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Form 30B W O R K O R D E R A U T H O R IT Y FOR BETTERMENTS TO EXISTING PROPERT m m Engineering LOS ANCHSLK3 ft 3M.T LAH RAILROAD C^PAHf ... Department ___________________________ Division Jan* 23« 193 6 f Labor $__5 390 Authority for Expenditure (Item 1)-j Material 28 T ift [Total $ 34 1 80 L ess— Donations, Grants or Proportion payable by $ » On the property of. Now operated by. L.A*»SnL*R.B»ea. U»P oR « R i C® o At Lax Vegas, Mswsda *» Third Subdivision iStation o r L oca tio n ) Net Estimated Cost to Railroad Company— 34 100_ Description of Work: . _ . . . . . » D rill new 12* Artesian w ell approximately 600" deep and connect te re­servo ir. Lay 1,400* of additional I I * and 1,044* of 24* pip* lin e * Lay 3,400* ®f 16* pipe lin e replacing 2,780* e f l6 * and 820® of 24* wood stare pip® lin e . Construct fence around new w ell* Detailed estimate (Forms 30-1 and 30-2) and plan attached. Necessity for Work: The water situation at La® Vegas is be coning acute due t * present supply being inadequate fo r the growing demands to supply the City. There has been a material in - 0r®as® in number of eonneetioni and serrieo demand has inereased *0#. Revenue received by Railroad from Las Vegas Land A Water Company has Inereased from $2,400 in 1928 t® $17,724 in 1935 and revenue from City to Water Company in 1931 was $ 3 8 ,0 0 5 and $ 51 ,66 4 in 1935* Th® flew from present w ell has decreased during past f®w years and during suamer months there i® not su ffic ie n t flow to maintain supply in reservoir or moot demand * The old stave pip® lin o is ra p id ly deteriorating and while many leak® ere repaired thers 1® a considerable lees e f water estimated in orb®** of 100 gallons p®r minute. An additional well io necessary to Character of Improvement No--------- Copies to: