knickerbocker, General Manager, Los Angeles, C a lifo r n ia . Lear S ir : B - l l R e fe rrin g to your l e t t e r January 9, 1933, f i l e 9215-3-W in referen ce to the 16-inoh wood stave pipe lin e » servin g r a ilr o a d f a c i l i t i e s a t Las Vegas, and subsequent ) con versation a few days ago concerning th is m atter: One day la s t week, Mr. Winn o f the Water S ervice ?department was requ ired to rep a ir over one hundred leaks in th is lin e , and i t has been only a few weeks p rio r to that time I had our se rv ic e man R eeley rep a ir about fo r t y leak s. From close observation I would say that most o f these leaks are caused by looseness o f the pipe bands, which allow s the tongue in the stave to spring a l i t t l e and*when the leaks are rep aired with plugs or wedges i t ev en tu a lly only increases the number o f leaks at other places along the stave. I r e a liz e that Mr. P ra ter has made examination o f th is lin e and did not approve our former recommendation to re p a ir and cover same with d ir t on account o f the expense; and in th is I h e a r t ily concur, as we have elim in ated the f i r e hazard connected th erew ith ; but r e a lly b e lie v e that fo r the p reserva tio n o f th is lin e each band on the pipe should be tigh ten ed and a number o f new bands placed thereon where needed. In conversation w ith Mr. Winn, he concurs w ith me in t h i s .thought, and as an estim ate o f the time r e ­quired to to th is work, i t would take one man p ossib ly two