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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 the plant indicate to you that there’s a very liberal, if not extravagant use of water in Las Vegas? A. It does. MR. BENNETT: Q. Mr. Clark, you suggested that this Searles well be piped directly into that 2k inch main down there. Isn’t It a fact that all the supplies of the Company go through the settling basins of the reservoir? A. Mr. Bennett, you have a better knowledge of your system than I, but I believe on the inspection trip that I made with **' P°lg®r’ 1 saw h*d settlement basins, but the water goes through them very quickly. I was surprised when I saw them how small they were to catch any flocculent. I would like to go Into the matteri this is the first time I have been asked about the Searles well. I still think it's a very good bet to investi­gate. If it would be necessary to pump for a quarter of a mile then it would not be beyond the possibility to get it into your Charleston Street reservoir, and then let it take its course with the other water. I don’t know about any possible contamina­tion—whether or not it might need chlorination. MR. BENNETT: Q. You don’t know anything about the quality of the Searles well, and you don't know whether it would be safe to put out from the Charleston main or not. A. I don’t know but I believe it could be. MR. CAtmos: Q. Colonel Clark, as a miter of fact, Isn't It true that the Water Company chlorinate, some of the water directly through the water mains? A. I tried to find the chlorination apparatus one day and 100.