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San P edro, Los A ngeles & Salt Lake Railroad Office of Second Vice-President J. ROSS CLARK, Second Vice-President. » 8 S S ART“ ENT j DEC 21 1908 tS.P.L„A.,<& S.L.FLR.CO ! jipw—— I—ITJ "????!! ?iWMI II | I || Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 19, 1908 In Reply refer to F ile -A o -1 1 5 7 Judge W. R. K e lly , General Counsel. Dear S i r : There is con sid erab le demand fo r lo t s at O tis s ta tio n , and we are con siderin g the a d v is a b ilit y o f la y in g out a small town s it e th ere ov 150 o r - 200 lo t s and o ffe r in g them fo r sale to our employees ana o th ers, p ro vid in g they w i l l improve them. A l l th is land I b e lie v e is included in the tru s t deed, and o f course i t would be too much bother to get each in d iv id u a l l o t released from the deed whenever sale was made. I do not b e lie v e there w i l l be a very g rea t demand fo r these lo t s and do not b e lie v e wre would be ; company to handle same. ground could be deeded to the matter handled in that way. W ill you k in d ly advise i f the a r t ic le s o f in corp oration o f the Las Vegas Company would perm it such an arrangement to be made, or i f the a r t ic le s could be so amended as to provide fo r i t . t i f i e d in organizing; a separate land I t has occurred to r;ie th at p o s s ib ly th is he Las Vegas Land & Water Company and the C C - Mr . H. Bancroft