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EGT 2 M s a id th a t i t was not o f heavy enough ir o n , th a t i t should have 'been No. 8 ir o n in s te a d o f No. 16, th a t he had had tro u b le w ith the same c h a r a c te r o f p ip e in many o th e r c a s e s , and used the e x p re s s io n s e v e r a l tim es th a t i t was "no good" and meant to say so when he g o t b a c k . I t o ld him when he a r r iv e d and rep e a te d i t on August l l t h / th a t he was. not to le a v e the work w ith o u t n o t i f y i n g me and g e t t in g my p erm issio n to do so . T h is in s t r u c t io n was based on your in s tru c tio n s th a t i f th ere was n o th in g f o r him to do on the p ip e l i n e to w a it u n t il th ere was f and n ot employ him on o th er work to f i l l up the tim e. I t o ld him th a t the most im portant th in g was to make the p ip e lin e s e r v ic e a b le and th a t the f a c t th a t he had n o th in g to do f o r a few h ou rs, a h a l f a day or a day^was o f no im portance so lon g as h is s e r v ic e s were a v a ila b le when n ecessa ry ,a n d th a t th is Company was w i l l i n g to rem unerate him a t the s ta te d r a te o f $5.00 p er day so lomg as h is s e r v ic e s were a v a ila b le a t a moment’ s n o tic e when r e q u ir e d . He was put in f u l l charge o f the l i n e and the h a n d lin g o f the w ater in the pipe^ as he was th e most com petent judge o f "howr i t should be l e t in or shut o f f to s u it the work g o in g on.- He was fu rn is h e d w ith a l l p o s s ib le a s s is ta n c e in the way o f men and to o ls to p ro s ec u te the work. On August 12th, w ith o u t g iv in g any n o t ic e w h atever e it h e r to my o f f i c e or to the Foreman o f Water S e r v ic e or to anyone in a u t h o r it y , he l e f t the work and took the t r a in f o r Los Angeles., a f t e h avin g as n e a r ly as I can a s c e r ta in shut o f f the w ater from the ic e p la n t . The Water S e r v ic e Foreman was occu pied on Sunday the lo t h E ast o f Vegas on in s p e c tio n work and d id not re tu rn u n t il N o . l ’ s a r r i v a l on Sunday when he found Branson gone and the g a te shut down. In reg a rd to B ranson’ s statem en t th a t in one p la c e a t i e