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Las Vegas, Nevada, February 20th, 1933. B-ll Mr. F. H. Knickerbocker, General Manager, Los Angeles, C aliforn ia. Dear S ir: Referring to your le tte r January 9th, f i l e 9215- 3-W, concerning pipe lin e leading from Springs to ra ilro ad yards, and more p articu larly the 24-inch line from settlin g basin to reservoir: Yesterday at 2:30PM, we discovered a fir e up there and as soon as possible Williamson, Hennsler and Cooper went there and some minutes la te r, with the aid of the Fire department, we were able to extinguish the fir e which, I believe, was undoubtedly started by some malicious boys, fhe grass and brush fir e spread from fence to fence, crossing over d irectly behind our Battling basin and under the pipe lin e above mentioned. fhe damage done was burning and weakening a great many of the supports under that line and in many places the staves of wooden pipe were charred possibly to the depth of one-eighth inch. However, we were successful in saving the lin e from utter destruction, and even after the fir e |iad been extinguished the above mentioned men stayed on the job u n til late in the afternoon to be sure that the wind would cause no fresh outbreak under the pipe lin e . Respectfully re fe r you to my le tte r of November 17, which is herewith quoted:
