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Los Angeles,Cal.| March 11, |gil H, it. Piatt 2nd r. J. Ross Clark Special Committee Some months ago you approved fora covering the laying of new,,., pipe line from the Las Vegas springe to the townsite; it is a failure; i|, attachcopyof a letter from Mr. Maguire in regard to the - -13 ; He very keenly about the matter and l-do' not considerhi® alto- ?; ether ^oojt, sxcerl t t I .do believewe wasted too muchmoney in | att#ip%.|ng-to repair, the line a.fter it was pretty evident ,tr •. vine 'wo:ni'd,,nbt ? stand the ^pressure. He ' says, his or iginal recommendation was wood stave reinforced bands to be laid on top of the ground, but , that .. Nusf would not approve this for the;.,reason that hSf thought in case, of strikes or other trouble it would be very .ea.sy to damage and very expensive to patrol. I think Mr » Nutt’s argument a very good one. ; Hr. Maguire says he went very thoroughly into matter of . concrete pipe but that he dismissed it on account of the alkrali in the Soil, and he got facts and figures to show that where concrete pipe hadgheen used.'in alkali soil in other places, It had been, 3^tor;. ,;-c. through in two or three years. He says the sidewalks in the Las Vegas townslte, in many places, have simply been eaten clear t - , v. :- the alkali action. The clay pipe, finally deoiled upon, was pur chased under guarantee' of >2 lbs. pressure, but ,as:;a matter of fact it will not •< stand greater than 17 lbs. should', recover . fhe'fpurohfse' price of , ; the pipe from the makers. I presume it means aJ-Suit I I have hot a better plan to offer than that suggested by Mr. Maguire and that 13 to put in a wood stave reinforced band pipe on top of the ground from where tte present clay pipe holds under pressure of 17 lbs; this will give “s about kOOO. feet of exposed pipe on top of the ground; it will not be a great length to patrol in case of trouble. ’i?1 you kindly advise your wishes in the matter ? „,f' $%. m£«Yours truly,'---'