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Mr. E. €* Benwick #8 V these purchases were recommended. In Mr. Reinhardt 9s letter of October 16, 1839 me R-G?0-42 to Mr. Jeffers, On November 9, 1939 Mr. Ashby9* tslegra® H4 to Mr. Brack***, with copy to Mr. Reinhardt, stated “We are ready to proceed with the purchase of the land when It ©an be acquired to good ad­vantage also to go ahead with the other lssprove- mm%8 la order they are most needed, as reoe»srtd- ed fe, Greene#s recent report.* and purchase of 200 acres of additional land was authorised by WG153?(AFE41) approved Kovember 8, 1939. On November 18, 1939 Mr* Bracken wrote nr. Ashby In part as folios® “I concur in Mr. Reinhardt9s and «p. aree«e*s recommendations that this property should without a doubt be acquired by our Company for protection net only to our new well, but also to our other wells and springs which He Just south and west of these forty acres, and in line with the sub* terranean flow or underground channel which cub* crops in a north and south line as shewn on lap No.6 of Mr, Greene *s report. We have been endeavoring for a considerable tine to assure a quotation trm the owners of this ground and hope to secure a de­finite figure In the near future.* the files do not disclose any further information concerning proposed purchase of tutting property except Mr. Reinhardt9* letter of April 1, 1940 In whleh he stated “1 would suggest that the natter of the Cutting acreage be definitely postponed as I understand fro® Mr. Bracken that the people own­ing this land are asking an unreasonable price. The reason for acquiring this acreage has been acre a matter of drainage protection than one of requirement for new wells, and for that reason I feel that Its purchase need not be pressed at this time.* as regards purchase of ths Whs property, Mr. Reinhardt stated