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* Los F ile Angeles - j u l y 20th-1933 Mr. W. H. Comstock: Your l e t t e r o f the 2 3 rd ., u l t . , r e la t iv e to a rte s ia n w e ll, at Las Vegas: In th is connection, I am quoting the fo llo w in g from D iv isio n Engineer M ille r : "Returning f i l e re ce ive d w ith your l e t t e r o f J u ly 4 t h ., in regard to d r i l l i n g w e ll at Las Vegas. I fin d that Mr. Comstock has not caught the reason fo r th is w e ll. I b e lie v e we now have s u ffic ie n t water at our sp rin gs to supply Las Vegas, but the proposed w e ll is to take the p lao e o f the north group o f springs and to e lim inate the open pond where the vegetation grows so rank and which causes a l l the com plaints. Our w e ll at Las Vegas roundhouse w i l l supply a l l r a ilr o a d needs by a i r pumping, but w i l l not n a tu ra lly flo w in to our b ig tank. The Ic e Company has in s t a lle d ooolin g tower which cuts down t h e ir amount o f water used to p robably o n e -fift h of what they form erly u se d ."
