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T E ffc G R A M Tim e F iled .- j _____M Omaha - A pril Form 2191 B SYMBOL X C LA SS O F S E R V IC E R E Q U IR E D Px Preferred Immediate delivery Dx Day. Delivery during day Nx Night Delivery by next morning MAILGRAM 6, 1929. F. H. Knickerbocker Further in connection with domestic water supply at Las Vegas. In telegram A p ril 1st I advised you the matter was being given further consideration. We are now asked to furnish follow ing information: 1) Investment by Railroad Company fo r water supply purposes down to connection with the domestic supply, separated into cost of land, w e ll, reservoir, wood stave pipe lin e , present cast iron pipe lin e and proposed cast iron pipe lin e . # 2) Investment of L.V.L.& W. Company in ranch that was pur-chased to insure b en efic ia l use. 3) Total amount of water used by the Railroad la st year and amount used by the Water Company. 4) I t seems to me that i t would be better fo r the Railroad Company to s e ll the water at the point of connection o f the domestic supply to the Water Company so that any future dis­position of the Water Company w ill not a ffe c t the Railroad Com-' pany’ s supply. This would be in lie u of lease proposed in your le t t e r February 19th. Would lik e , however, to know why the Law Department considers a lease necessary to protect our water righ ts. 5) The town o f Las Vegas is now growing m aterially and i f we are to make a change in the water rates, going to meter pay­ments, should i t not be done now rather than wait u n til expira­tion of the present franchise in 1934, when there w ill be so many additional in s ta lla tio n s . 6) Referring to the agreement with the Boulder Dam Syndicate, In c .: Would i t not be preferable fo r the Water Company to in­s t a ll these mains and require a guarantee by the Syndicate of in terest, taxes and depreciation, to ta lin g about twelve percent per annum fo r ten years, giving credit fo r revenues collected. This would insure to the Water Company the proper size and con­struction o f the mains and avoid the necessity of future pur­chase as was done in other cases recently. The c e r tific a te from the Public Service Commission now held by the Syndicate could be transferred to the Las Vegas Land & Water Company.