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San Pedro, L os A ngeles & m L ake Railroad C ompa T. E. GIBBON, General Counsel. C; O. WHITTEMORE, General Attorney. Office of General Attorney. COP?, Sedt Lake C Los Vegas, Hot* 0:Q’ 190S Hon * 0 § 0 .Ihittemore, Salt Dake City* Utal: Dear Sir:- via llanvel. 11 I after dark Your letter with enclosure of Ifov* 22nd, received this evening tug it ?c&m is- hard as we can fi the hardest work vm daylight X have done until for ,'iculties to contend with and now think the off the property in one place and if so won I understand it when a creak runs off the its Ilf e are still survey and I must confess many a day, ¥© find many dii creek will he found to rur it he a serious matter as property on to the property of another, it cannot he so changed in course as to prevent the water from running over this other land* if this he so, do, such as bring do loss in evaporation, etc* However, I have requested Mr* McWilliams write out a statement, and I will enclose same to you and I wish you would have copies of this letter and his statement sent to J, Eoss Clark, as I presume they will reach him as soon from there as I can get a letter to him hy next stage* I find other matters here unsatisfactory also which for certain reasons I cannot explain now hut I will do my heat to straighten out affairs. Hr* McW, Makes same recommendations which might he well to consider* hut «*»'*«*» *+ 4.x. M I .1 then the Vegas ranch owners could not do as they should n a straight ditch hex or pipe which wo;'Id prevent to notninB/l loss to know what to say* I think x can on part of those people since the d gnlng of have been moved from here, and it looks very much li all the money they can get and give as little as pos of .are and a strange 1 am iople and all I ask is reci th the present deal, I am at | had fdiih Many things a as if they wanted ible for it* They give proof the contract* fair deal just as you going to have it unless recalled from ay position* Mr* KcW* thinks we can complete the survey in about two t then we will measure the water and I will he ready to make definite proposition providing you post me in regard to the more., having Greet run off the eff« .greed on days ct of property, etc. Yours truly, %i, McDermott.