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Loa Mr. ? . ®. M ariia: (3 ) < cc - Mr. Mb. Reinhardt Mr. A. C. R itte r) FEB 20 1952 Ylea President Lynch under data of February 11th vrota General Manager Hanson* Chief Engineer Perkins* General Superintendent of Motire Power Neuhart and Aeet. General Manager Larsen* la t t e r ©f the P .F .E . Company* with copy to Meters. %». Reinhardt and A. 0. R itte r as follow s: •For your f u l l infcreation* 1 aa quoting Mr. Stoddard's le t t e r of Feb. k t h re la tiv e to developing an independent supply o f water fo r the Railroad and the PFg Company at Las Vegas: 'In connectio n with c o n s id e r a t io n w h ic h is being given to MFRRCo. and LYL&WGo. disposing of th e ir watsr production and d is trib u tio n f a c i l i t i e s at Las Vegas* Nevada* General S o lie it o r Bennett hat suggested that an in vestig ation be mads as to the f e a s ib ilit y of the Railroad developing lt e own **t«r supply at that point. 'Mr. Bennett states the R ailroad already owns a water w ell in the shop grounds at Las Vegas which is separate and apart froa the w ells located in the water fie ld * and that he understands none of the vrater fro* th is well is delivered to LVLAWCo. Shil« i t Is h is understanding that the present production fro* th is w ell is H alted* he suggests that possibly i t could be reconditioned so that i t would be able to produce a l l of the R ailro ad 's requiresenta . However* he points out that while the w ell was d r ille d in 19 2 1* no appropriation was ever nade on account o f the water produced fro* i t . He thinks i t possible that the R ailro ad 's 2.5 cubic feet per second appropriation re la tin g to w ell Ho. 1 in the water field* which is part of the water production f a c ilit ie s to be disposed of* eight be transferred to the w ell in the shop grounds or to s new w ell in another suitable lo c a t io n . 'In th is c o n n e c tio n * the follow ing additional consent is aade by Mr. Rouse: