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LAS VEGAS LAND AND WATER COMPANY J, ROSS CLARK, President, Los Angeles, Cal. C. C. BARRY. Auditor, Los ang&3s6, Cal. C. P. SMITH, Secretary, Los Angeles, Cal. W. H. LEETE, treasurer, Los Angeles, CAL, OFFICES PACIFIC ^IJ^dTRIC BUiLDING , F. A. WATERS, AGENT, LOS ANGELES, CAL. LOS ANGELES, CAL. and ' " WALTER R. BRACKEN, VICE-PRES. AND AGT., LAS VEGAS, NEVADA LAS VEGAS, NEV. Las Vegas, Mevada, June 21, 1921. Mr. J. Ross Clark, President Las Vegas Land & Water Co., Los Angeles, Cal. Dear Sir; The enclosed resolution passed "by the City Commissioners is self-explanatory, and while the complaint has no direct hearing on the franchise of the Las Vegas Land & Water Company, the Public Service Commission of Carson City, Wevada, do not know this, and I anticipate, should they take the matter up, it will he through our company. The pipe line from the springs to Main and Clark Streets, (which is the intake of the L.V.L. & W. Co.) is owned and maintained hy the Railroad Company, and while X have no eupervision over this line I have always looked after it the same as though it were our line, reporting needed repairs, etc., to the Engineering Department. The complaint was framed up hy commissioners who never were over the pipe line, nor did they know anything about the actual condition of the same. It is true that for two or three days last week we had a low pressure of water on account of roots stopping up the vetrified sewer pipe line leading from one of the springs, hut this has been thoroughly dragged hy the Service Department and we now have a full head of water on the intake and a good pressure of thirty pounds and as much as it is possible to. obtain from the gravity flow from the springs. Yesterday I had the Mayor of the City, and the Water Commissioner over every foot of the line from the round-house to the springs, and they both were very much agreeably surprised at the condition they found the line and water supply in, and from our conversation I feel sure they will rescind the resolution passed and send copies to the Public Service Commission. We do not, nor should not, guarantee them any stronger pressure than our gravity flow, and they have demonstrated beyond all doubt that with the one little Ford fire engine they can pump water from our mains and produce a pressure of from to 75 pounds, and if they need more pressure for fire protection they