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- CAST IRON PIPE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION - Report of Call By City Refugio B. Dononc Name of Organization Street Address Department Date State May Texas Telephone Individuals Contacted Mr, Don. Simmon? Position Ma. ter Suosrin tendent - Remarks - Follow up on my Texas A & M Short School visit with Mr, Simmons and the soil ana_ysi.3 in Refugio by Mr. Harry Smith and myself on Aprh 13. I^ol. Mr, Simmons was out of town during the soil analysis visit. Mr, Slmmor.3 is for cast iron 100$ but ne has the soil problem in Refugle. I explained the polyethylene wrap and he is quite interested, In faote he nas 750f of br' mam set up in this year's budget mat he will install using cast iron pipe polyethylene wrapped if the cost to the city is within say 5 to 10# of the ccct A-C pipe. He has used a materials cost of $1.60 per foot f:r A~C pipe. Thi3, in my judgement, is a good opportunity to help Mr Simmons to help tne industry, and my recommendation is that we follow up on mis at the earliest practicable date. Of.interest was a statement by Mr. Simmons that in one 000 feet of A-C pipe ne had installed tl.,000 worth of clamps (materials only). He has had several longitudinal breaks as well as complete separation due to beam action. He further stated that he had from 5 to 7 different makes, sires, joints, outside diameters, and other inconsistences of A-C pipe in his. systems that had been installed during the past 10years. He has been witn the city for 5 -years.