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Las Vegas • Feb 15$ 1950 W?? > - i - t i - Hr. U R. Haags X return herewith requisition 52-49 to 53. lnol. received with your letter February 15th, H I # 1-7334 which X have signed and will thank you to transmit to th# purchasing agent* V# have Inoreaaed th# number of 12-inoh valves fora three to five in order to permit us to out in the new firs hydrants on ths 12* line without too much Intonation to services and also to penult us to Isol&to seas stretches of main In oust It Is neoeseary to shut off a portion for repairs In the future* Vs propose to sot one 12-tnoh valve between 2nd and 3rd Streets, Just west of the eonneotlon between the 8-lnoh and 12-inoh mainsj and the 2nd 12-inoh valve at the property line on the west side of 5th Street. In accordance with Hr. Reinhardt’s ft-282 ws have asked for competitive bids covering construction and bsoause of anticipated delay of completing contract etc. X suggest the purchasing agent be requested to place purchase order with Instruction to "assemble sad hold* so the pip# will not arrive before we are ready as we can not string It out In the allay before we are ready to put It in place because of interruption to traffic. X have gone over the plan and profile with Superintendent Doyle and we think they are all right with the addition of these two gate valve# mentioned above. A. H. Folger