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La© ?C£$ae - Hny ?, 194? (Personal) ftr* strong* til C oc - Hr* Belnhardt Hr* 1# I* Bennett) Frm time to time, the ejection off ainloipal owner- ehlp off public utilities is revived In Las Vegas, usually lust before election amt uauaSly on boholff off some candidate vho can think off nothing else to offer* That Is true off todays mnlotpnl election off a Bayor ami' too city oomsi colonera • How- ever* very little Interest w as trdten in the eainietpoX ownership bastion* One off the candidates for anyor, Waitor Bates, haliv ho rtedly advocated the creation off a ’•auniaipnl authority" under which utilities night be acquired* He ran third in the throe- candidate moo* Only one off the SO candidates tor mmlmtm&w mentioned the subject, deorg® Knipp, a local tire dealer, and he was loot in the shuffle* However, t was adviced in confidence 'today that the County was also Interested, and at a committee meeting off the etcher off Oocamcroe- laet night, motion was passed authorising the commit tee to contact Hr* Ashby with regard to amiulsition off the has Vega® Land and Water Oc1® water distribution facilities in the city* The Idea is to finance this by issuing "revenue bonds*1., which, they say,- will cost the taxpayers nothing and •will redeem thorn selves from rovonuec* They., have employed two engineer© to estimate the cost and practicability off emending the present pipe line fro®