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Water rights - Las Vegas* Los Angeles, Aug* 2, 1924* Dear Leos I have yours o f July 31st re la tiv e to the above, and the follow ing Is the date requested by yous Total measurement of w e ll- 8*12 ou. f t . per sec* Of this amount the Railroad desires to appropriate- fo r ra ilro a d and domestic purposes- 2.5 second fe e t, the maximum requirements o f the Railroad being something over 1,400,000 gallons per day, which includes the ice plant and stock-yard purposes, the requirements fo r these prop being considered as fo r ra ilro ad purposes. Las Vegas Land & Water Co* fo r municipal purposes- 2*5 second fe e t. This is based upon a prospective maximum population of 7500, with an average of 200 gallons per capita per day. While these figures may seem large, a decided increase in the near future is apparent on account o f prospective subdivisions that must be served, and the lib e r a l use of water fo r sprinkling lawns permitted under the present schedules of the Water Company, would indicate that this appropriation is not excessive* Las Vegas Land and Water Co, fo r irrig a tio n and domestic uses- 3*52 second fee t, fo r application on land owned by Las Vegas band and Water Co. situate east o f the Railroad and upon land to be leased by Las Vegas Land & Water Co, from the Railroad situate west o f the tracks, a l l of which land, both east and west of the ra ilro a d , and owned by Las Vegas Land & Water Co. md by the R a ilroad, appear on the blue print I am sending you under separate cover, the land of the Water Company being shown in red thereon, and the Railroad Company's land in brown, the total acreage o f L.V.L.& W,Co. as shown in red being 972.60 acres, and the total acreage of the Railroad Company as shown in brown, being 917,90 acres. The maximum flow of the w ell is 8 . 1 2 } the maximum flow of the old spring and a l l it s accumulations iti ich can be considered as a vested rig h t- is 4.64, which would be a duty- applying the water law of Nevada- su fficien t fo r 464 acres, and the amount now applied fo r by LVLM Co. from the w ell would amount to 332 acres, or 796 acres altogether. I would estimate that there are probably 175 acres of the LVL&W Co lands not susceptible to irrig a tio n on account of it s topography.