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Southern Nevada's Independent Newspaper L 1, NO. 41. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1950 ' FIVE, CENTS PER COPY City To End Complaints Over W ater Pressure i t e When the point was raised re­garding- present negotiations be­tween the company and the Las Vegas Water District', Bunker pointed out that there is no assurance that it will ever be in position to buy the system, and eVeh if the district is: able, it would not solve the city’s prob- THe board of city commission­ers will hold their semi-monthly meeting a today and everybody agreed that water is the mcjst important question of the mo­ment.- On hand/ yesterday, at the pre- I liminary iheeiiag-to defend the 1 Las Vegas Land and Water com­pany was its manager, A1 Folger, j who appealed to the board / riot to remove the present; daytime restrictions on water lawns, , He Said that even though the ban works a hardship on ipany citi­zens, it enables the company to maintain pressure in case of fire, and to serve the downtown busi­ness district adequately during the day The arguments didn’t have much effect' on the commission­ers, all of whom jj remarked about the constant | flood of protests over the. restrictions. Mayor Ernie Cragin told the board the council chambers will be jammed today with protesting residents, and all agreed that they will take some action to amend;, the - cur-lems for several years. Mayor Cragin suggested that a dividing line be established in the city -perhaps at Seventh \ street and permit residents east of the line to water lawns on | alternate days with those wesj of the division. No a c t u a'l conclusion was reached, however. The board de­cided to wait and see tomorrow what the citizens have on their minds in the way of a solution before authorizing any emergen­cy, ordinance, to end the restric­tion. . rent situation, which prevents watering at. all during - the, day, and cuts pressure almost entirely in the evening hours, where everybody turns on sprinklers at once.: ' City Manager Chet Shelley said he i$ in favor of throwing out the restrictions, pointing out that he was against it from the f i r s t . Commissioners Wendell Bunker, and Bob Moore stated they are in favor of buying the entire water system from the company if the firm is unable to serve the community adequately. Folger said he is powerless to do a thing, since -the company— the Union Pacific railroad—has refused to put in more storage facilities.