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Oat. 1 7 ,1 9 0 6 Las Vegas water supply. 613. Mr. J. Ho b s C lark, Second V ia * PreMdenfc. / Pear S ir : . ? | / / -life • "' ?# I n ? re p ly to your l e t t e r of October 16, 1906, on the su b je c t o f the Vegas water supply^and p a r t ic u la r ly r e fe r r in g to an .arrangement whereby the Vegas Land & L ater co m p ly would b e a r 'a p roportion o f the In t e r e s t , maintenance and ta x es on « hat p ortion o f the main p ipe lin e extending- from the sprin gs to tihejsoufh aide- o f the Vegas s ta tio n ra ilw a y re s e rv e which i s the nprtft sid e o f Main Street-. fhe c o st o f the 18” r i f o t t e d s te e l main p ip e put in to supply the d iv is io n yard a t Las Vegas Jtrora the sp rin g s to th e south' s id e o f th e ra ilw a y re se rv e at Main s t r e e t , in clu din g the r e s e r v o ir a t the w r i n g s and excludin g the loobtjot ive s e rv ic e tank and the branch lin e to the Amour Ice monuf act or A I was about fl3 ,6 0 0 .0 0 . Chase comprise th® works by which the town is sup p lied w ith i t s pipe which connects w ith the ra ilw a y 18” p ip e at k a in s t r e e t , f h i s 18” p ipe i s d e t e r io r ­a tin g r a p id ly owing to the d e stru c tiv e s a lt s in the s o i l surrounding i t notw ithstanding the asph alt coatin g over i t , and i t is not improb­a b le that i t w i l l have to be renewed in a couple o f y e a rs. IThen th is renewal i s made, I -think i t should be by a wooden pipe o f not g re a te r diam eter than ton inches which would cost approxim ately $10,000. la d the townsite company been o b lig e d to go to the sp rin g s or i t s supply, i t probably would here put in a s t e e l f l vetted pipe