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Las Vegas Review Journal-August 17, 1950 Wafer District Plans Moving Estimates on the cost of con- I struction of the 24-inch pipe line | from Henderson to Las Vegas, | together with- the storage and >: pipe-line facilities in town, are : now being prepared for consider­ation by the aboard of directors , °f the Las Vegas Valley district,- according to Thom as A . Cam p- : bell chairman, v ! These figures,- together with ! the purchase price of the Las Vegas Land and Water company, Ijwill determine the amount of : the bond issue to be presented I for approval at the special elec- I tion, to be held sometime after January 1, 1951, and which will I perm it early construction to get funder way on the-project, Cam p- I'bell said. I The board yesterday retained I the firm of O ’ Melveny and |! Myers of Los Angeles, as | con-j sultants on the bond issue'and I their representatives w ill '.work I Closely with the water district | officials in preparing the var- | ions steps which must meet the ; | approval of the eventual purch-users of the issue which will I tun into several million dollars ? and probably w ill be the largest ? single public bond issue ever - floated in the state of Nevada. Campbell said the inventory of the water company had been pra-1 cticaliy completed arid that ft was the boards hope to have a final answer from the utility within the next few days, J ’ Usage of Water Even WiWi Supply company has resources to pro- If the present rate of water us-duce, -it was reported today by age continues, the opinion:. was , A1 Folger, president of the com- expressed, there should be no Comsumption of water by resi­dents ©f ibis city since the lifting of restrictions has been on about an “even keel” w ith the amount the Las Vegas Land and Water He listed the average da” " ag|j| of water as being about 600 gallons, with the water com4 pany producing a like a m ount’ paisy. water shortage this summer.