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Los Angeles, January 24, I 2 0 -6 Mr. F. H. Knickerbocker: * Please be r e fe r re d to Work Order 8248 coverin g con­stru ctio n o f 2,500,000 g a llo n r e s e r v o ir a t Las Vegas, Nevada: This work order provides fo r la y in g 500 fe e t o f 24” oast iron water lin e from the r e s e r v o ir to a connection with the e x is tin g wood stave pipe lin e . On account o f the very fa ­vorable bid secured from E l l i o t t & McKenna fo r the con struction o f the r e s e r v o ir , i t is estim ated that there w i l l be an unexpend­ed balance under th is work order o f approxim ately $1 0 ,000• This amount o f money w i l l cover the cost o f in s t a llin g approxim ately 1200 ft .a d d it io n a l 24” pipe in the lin e from r e s e r v o ir to Shop Grounds, a distan ce o f approxim ately 9,300 f e e t ; the balance 7,600 f t . pipe lin e under Work Order 8248? This contingency was a n ticip a ted a t the time Budget was prepared and advantage taken o f sajne by reducing the amount o f the estim ate included under Budget Item No. 78, th e re fo re , no change w i l l r e s u lt in th is Budget Item i f a d d itio n a l pipe lin e as requested above may be constructed under e x is tin g a u th o rity . being included in 1929 Budget Item No. 78. May we have a u th o rity to construct th is a d d itio n a l R. L. Adamson