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% Subject: Examination o f Accounts - L.V.L.& w.Co. July 34, 1942 Ho* A 823-24 May 38,1942, Ho*199, regarding water revenue Increase at Las Yogas as compared with population inoreaso. where they made an on-the-ground surrey o f the water situation as referred to in ay telegram of July 12,1942, Ho. W 60. to Messrs. 9 .F.Ashby and Frank Strong. As a resu lt o f this surrey the follow ing conclusions are givent le tt e r o f May 20 Is the o f f i c i a l 8,3. oensua figure - the 23,000 wae a lo c a l estimate. Sugar rationing registration totalled 18,200, A conservetire estimate Is that there were 19,000 people liv in g within the confines o f the City of Las Vegas at the time Mr.Bracken*s le tt e r was written, not a l l o f whom, however, had water service available to them. to the in flu x due to the beginning of ooastruotlon of the basic magnesium plant, makss i t d iffic u lt to estimate how much the in - „ crease in population affected the amount of water supplied by the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. and the extent that water revenue should accrue therefrom. Mousing f a c ilit i e s with the attendant water eervleee were not immediately available to the newcomers, many o f whoa were under the neoeselty of securing witter from private w ells or existin g outlet f a c ilit i e s serving other customers* latlo n started late in 1941 and has continued uninterrupted since then. Building permits fo r the f i r s t six months o f 1942 to tal­led 678, amounting to $2,124,210, of which 844 were fo r dwellings; one family, duplexes and multiple houses* The largest number of permits fo r any one of the six months was in March When there were 209 o f which 174 were fo r family dwelling units* Ho water revenue aeerued from these housings u n til they were completed and water service connections made. The f i r s t water servioe oonneetions fo r the new Bi I t mo re Addition were made in A pril 1942 and fo r the new Buntrldge Addition in May 1942. Water mains had been la id te the new Mayfair Addition but no servioes had been extended there at the time of our study. As of June 1942 there were 26 accounts in the Blltmore Addition, 88 in the Hunt-ridge and a large number o f uncompleted houses in each. The Mayfair Addition w ill add approximately 128 new oonneetions. Messrs, Ore and Barnes have returned from Las Vegas The 1940 population o f 8800 given by Mr.Bracken in his The situation as i t existed in Las Vegas subsequent Additional housing to take care of the increased popu-