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Show WOODEN GAS MAINS LASTING Pipes Laid In Now York Town. Mora Than Saventy Years Ago Are Still Sound. Whon a gas system was Installed In Canandalgua more than seventy years ago there was laid In the main street a six-Inch wooden trunk lino 1,800 foot long. In n survey of the distribution system nmdo rocently It was decided that, since this wooden trunk lino had seen such long and faithful service, It must bo tlmo to give It a well-cdrucd rest. Ilut when n section of the pipe was uncovered tho engineers changed their minds because thcro was disclosed a rcmarknhlo Illustration of the durabll Uy of tho old-fashioned gas main. Although Al-though this wooden plpo had been ly I Ing submerged In wntcr, It appeared to bo as sound as tho day It wns laid. A nolo wns bored In It with tin ordinary carpenter's bit. Tho Inside of the log was Just as sound as tho outside. Its thickness wns found to bo nearly two nnd one-half Inches, making tho out-sldo out-sldo diameter of tho log oleven Inches. Chips from tho boring showed thcro had been no scepngo through tho fiber nnd tho wood wns not Impregnated with n gas odor. Thcro was only a thin nlm on tho Inside of tho plpo. Otherwise Oth-erwise tho wood wns frCBh nnd clean. In laying this historic plpo lino ono end of tho log wns trimmed down for a fow Inches to about hnlf Its original thickness, nud this was Inserted Into , tho enlarged bore of tho next length, '. then an Iron band wns drawn tightly . over the Joint. Tho Iron band had not I survived as well as tho wood. Several of tho Joint bunds wcro found to have . rusted through nnd had to bo removed. , Utility Ilulletln. F t |