Show PIPE LINE LIE GOING TO PIECES on wednesday the municipal light almit was silent and a force of nan 1131 under dundei N C simonsen repaired about ninety feet ot of pipe line up near the intake au an entire new section of pipe was constructed and repairs were made at other places in the old flume where the staves had all but totted through it lg Is demonstrated that where the pipe is covered with dirt it rots much quicker than it does where the air js 11 permitted to circulate completely a coundit roun dit and the decay Is more rapid on the side next nest to the mountain than on the other side this is caused presumably by the moisture draining off the mountain and being held by the pipe so that whatever moisture there is in tho the ground on tho the mountain side remains against the pipe line indefinitely or until it Is ab into the ground the pipe line Is in a desperate condition and will have to be rebuilt immediately med lately it Is tho the purpose of the su bupt pt of electric lights to shut down the power plant one day a week for some time to come and make repairs where they are most needed so bad Is the condition however that it Is hard to determine where the greatest need of repairs Is wherever the pipe Js Is uncovered it is found that the staves are rotted so badly that one can almost push his finger through it if there was any great pressure on the pipe it could not wits litand it tut but would blow out the entire line needs rebuilding and it will cost something over 2 per lineal foot sw S w fl |