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B R ID G E S A N D P I L E D R I V I N G C O N C R E T E C O N S T R U C T I O N W. M. L E D B E T T E R 8c CO. CONTRACTORS A N D E N G I N E E R S 651-2 PACIFIC ELECTRIC BUILD ING M A I N 7 4 6 5 . F 5 0 9 6 Los An g eles, Ca l A n ril 2, 1917___ 191___ IB . ARTHUR MAGUIRE, C hief Engineer, LOS ANGELES & SALT LAKE RWY, Los Angeles, C a lifo r n ia . Lear S ir : - We hereby propose to construct the new g r a v ity water supply lin e fo r your company at Las Vegas, Nevada, on the fo llo w in g b a s is :- Your company are to fu rnish fr e e tra n sp ortation fo r necessary equipment, men, and lumbejf to and from Las Vegas. A l l cement,sand, graved, re in fo r c in g s t e e l, and v i t r i f i e d pipe are to be furnished at the crossing o f the proposed pipe lin e w ith theL.V.& T. Rwy. without cost to ou rselves, i t being understood that we are to unload th is m a teria l, in such a manner as not to in t e r fe r e w ith the t r a f f i c on th is lin e . Water required in the construction work is to be obtained from your present pipe lin e adjac&nt to the proposed work, the only cost o f the same to be the cost o f making the necessary connections , (C u tting a No. 10 g. c o lla r on the pipe wherever we tap the same) , I t is contemplated that 9000 l i n . f t . o f 16n v i t r i f i e d pipe are to be la id , 6000 l i n . f t . o f which are to embedded in concretq the top o f the concrete being approximately taffgial' inches below the ground surface