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s/ai/oB 615 Mr;. f,1.s tH. VBiacnec rPorfets,ident, ft, Mr. J.2 nBdo Vsis c<e3 1President, Special Committee: i ° Gentlemen!* I Referring"” to letter from Mr. Claris: of May 19th, 1908, File #5t-PP, .addressed Jointly to me and- to. Ur. Cochran,- Chief Surgeon, directing that we should “examine the water supply reservoir at has Vegas and report' on its condi tion'and. the tcaoknedni-t fioonr otfhe tphre owpaetre rp,r easnedr vwahtaito n stoefp st,h e-i-fw aatneyr, ansdh ouiltds bper oper service*. With reepe.ct to the condition of the water, Ur. Cochran is subm itting an analysis which shows it to be partis cularly. goRode.garding tho condition of the reservoir, I have to report X examined it last week. The concrete dam and intake and spillway are; as perfect as when built and. the reservoir wdheipcthh atsh ew'hdeanm -efxocramvsa taepdp*.e arAsr outno db et hep.r aecatritcha mlalryg ionf tthhee res ahmea # grown in places, patches of water plants, such as flags, grass and weeds.! The water is perfectly clear in the reservoir. - floating on the surface, I observed a few bunches of vegetable bglroowwnt hi anbtoou tt hhe alsft rethaem asbiosvo e oft hea mraens e‘ ra vfoiisrt .a dTdh icsa rproisesdi dbolwyn w aasn d wfalsu mec owlhlieccthe dc arinr ibeusn cthhee.s stirne istihve iendtdoi'ethse atr e.stherev oeinrd. of the jishjojrt, Regarding the preservation of the water. If by the use of the word “preservation* conservation is meant, I have - ' wtho iicshs &veis&oo aptieie& t fwroimth l et!ahk© so xion^ ptthieo pni poef plOiBniei itbhlayt 5w0e0r eg &nloXton se noti&riex*y ly stopped, none of the water is wasted as what is not used for railway purposes and for supplying the town, of Las Vegas is used foRre giarrrdiignagt iotnho ovna sttheer Csoermvpiacney ’fs rroamn cthh.e reservoi? r, Tx .nave ttoo wand viiss eo petrhaatt edt het op iiptes lfiunlel wchaipacchi tsyu,p pwliheisc h thies rfaairl riona dex adnesde of requirements. As I reported on May 18th, 1908, to you, vhe . hpaivpee oicsc udertreerdi oirna titi.n g bThye sceo rlreoaskiso nh afvreo m alrlu sbte eannd emfafneyc tlueaalklsy •*1*»