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A7S3H* APR 2 6 1927 2*©s Angeles, April 23, Z$M? 20-6 Kr« V* H, Knickerbocker! Supplementing ay letter April 22 and referring to Mr. Armstrong** letter April 20 relative to mater situation at Las Vegas, Mevada* ?i ?' • 1 414 nut re0«i** a copy of Mr. HcHaase*» letter April 4, at which time he advised Mr, Armstrong that the State of Mevada will require accurate measurement of the water used in connection with Application Mo, 7200, Bailroad Company and Application Ho. 7201, Lae Toga. Land and later Company. However, recently a representative of this Office and our later Service Supervisor have gone over the situa­tion and concur in the method of measurement as set forth in Mr. Armstrong** letter April 20 and my letter April MM, Going to the arrangement of pipe lines at the intake and the absence of a reservoir, it is not desirable to install a meter at the intake to measure total water in pipe lines and another meter at the end of fee 16" main line to measure water furnished the LVL and W Ge.f as the cost of the two large meters would practically equal the oast of the recommended arrangement and would not furnish information cover-iag the amount used through the various distributing lines. If the amount, 3,668,000 gallons per day, *hicb can flew through the main pipe line is not used, the water will back up in the settling basin and overflow into Lae Vegas creek. 2?his happens daring periods of small use and the amount could only be determined by the