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JOHN A. POWELL FREDERICK N. EDWARDS ADRIAN C. STANTON LAUREN M. WRIGHT RODNEY K.POTTER PHILIP A. LOOMIS, JR . GEORGE F. ELMENDORF ROBERT W. LEWIS RUTH ANN SAYLES HOWARD J . DEARDS EDWARD C. FREUTEL.JR. FRANKLIN T. HAMILTON JAMES E. DUNLAP PHILIP F. WESTBROOK.JR. HUGH L.MACNEIL CLYDE E-TR ITT ERNEST M. CLARK, JR . EVERETT B.CLARY BENNETT W. PRIEST JAMES E.CROSS E.HARLEY WALTHER JAMES W. BEEBE RICHARD B. RAGLAND WARREN M.CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM E.W ILEY,JR. RICHARD F. IGL ROY E. POTTS ROGER WILLIAMS R-BRADBURY CLARK GILBERT E. HAAKH WENDELL B. WILL WILLIAM L. SCOTT EDWARD B. SM ITH .SI November 23rd 1 9 5 3 6 9 2 0 S U N S E T B O U L E V A R D H O L L Y W O O D 2 8 CABLE ADDRESS"MOMS” IN R E P L Y R E F E R T O B-2805 S U B J E C T LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT Mr. Thomas A. Campbell President, Las Vegas Valley Water District 135 South Fourth Street Las Vegas, Nevada Dear Mr. Campbell: This pertains to your recent correspondence relative to the obtaining of three bids by Union Pacific Company in the case of all extensions and betterments made by it in amounts exceeding $2,000. It is our understanding that the Directors of the District have adopted a resolution requiring as a condition to their consent to additions and betterments in excess of $2,000 that Union Pacific obtain at least three bids on the p r o posed construction. After discussing the matter at length with Mr. M o n t gomery, we concur in his recommendation that the District should condition its consent to additions and betterments upon Union Pacific's obtaining at least three bids for each project. The costs of said additions and betterments will be eventually paid from public funds and the public, accordingly, is entitled to see that these expenditures are hedged by reasonable precautions. Union Pacific indicates that there ma y be some d i f f i culty in obtaining three bids in those situations where the sub-divider constructs the improvement himself. Mr. Montgomery advises me that he has considered this situation carefully and has discussed it with Mr. Maag. Neither Mr. Montgomery nor Mr. Maag see any particular difficulty in requiring the subdivider to obtain at least three bids upon the construction. Apparently there are a sufficient number of pipeline contractors in the Las Vegas area so that three bids should be obtainable without particular difficulty.