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there were no contractual relationships between the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the Railroad and the water was furnished because water was cheap and it was available." (Transcript I & S 52) In 1913 under the assumption that the water belonged to the Railroad Company, since it had its source on lands purchased in 1905, a contract was then executed between the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the Railroad Company and renewed from time to time. The agreement of March 22, 1921, then recites that the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company "controls certain water rising and flowing from what is known as Las Vegas Spring" "from which source the City of Las Vegas has heretofore obtained its water supply" and the Las Vegas Land and Water Company "owns and operates a system of water mains in the City of Las Vegas, under a franchise from said City, through which water for domestic and other purposes is supplied to the residents of Clark*s Las Vegas Townsite," '"For this water service the Railroad Company agrees to furnish and deliver to the Water Company1s water main at the junction of Main and Bridger Streets 'a~bs- sufficient water to supply the residents of the said Clark's Las Vegas Townsite for domestic and other necessary uses, at the rate of #200 per month, provided that the Railroad Company be required to furnish to the Water Compary such water as it may have in excess of the amount it may require for its own purposes in the operation of its Railroad Terminal at Las Vegas," The Railroad Company retained at all times full supervision over any and all repairs that might be necessary in the maintenance of the connect­ions with the water mains of the Water Company. Water Company agreed that it "Will use said water so delivered to supply Clark's Las Vegas Townsite and its inhabitants for domestic and