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1950 Water Supply - 20-Inch and 42-inch main from BMI to Las Vegas. One pumping station (no storage). $1,653,000 Water Distribution - 4.0 MG- ground level storage, 0.5 MG Elevated Storage, Distribution Pumping Station, 7,000 ft. 30-inch feeder main, 4,000 ft. 18-lnch North Las Vegas feeder. 856,000 1958 Water Supply - Intake on Lake Mead, 40-inch pipe line to Junction, storage at intake and Junction, three booster stations. 4.902.000 Total $7,411,000 ' 10. Total Annual Cost It appears impossible to finance a project of the magnitude proposed herein without the acquisition of the water properties of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company, the Union Pacific Railroad, and the other water retailers within the District boundaries. ^Wlth the acquisition of these a properties, the low-cost water from the well fields will, in some measure, offset the high-cost water from Lake Mead.\ The cost of acquiring the Las Vegas water properties of the Union Paoific Railroad and of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company has not yet been determined. At a preliminary discussion between the District and the railroad company, representatives of the railroad company gave a preliminary estimate of about $2,000,000. This figure is used in the
