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Colonel Howard Clark, retired army engineer, was named general manager of the Las Vegas Valley water district- Friday night at a meeting which saw a five point program adopted by the directors and a “ full speed ahead order given the new executive. Colonel Clark has an impressive record in the construction .and consultant field and will mm immediately on the vital necessary to augment the water supply by pumping Lake Mead. These include;) |! 1I-- Negotiations with the Las' Yejas Land & Water company ^?purchase of the facilities and WWs of the utility now serving Las Vegas proper. 2. - Completion of the previously discussed contract with the Nevada Colorado River ENGINEER—Colonel Howard Clark, retired, has been named engineer for the Vegas Valley Water district, officials of the ill § i ; ip m h h Officials of the local water com pany already- have set a tentative value of $2 ,000,000 on their; property here, subject to inven- I tory and improvements. Colo- i nel Clark expects to work with 1 the company ^engineers to p r e -) pare an accurate evaluation of | the utility for the purpose of effecting the purchase by the dis- j trict. Possibility that the district may take over the pumping fa-i dlities and pipe-line now furn- fmg Basic Magnesium plant jh a return guarantee and pre- Ince for all’ water reeessary gthl plant, looms large in the Sfulations of the district direc- j | tors and this tentatively already has been agreed to by the C ol-, orado River commission. Plans call for submitting the : bond issue question at one of the fall elections which would I make it possible to get started 1 on the new pipe line around the first of January with completion I in time to alleviate any possi- I bility of a water shortage during the summer of 1951 and thereafter. The new general manager is a graduate of Stanford university and Massachusetts Institute of Technology with degrees in civil engineering. He has a long record of successful engineering work and during the last Wormi commission for use of the state facilities to deliver 8,000,000 gallons of water daily from Lake Mead into the local system. 3. - Completion of negotiations with the Air Force base officials for supplying water needs there, a plan already agreed to by the Colorado River commission. 4. - Proceed with detials of the bond election necessary to finance construction of the nee-.