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Basing 1930 the ren ta l w i l l he fu rth e r increased, re s u ltin g in a p r o f i t o f #4099. Of course consumption might not he reduced SQ$, and with probe,tele 1 nor ease in population th ere would be s u ffic ie n t income from sale o f water on meter b a s ic to g iv e a f a i r p r o fit * however, serious con sid eration should be g iv e s to the fa c t th at a t the p re te s t time w ater i s flo w in g past the ranch and may be f i l e d upon by an ou tside p arty. During 1928 C ity o f Las Vegas used 538,089*300 g fillo n ; o f water, w h ile 1 ,3 9 1 ,1 9 4 ,9 0 9 g a llo n s flowed down Las Vegas Creek, which In d ic a te s th at C ity o f Las Vegas oould increase con siderably in population b e fo re eh©stage o f water would occur. I t does not appear advantageous a t present to con* serve water which, i f not used by the C ity , would flo w down Las Vega® Creek, and a l l except that used fo r ir r ig a t io n on the Hanoh would be wasted* th e re fo re , in s t a lla t io n o f meters a t a cost o f approxim ately -535,000 i s not recommended inasmuch as should a d d itio n a l water be required fo r ir r ig a t io n o r furn­ish in g C ity water during boom p erio d , a rtesia n w e ll could be d r ille d adjacent to e x is tin g a rtesia n w ell in l o c a l i t y already s e lected by Dr. Barr a t a cost o f approximately $7,000. should population o f Las Vegas permanently increase to inch an exten t as would re s u lt in an actu al shortage o f w ater end, a ls o , i f a rte s ia n w e ll should diminish in flo w , then con sid eration should be g iven to in s t a lla t io n o f meters. 3. For your con sid eration i t i s recommended th at I (a ) Arrangements be made to in crease e x is tin g f l a t ra te s as covered by *b r» 14 by 335$ fo r r e t a i l d is tr ib u tio n o f w ater, re ta in in g meter ra te fo r fu tu re use i f requ ired.