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Houston office February 6, 1957 C. A. Wirsig - New York Cast Iron Specifications ASA Specifications Your Letter February 4 My own notes do not reflect exactly the same concept of our discussion at Skytop as that indicated by your suoject letter. I can readily see that I might have given the impression I could secure comments or analyses by engineers reflecting their attitude toward the ASA Specifications for cast iron pipe and possible deviations therefrom. Actually, r had in mind sending you examples of specifications promulgated by various consulting engineers in this area which would show the manner in which the ASA Specifications are being used. Cne might be justified in saying that an analysis of some of these engineering specifications might very well show how the engineers themselves are being "used" by our cast iron competition. In any event, I believe I am familiar with your general aims and I certainly have definite ideas regarding information which should be given to our salesmen in order to clarify and improve their knowledge of our metallic competition. I will endeavor to supply you with useable material as far as possible in advance of your deadline. While I dimly recall the correspondence you mention regarding a job in Louisiana, I am unable to identify the specific situation at the moment. It seems to me that it was a job in connection with which I addressed a letter to our Mr. McCarty. If you can identify the job by subject, I would like to resurrect my own file for review. WHW/plg cc* File W. H. Waring Division Headquarters February 4, 1957 W. H. Waring - Housto Cast Iron Specifications ASA Specifications At Skytop, you indicated that you could secure and forward to us comments or analyses by engineers and possibly water works customers in your ares regarding the adequacy and/or desirability of ASA Specifications for cast iron pipe from a design and specification point of view. Would appreciate any and all information you can get from outside euthorita.tive sources in addition to any and all ideas that you yourself have on the subject. The end use of this material would be in summarized form to appear in a bulletin for wide distribution to our sales force. We are aiming for a two-month deadline, which would be around the end of March. Would appreciate very much your hel p. / O.^A. Wirsig oaw/Bee P. S. I recall correspondence you sent in regarding a job in Louisiana where a consulting engineer received a letter from a Mr. Starns, of the American Cast Iron Pipe Company, lour letter accompanying this correspondence, I thought, placed this whole matter in proper perspective as far as the practical facts are concerned. 0. A. Wirsig ' arroiisoxlioOqS no'll JhaaO ax&lftso&io 9qS. 48A ' . - Bismol brts aixtoaa BIBoo xtp^ Isdi BsisoiBxil Po^;%qot^3 1A isdsv ^idxaapq ibxts aiasnigiia'T&d asaxlsaxs 10 aJxtajBCfoO'atf, at 'io\bct& TtpBBpaba ,&&t gaiBisgsi saaa /rxtbx xt/ atsnofavo aahcov ' V '.Q['I<2 ami .laso- iol anoxIsoilidaqS t$A Ip, ^ilicfaiia'afl ^IxroVT Xwaiv lo. iioq'xioxt.3oilio0qa tos sOglaoB s stall - . v:;: ftoil lag nso xrog abxismzofnt I is Pits goa ' a&$ i osYqqa IIs- BPa 'gas p? noxilBBe pi asotwoa sTi^-Riiiodlxxjx4piaiyc sail Baa sxET `.ioa&tfxja edfr no svsxi -XiaeixrSV; jxoij; tpxfr peabi uspcqs od. miol Basil acuaxa ai sd btuov/L3t'i3fapi:a'.dt lo xpoidl aalsa iuo oi noiftsdxnMb abtw iol. vs\ '"'V *> ed-ypippv. rfoxxiw ,ant lbs eh dtnoss^ovf a- iol gnixiii:iiSsr4&;'W "^ :J5oxxiit-:VX9v a^aiosaqqs Pix/oW .xfoisM lo Pas 9da- Bnitoia "' .qiad-'^ffo^ ^xj^. \ giaiiW .A .0 09.s\so s gniBisgsi ni ^n9a nog 90xi9Bnog39iio3' Ilsoai I' .S' ,q .iss signs gxixilxranoo s aisxiw snsialx/oJ'cx dot -' ' add lo t3mslS .iM s moil aaddal a Bsviaosi *,./ 191J9I ixxoi .gxiBqmoO aqil aoil desO aaoxiemA ,dd%ucrdd I t aoaaBxxoqasnoo aid! gaigxxaqxooos ^ . 9vxiD9qai9q isqoiq ni 'xedd.em 9odw aidd baoeiq .09X1190X100 si.s siosl Isoilosiq s4i as xsl as giaiiW . A .0 x.* -*?