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^ 1942 budgets* Pipe lines, W. 0. 437 - 6010 ft. shown in broken red lines on Map No* 2 113,960,00 N * 439 - 1160 i Bo 4,700*00 H . . * 440 - 4040 M Bo 9,000.00 II « 444 - 1200 Do 1,710,00 * Falrvlew, State it. School, Pioneer War&ie and Boulder Syndicate Additions 17,200.00 Additional defense housing projects li5s0.,060403..0108 Total projected additional Investment in 1942 271,776.98 OENERAL OBSERVATIONS Adequacy of water supply: Of primary imports nee is the extent of the available water sup­ply. This has not been determined, but Mr. R. 0. Oreene of Mr. Rein­hardt's staff made a preliminary survey of artesian water conditions in Las Vegas Valley; his report dated October 9, 1939 (in the President*s file), appears to be the nost illuminating contribution to general know­ledge on the subject of sources and available supply of underground water in that area. At the time it was thought that wells Nos. 1 to 4 would be sufficient to supply the needs of the city and the railroad until 1945, but ths phenoninal growth of Las Vsgas sines the date of the report, which ia continuing, could not then have been anticipated. Experience derived from the operation of the LAASLRBQo.*s springs and walls has givsn ample assurance that with care in its use, there is enough water available from pur springs and our six wells to supply a city of 30,000 in addition to what must be reserved for rail­road use. Whether there is enough for the still larger population which may be centered in Las Vegas within the next year or two will -1 3 -