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Form 2191B t1 i n r * i - E G R A M SYMBOL X CLASS OF SERVICE REQUIRED Indicate by X in proper line Px Preferred Immediate delivery the class of service required. Do not specify preferred Dx Day Delivery during day service if other service will Time Filed..........................M Nx Night Delivery by next morning answer the purpose. 10-28-150,000 & £ £ £ & & £ £ Apr i l 6, 1939. F . H. Knickerbocker - Los Angel©®. Further In connection w ith domestic water supply a t Las V«gas. In telegram A p r il 1 st I advised you the m atter was bein g g iven fu rth e r co n sid era tio n . We are now asked to fu rn is h fo llo w in g in fo rm a l! oni 1 } Investment by R ailroad Company f o r w ater supply purposes down to connection w ith the domestic supply, separated in to c o s t o f land, w e ll, r e s e r v o ir , wood stave pipe lin e , present cast iron pip© lin e and proposed oast iro n pipe lin e . M Investment o f L.V.L.& 1« Company in ranch th at was purchased to insure b e n e fic ia l us®. 3) f e t a l amount o f water used by the R ailroad la e t year and amount used by the la t e r Company. 4 ) I t scorn® to me th at i t would be b e tte r fo r the R a ilro a d Company to s e l l the w ater a t the point o f connection o f the domestic supply to th e h a ter Company so th at any fu tu re d is p o s itio n o f the Water Company w i l l not a f f e c t the R a ilro a d Company1e supply. This would bo in lie u o f leas© proposed in your l e t t e r February 19th. would l i k e , however, to know why the Law Department con siders a le a s e necessary to p ro tect our water r ig h t s . 5 ) The town o f Las V©gaa i s now growing m a te ria lly and i f w© are to make a change in the w ater ra te s , going to meter payment®, should i t not be don© now rath er than w ait u n t il e x p ira tio n o f the present fra n ch ise in 1934, when th ere w i l l be ®o many a d d itio n a l in s ta lla tio n ® # q) R e fe rrin g to the agreement w ith the BauMer Bern Syndicate, In c .: Would i t not be p re fe ra b le f o r the Water Company to in s t a ll th ese m in e and req u ire a guarantee by the Syndicate o f in t e r e s t, taxes and d ep recia tio n , t o t a lin g about tw elve percent per annum f o r ten years, g iv in g c r e d it fo r revenues c o lle c te d . This would insure to th e Water Company the proper e ls e and con stru ction o f the mains and avoid the necessity o f future purchase as was done in other cases r e c e n tly , fh e • c e r t i f i c a t e from the Pu blic S e rv ice Commission now held by the Syndicate could be tra n sferred to the Las Vegas Land A Water Company.