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Mr* J e ffe r s : # 2 June 25, 1935* We now have 4 miles of transmission m i n s for the water sup­ply, andl9.38 miles of distributing mains* all fi^s* olass condition, serving this city of approximately 7,500 population with a maxima® of 4*000,000 gallons per day* and providing a supply for all railroad facilities* land about a mile and a half further west than our well, the largest of which can produce about 324,000 gallons per day* If their application to the SWA were granted, they would re­quire io to 15 wells of this capacity to supply the town with water, and approximately three and a half miles of 36-inch water’raains to bring the supply to the city. Hor could the application be truthfully defended from the standpoint of creating employment, because lees than two weeks ago there m s not sufficient relief labor available is this community to take care of present government projects* municipal ownership of public utilities in Las Vegas, fhe agitation they commenced prior to election has not yet aiea down* and the successful candidates feel that they must do v i . jt_ at. «? ... .» M - - — —'—I ?*. »? - t .eri jaa MB 83. A t W j :* fhe City now has three wells located on a tract of political basis. As a matter of fact, this situation has a purely basis. At a recant municipal election, the Ifeyor contact with both Senator Pittman and Administrator lakes. Yours very truly, wALTEfi S. M ACilFT Tie e-Presiden t* cc - Mr. P. H. Knickerbocker,