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Mr. J. toss Clark, Pres. , Las Vegaa Land & Water Co.t Lob Angeles, Cal» Dear Sirs® Las Vegas, Hev., December 11, 1919. We are having today very serious trouble with our water mains west of the old L.V, & T. tracks. There are s-i3L joints of that vetrified sewer pipe line bursted. In facjjf; the entire top has just blown off of the pipe. This happened about half way between the intake and the old L.V, & T. tracks, and this bursting of the main was the cause of flooding of the yard^ and L.V. & T. 7 , storehouse of the The water service gpig arranged to repair this line tomorrow, but the entire Aowa and railroad shops will be cut off from the use of any wateV for at least 24 hours. I have flooded the town" with «L000 posters, advising the people to be prepared foiNthi trouble; also personally . notified the different induwjries using boilers that they would have no water, and am running an ad on tonight!s moving picture screen, asking everyone to be cautious in eases of fire. Some of the city commissioners even had the audacity to inform me that we would be held responsible for any loss in case of fir© if the town was without water* Mr. Merry and Harry Coffey have been arranging all afternoon for the best care they can of the railroad service, and X sincerely hope that within 18 hours the water can again ber turned on, as this is the estimate given me by John Clark for the repair of the main. 1 believe that there should be no delay whatsoever in reinforcing or strengthening that part of the main from the intake to the end of the wooden main, for we are very likely to have a reourrenoe of this trouble at any time, and the rottenness and weakness of the vfeltorwi fdioewdn tsoe wseruc hl inaen ecxatnennott tbhe atd epIte ndwieldl upoonlny **f il^l this line fcgg|g£ng t-h&i, which in this case we did yesterday, it reduces the pressure to such an extent that the two-story hotel* of the town cannot get any water into their rooms, and the roundhouse is required to run pump for supply oyer there. To take care of the town and all the industries we must at all times have the full head of both springs and the intake at the end of the 16H line.