Abe B. Cline, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Accn 998

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HI ~ lin 5""):35 \\'hen we h o · ed i-that water softener up there- the nexYtirne I sa~mrn, ~hich 'as a couple of days later, the engineer told me t t he came down there and he started up his boiler and about ~ ,, 30 minutes later, the$£ety-valve popped~ He wenft downthee and he turned the oil -- turned the oil down and he said 30 minutes later, y;hy, it popped again. And then he discovered what was happening there. Thissoft water was disssolving the scale. And he took out, I don't know how many pounds of scale that he took out of that boiler there and this was all insulating theheat from the water, you see, so he was getting a tremenodus amount of good fromthis water softener. And the President of Standard Oil Co. in California. This was an uns~ual experience because I got that lead through a plumber, a plumber who did his work in his home. And we made an appointment with him in his office. Andh.ewas just like a King! And we went up there to the first receptionarea and she called and they said that we had an appointment right away. So a little page boy with a little round cap and uniform on, took us to the next station. Then another page may took us to the next station. And then thenext boy took us to the King! -- to the President. And we discovered when we talked to hirn,that he didn't have enough pressure to operate this water softener that ne would need a pump. And - - I didn't know from pumps about anything. I knew I worked a hand pump, that was the only kind of pump I knew. And even a hand pump I ddn't know what caused it to work. But anyway,