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1 N O D O t t u S / N O Tr u T C i # r ^ O Miller Tells Town Meeting . ,,50^ TO*>rp Local residents last night were ai reed to get “ solidly behind” a iroposed bond issue to finance ilans for bringing an additional rater supply into southern Ne-rada by Hafry E. Miller, mem-jer of the Las Vegas water val-ey district, speaking at the ffiirb neeting of Town Hall m Wildcat Lair. XT “ No bonds. No water. No, ;ity” , was Miller’s terse com-| inent at conclusion of his re- in.B3iortkhs Miller and City Manager Chet Shelley appeared at th( meeting to answer questions an ent local water problems. It was explained that Mead water sources are ficient to furnish this area witf an estimated MO,000,000,0<W galj ions of water a year from 300,001, acre feet. 3 However, a program, finance by the bond issue, will be neces sary before Las Vegas or sur rounding areas can tap the sup ly, Miller declared. Shelley warned that as the city rows the water situation win ecome more and more acute, le suggested that the present iwn watering ordinance, limit-ig sprinkling to certain hours a Lay, might be changed to water-ng on opposite sides of streets in alternate days of the week. This, he added, would aid pressure problem. the 0 § 8 t T o \ * g j j p . I f - «£--S', Ip y j '£/CLJ£
