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r ,? Fage 7 of 8 Fagot ? ..«*J LOS ANQELSS & SALT LAKE La* Yogat, Nevada - Constr uRsAtI WLaStOearD PCaOoMlPlAiNtYl es 18« Justification for Expansion: Bo Other Paollitles: the Las ThVee gacsi tyL aonfd aLansd WVaetgears CIso opdainrye,c tal yp usbelrivce du wtiitliht wya toepre rabtyi ng uinnd etrhe thcei tyj uorfi sLdaisc tVieogna so,f Ntehvea dNae,v adaa cPiutbyl iocf Saebrovulto e£ 8,C0o0m0m ipsospiounl a­tion* The Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, which is leased and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, owns or controls oertain water bearing lands, upon which are located several springs and ten water wells. A small portion of the water produoed from these facilities is used by the railroad com­pany for Its own purposes) by far, the greater portion, however, la piped from the source to Main Street, where it is sold under meter measurement to the Las Vedas Land and Water Company. This is the only source of supply the water company has. While home construction to house these employes has steadily progressed and Is continuing, there Is today an acute housing shortage In addition to labor shortage. Las Vegas is a desert community with summer temperatures frequently reaching 118° Fahrenheit, this extreme temperature oreatlng an abnormal demand for water. Vegas, Tahned Bias siocw nMeda gnbey sithuem PDleafnetn,s ew Phliacnht isC orlpoocraatteido nn,e arh asL asd is­dciovnetritneude d tpo roodtuhcert iwoanr toifm em agancetsiivuimt,ie sa,n ds utchhe palsa nptr ohduacst iboene n of schhellorlisn be yb yt het hRe hSeteamu Mfffge.rC oCmhpeamniyc,a lp Croomdpuacntyi,o nm aonfu fpaocttausrsei uomf o rholookreatt e E(luescetd roi—n Chtheem imcaanlu fCaocmtpuarniyn ga nod f fojre tt-hper opsetlolreadg e roocfk eatrsm)y mbayt Weersitaelrsn wbeyr et he£ ,C£o1r5n weamlpll oWyaers ehoonu psaey rCoolmlpsa nyoof tAhse oifn dJuustlryi e1s, u1s94i5n,g tthhee re pelraantte,d basy Bcaosmlpoa rMeadg nteos iounml.y 1,034 employes when the plant was op­progressTehde otoon hsotursueo tlthoen eomf phloomyeess iofn tLahse seV egiansd usits ribeesi nagn ds ttehaed ily maanjdo re apsotretrino np orotfi otnhsi s ofh otuhsei ngo itdye*v ewlhoeprmeeanst tihs e irna itlher oasdo uwtahteerrl y maat inthse frooenmt strh e aenxd isntoirntgh errelsye rpvooritiro nfse edo f ttheh ed ciisttyr.i butThieo nr asiylsrtoeamd thoa s fduervneilsohp eadd eqsuuafftiec pireensts uwraetse r fofro r dotmhees tniece dss erovfl oteh e ancdi tyf,o r bufti re ptiroontse ctoif onth et o otihtey riat piisd lnye ceexspasnadriyn gt o sporuotvhiedrel y aa nnde we waastteerr lmya pionr­