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Water S itu a tio n a t Las Yagas: Las Ye gas - June 24, 1936. W 23-3-5 Mr. F. H. Knickerbocker, General Manager, Los Angeles, C a lifo rn ia . Dear S i r : You have undoubtedly been apprised, through Mr. Coey and Mr. Adamson, of the very grave water s itu a tio n here during the past few days. On June 20, we had only 4 f t . 6 inches of water in the larg e r e s e r v o ir . The follow ing four days, the measurements were as fo llo w s: June 2 1 - 4 fe e t 8 inches June 2 2 - 5 f e e t 4 inches June 2 3 - 5 fe e t 6 inches June 2 4 - 7 fe e t 0 inches The gain in the water r e s e rv o ir was due to the public being advised of the s itu a tio n through the Las Yegas Review, as per clip p in g herewith enclosed, and a ls o to the f a c t th a t, as you suggested some time ago, we put on a canvasser to cheek water waste in the O ity, but conditions a re , a t th is w ritin g , s t i l l very alarming to me. I believ e I explained to you the nature of Mr. John M u eller's v i s i t some days ago, as he is rep resentin g the Reno L ig h t, Water and Power Company, and th at company i s in very much the same trouble as we a re . At p resen t, on account of the in iq u ito u s law re c e n tly passed by the L eg islatu re regarding
