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I 001, 1?i 1930. Mr* B. E. Calvin, Omaha., Hebraska* Dear Sirj- Haforring 'I# proposal to drill a wall in order to seem re an auxiliary.’water supply at Las Vegas, which subject was last treated by yon in your letter to ne of May 5th. You hare copy of my letter of October 9th with which I returned to Constodk his Form 30, So. 5-1934,, requesting authority for the expenditure of $7310.00, of which $6851.00 la chargeable to capital account, ftp form contemplates drilling the well to a depth of approximately 800% whereas X felt that inasmuch as other sufficient wells have been .secured in that vicinity at a depth of about 300 *, we should be {Justified in yggpegting to accomplish the same .results at little more than half the expenditure cowered by the form., 1 now enclose a copy of letter t?h»% Sfr* Comstock has written me in reply to one above mentioned, and. am also attaching form 30, Ho, 6-1934, as originally prepared. 1 still feel that we should get water in sufficient quantities at considerably less depth than is contemplated in the form, but if you concur I am willing to approve the form wi th the understanding that no greater expenditure will be made in the process of drilling than Is necessary to develop a well sufficient for the purposes intended. Yours truly, Enel. CC-WHO.