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Copy for Mr. Knickerbocker / Water Supply at X*as 7egas: Las 7a gas - July Tth, 1936. f 23-3-5 Hr. R. 1. Adamson Chief &ngine#r, liOS Angeles, Cal. Ids M Dear ^ ir : Confirming ottr phone conversation this a ft e r noon, regarding the use o f Cash man's ditcher fo r straightening out the La a Vegas Creek: making a new ditch between the Middle Spring and present bridge a t la in Street! and is , of course, merely an estimate, Our figures are based on the Barbara Oreen ditcher excavating at an average depth o f 3 fee t, width 20 inches, and trenching approximately 1700 lin e a l feet per day. Above does not Include expense of engineers setting grade stakes or supervision expense. I show below a detailed estimate of cost of 6 days machine rental @ #20.00 per day $120.00 6 days labor @ 12,00 per day 72,00 6 days fu e l, o il & tools 10.00 per day 60.00 7 days hand labor, turning creek into new ditch and closing o ff old ditch, ® #20.00 per day 140,00 Estimated total $ 392.00 This estimate was compiled here in the o ffic e , Tour s tru ly . m i t m a. BitAcmr. r M o 1936 \ Os
