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* ; ? d M £• O ctober 2 9 , 19E|$M 7 Hon • Hugh Shamberger S ta te E n gin eer Careen C ity , Nevada Rei 7 2 0 0 , 1 5 1 4 0 , and 15754 B ear Hugh; Supplem enting my l e t t e r to you o f Septem ber 2 3 , 1 9 5 4 , and you r re p ly th e re to d ated Septem ber 2 7 , 1 9 5 4 , ad v isin g th a t n o tic e o f p u b lica tio n was b eing tra n sm itte d to th e North Las Vegas Mews, I am now inform ed by th e p u b lish er o f th e N orth Las Vegas News th a t th e f i r s t p u b lica tio n was made O ctober 6 , 1 9 5 4 , and th a t th e l a s t p u b lica tio n w ill be made November 3 , 1 9 5 4 , w ith a p p ro p ria te a f f id a v it th e re o f tra n sm itte d to you im m ediately t h e r e a f t e r . I t i s my u n d erstan d in g th a t n orm ally th e re would be a d e fa u lt p erio d which would fo llo w th e d a te o f l a s t p u b lica tio n , In co n n ectio n w ith th e p re se n t m a tte r, how ever, Union P a c i f ic R ailro ad Company ob tain ed a b id f o r th e d r i ll in g o f th e new p o in t o f d iv e rsio n s e v e ra l months ago and accep ted such b id co n tin g e n t upon th e ap p roval by th e S ta te E n gin eer o f th e proposed tr a n s f e r and a u th o rity to d r i l l a w ell a t th e new p o in t o f d iv e rs io n . Inasmuch as th e re h as been co n sid e ra b le d e la y s in c e th e commencement o f th is m a tte r w ith th e f i l i n g o f a p p lic a tio n cm Ju ly 2 8 , 1 9 5 4 , due in p a r t to th e tr a n s m itta l o f su p p o rtin g map by us under s e p a ra te c o v e r, I hope th a t you may se e f i t to approve a p p lic a tio n No, 15754 and a u th o riz e th e d r i l l i n g o f th e new p o in t o f d iv e rs io n when you have re c e iv e d p ro o f o f p u b lic a tio n o f th e n o tic e , As you perhaps know, th e re i s no w ell in th e n e a r v i c i n i ty o f th e proposed p o in t o f d iv e rs io n , o th e r than th e e x is tin g w ell o f th e a p p lic a n t and, con seq u en tly , i t i s ou r b e lie f th a t no w ater u se r w ill be a f f e c te d by th e proposed change o f d iv e rs io n . Fu rth erm ore, th e Las Vegas V alley W ater D i s t r i c t in i t s c o n tr a c t o f