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Mr. B. 0. Mams Referring to your letter of Bovember 33th, altaoh- lag copy |i Mr* Jeffers*' 'letter Bovember 37th, relative to L, y. L. 8t t. 0o. W0-241, renewal of water lines, Las Vegas, I evade.; 'the wood stave pipe, par chased fro® the Pacific Tank 4 Pipe So* of Los Angeles by the Hawkins Addition and * installed in 1933, ms bound by wire and quite heavily covered with asphalt coating; however, this was not redwood, but untreated fir pipe* 1 have made personal inspection of this pipe line, and find that the asphalt coating has fallen off in a number of places. Many of the spirals of wire have rusted entirely in two, thus permitting staves of pipe to expand, and leaks are developing throughout the. length of the line* llh one line, there were eight bad leaks in distance of one block. In addition, the ends of pipe at some of the Joints have become worn so that they will not butt together properly, and leaks develop thrones these Joints and around couplings* the night of December 5th, a blow-out occurred near Fremont and Ogden Streets, flooding the adjacent area, necessitating shutting off water in min fox about half an hour until temporary repairs could be made# Patrons com­plained about the shut-down. Mr* Bracken advises leaks develop nearly every day, requiring constant maintenance, and when water is shut off for making repairs, patrons complain Los Angele3, December 10, 1934