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Water Supply at la s Yegas? Las Yegas - July 1st, 1936. W 23-3-5 Mr. ]?• H, Knickerbocker, General Manager, Los Angeles, C alifornia. Dear S ir: The domestic water supply situation here in Las Yegas has very m aterially improved within the la st few days, a l l due to the pu blicity given us through the lo c a l paper, the Las Vegas Evening Review-Journal, and putting on an e ffic ie n t checker for the past eight days. He has been la id o ff for the present at le a s t, to see i f this work cannot be dispensed with altogether. The measurement at the reservoir th is morning was 10 f t . 7 i n . , 3ust flowing a l i t t l e over the spillway. However, there is as yet no water flowing in the Creek to the Ranch. Water arisin g from the Middle Spring, which flows exclusively into the creek, does not get much further down than about half-way to the Main Street bridge, and I am advised by Attorney Leo McHamee that there might arise from this shortage a damage suit by the Stewart heirs, as you w ill re c a ll when purchasing the Ranch in 1903 they retained a water right of 4 inches for their bu rial plot. This was not an agreement or concession on our part in allow ing them this water righ t, but was an outright reservation made at the time of dealing for the ranch.
