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    Log g z i& le s OCT 1936 October 33 Mr. Leo A, McKamee: R e fe rrin g to your qu estion s o f October 13* regard in g water supply at Logandale: (1 ) R a ilro a d Company*e water i s d iv e rte d from the l a t e r a l ditoh by a wooden haadgate thence through 19 fe e t o f 4 » iro n pipe to a 4.5 fo o t by 4 .5 fo o t concrete »u »p from which i t i s l i f t e d by a Fairbanks Morse jg f 5* pump h avin g a c ap a city o f SO g a llo n s per minute d riven by b e lt from a 3 horsepower F airbanks Morse g a s o lin e engine op erat­ed at 475 re v o lu tio n s per minute to 1 10,330 g a llo n cap acity sheet ir o n tank 8 fe e t in h e ig h t, 14* 8* in diameter s e ttin g on a wooden tower 18 fe e t h igh * ( a ) There are th ree o a r bod ies used as se c tio n houses. Domestic water i s hauled from Las Vegas, Hevada and stored in a 13,000 g a llo n s t e e l tank c is t e r n from which i t i s l i f t e d by hand pump. (3 ) There are no crop s c u lt iv a t e d on the s ta tio n grounds. The d ita h w ater i s used f o r f i r e p rotect ion and fo r th e i r r i g a ­t io n o f some t r e e s and sm all garden p lo ts on the s t a tio n grounds. (4 ) % have no copy o f the map f i l e d w ith the o r ig in a l a p p lic a tio n . | attach two p rin ts fro® the Logandale sta tio n map which I tr u s t can be wad© to answer your purpose. In as­much as the map must have the c e r t i f i c a t e o f a w ater ri^vfe Surveyor, 7 su gg est, as you propose, th a t a lo c a l water sur­veyor be employed to complete .and sig n t h is map. Charlgs^^am s. co-M r. 1, E. Bennett