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San P edro', Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad C ompany Office of Second Vice-President i 7 J. ROSS CLARK, Second Vice-President. Los Angeles, Cal., March 25, 1905. I n reply refer to F ile No. 12—M Mr, T. E. Gibbon, General Counsel. Dear S ir: Replying to your favor o f March 2 lst, and returning copy cf le tte r from Mr. Waters re la tiv e to his investigations at Moapa. Please note the attached le tte r from Mr. Tilton, recommending that we buy the Harris estate, being the 40 acres in the undivided h a lf o f Lots 2 and 3, See. 6, T .15 S., R.65 E., M.D.B.M.; also securing for ourselves from 25 to 30 inches of water. I would advise that negotiations be started for securing this land and water rig h ts. You w ill note Mr. Tilton states that they have sunk several wells near the crossing cf the Moapa and that the water is unfit fo r b o ile r use. Very eno
