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Los Angeles, Sept. 5, 194© m 20-334-1 Hr. Walter Bracken; 00 - . Frank Strong Mr. John Snorf) Referring to telephone conversation yesterday between Mr. Folger of your o ffic e and Mr. Conner of my o ffic e re lative to water passing through the new 24* pipeline in Charleston Road, Las Vegas, in which Mr. Folger indicated that you had reported to the Auditor receiving 91,991,000 gale, of water through this lin e in the month of June and 160,153,000 gals, in the month of July. i f we do use them, our statement o f water consumed fo r those months w ill greatly exceed the amount o f water reported produced. Water Service Foreman at Las Vegas, reporting on the gallons of water produced from each of the wells and from the springs to­gether with statement of water consumed based on meter readings taken by Mr. Robert Edwards. The meter on the 34* lin e in Charleston Road was in stalled In the month of June and Mr. Edwards showed a total amount registered of 109,143,000 g a ls. However, Mr. Snorf reported that this was about double the amount of water which actually went through the lin e as the pipe was only about h alf f u ll and he reported the estimated amount of 54,571,000 gals, delivered to the town in the month of June. Using his figure, the amount of water going over the overflow at the reservoir fo r the month of June was 18,635,928 g a ls. I f we use your figure of 91.991.000 g a ls ., there would be a total of 73,355,072 gals, re­ported consumed over the amount of water produced for that month i f we le f t Mr. Snorf*s figures stand of 18,635,928 gals, going over the overflow at the reservo ir. Mr. Frank Strong*s o ffic e ' advises that, from his. records, there are approximately 15,000,000 gals, of water going over the overflow at the reservoir each month. Mr. Snorf*s figures fo r the month of July indicate 1,763,463 gals, o f water going over the overflow and this is based on only 74,326,600 g a ls, of water delivered through the 24* pipe lin e to the town during the month of July. Mr. Edwards reported 132.002.000 gals, recorded on the meter. In handling further with Mr. Snorf he states that he arrives at M s figures of the amount of water passing through the new 24" pipeline on the basis of the number of hours that w ells 10 and 11 are turned into the new lin e throughout the month. In the month o f June both wells were used Apparently, the figures you have given cannot be used for Each month we receive a statement from Mr. John Snorf