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E. E. C A L V I N , P r e s id e n t , O m a h a , N e b r . C . C . B A R R Y , a u d i t o r , L o s A n g e l e s , C a l . C . H. B L O O M , SECRETARY, L o s ANGELES. CAL. W . F. T R U E L S E N , T r e a s u r e r . Los A n g e l e s . C a l . \ O F F IC E S P a c if ic e l e c t r ic B u i l d in g L a s V e g a s . N e v a d a Lo s A n g e l e s , Ca l . C H A R L E S AC W A L T E R R. I Las Vegas, Nevada, May 21, 1927 Mr. E.H. Knickerbocker, General Manager, Union P a c ific System, LA&SL RR Co., Los Angeles, C alif,. Dear S ir: Engineer McKee and George Hardman o f the Nevada S tate Water Department, who were making measurements o f the three springs and the w e ll. I herew ith attach a copy o f Mr.McKee’ s re ­p ort to Engineer J.P. Mack concerning the same, which shows q u ite a m ateria l decrease in the flo w o f our water, e s p e c ia lly few weeks ago when a w e ll d r ille d on acreage northwest o f our springs was brought in at a flo w o f approxim ately 110 miners in ch es. Howard Mann we talk ed o f b rin gin g the waters o f what is known as the “ L i t t l e Spring” over to the s e t t lin g basin, but as we at that time apparently had p le n ty o f water f o r domestic use th is was not done, but in the fa c e o f our increased population and' owing to the fa c t that we are how using a l l the water during a p o rtio n o f the day which goes into the s e t t lin g basin, I b e lie v e we should immediately la y a pipe lin e from the L i t t l e Spring to the s e t t lin g basin. This l i t t l e spring, as shown by y e s te r­day’ s measurements, c a rrie s 57.6 m iner’ s inches o f water and th is undoubtedly w i l l be s u ffic ie n t fo r any domestic and ra ilro a d purposes during th is Summer. I t is a known fa c t that unless we keep the head o f the water up to or flo w in g out o f the s p illw a y o f the s e t t lin g basin i t w i l l not reach the top o f the so fte n in g tank in the shop yards. The l i t t l e sprin g is already boxed in w ith good cement w alls and the expense o f running a pipe lin e from there to the s e t t lin g basin would not be v e ry great and I would lik e to recommend, i f p o s s ib le, that we do th is work sometime during the month o f June to enable us meet any emergency that might a r is e . Yesterday I was up at Big Springs in company with in that o f the w e ll. This decrease was very n o ticea b le a Some time ago in conversation w ith C h ief Engineer WRB/mcp c/c Mr.E.E. Calvin