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Las? Vegas - larch 10, 1945 V 23-1-23 Mr. Frank strong: Your letter March 7th, File 7334, with regard to providing adequate water supply for the city this year. . , ^ w® arranged with Frank ized State Water Surveyor, to locate the poA.i ntR atahtb uwnh,i cha uWtehlolr­# 11 will be drilled and he completed the tracing today. It is being blueprinted this morning and will be delivered to Mr. UoManee for prompt transmittal to state Engineer, we con­ferred with State Engineer’s local representative, Mr. Jameson with a view to expediting the drilling operation. He said he hgraadn tbeede n liat d©vniosbe d Intos tapnecrem.i t .n&o& 1d ruinldleirnsgt aunndt.i lst ipnetr© miEtn ghianse ebre1e©n letter a period of 30 days must elapse after the 30 day publi­cation from which it would appear about March 15th is the earliest date we can plan on. fe will expedite this all possible. \ 2. The application dots not state the depth to which Griffith proposes to drill. However I assume you are correct In that he proposes to drill only to the upper horizon as the data we have in the office indicates that the present depth of the Neagle well is 368’. Mr. Jameson ad­vises Griffith proposes to change the location but the new site has not yet been advertised. It is our understanding that this point will be further south than the old one which will bring the well directly East of our Well #7. 3. I enclose herewith tracing showing the location of the Griffith acreage. The description in his original application reads “Diversion is to be made from and underground source at a point in the $E| NE| Sec. 32, at a point from which the EA corner of said section 32 bears S 45° 36’ E, 1,858.7*. I don’t think we should consider offering Griffith water service on a wholesale rate. Our contention is that we do not now have water enough to ade­quately supply the city, andhi would require this water dur­ing the summer months when it is most urgently needed for domestic uae. I hope Roscoe Moss can increase the flow fro© some of our wells that are not doing so good, and believe we should plan to drill #11 as soon as authority from the state Engineer le received. I enclose also a copy of Engineer Rathbun’s location print, original of which was sent state Engineer today. cc: Mr. S. 1. Sennett Mr. L. A. McHaiaee T O ter r . bracken