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C O P Y Letter from Mr,. Wm. Reinhardt to Manager of District. Jane 29, 1950 Dear Mr. Clark: I am sorry to have delayed so long in replying to your letter of June 5 regarding the matter of negotiations for the purchase of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company water utilities in the City of Las Vegas. This delay was caused by my desire to discuss with Union Pacific executives some of the ques­tions having to do with the problem of whether we should begin exploring the possibilities of a negotiated sale, or whether.we should allow the matter to go to condemnation. While as I explained to you on your visit to my office there are many convincing reasons why condemnation would seem preferable both from the water company viewpoint and from that of the water district, it ias now been decided that if you and the District Board are agreeable to that procedure, we are pre­pared to start discussions loking to the accomplishment of a ne­gotiated sale. It would seem to me that the most orderly pro­cedure for progressing these discussions would be that we first prepare a detailed inventory of the facilities which are necessary for^the operation of the water company. This inventory could then be presented to you for such checking as you might seem fit to make. Having agreed upon an inventory, the matter of getting to­gether would seem to have been progressed very materially. Of course there will be the additional problems of the amount of land that you would want included in the project and other items which would have to be thoroughly explored, but these are things which to a large degree can be reduced to pretty much factual data. If this procedure meets with your views we will proceed at once with the preparation of an inventory based on our records and as soon as this is completed will present it to you for your check. Very truly yours, (Signed) Willian Reinhardt WILLIAM REINHARDT 7 -