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Las Vegas September 33, 1944 I* 3 3 -1 -2»3 s£Hp .E~. D^*944 (P1HS0ML) Mr, Frank S tron g : C o n f i x i n g ca r c o n fe r e n c e urban you were l a s t l a - Las Vegas. Id C la rk , o f th e Southern Sevada Power Company, a d v ise d me th a t a t the l a s t Klwanis m asting p r o p o s a l bad baaa made th a t th e C it y , C ounty, o r S ta te a cq u lre tb s p ip e 1 1 ^ a t p resen t s e r v in g B a sie Magnesium from Lake Head* * t t k d ?tsar he b r in g t b s w ater in t o Las V egas. Our thought im t hht suah a move w ould p ro b a b ly d e s tr o y th e la s t B asle P lant t o sons p r a a tio a b la usa f o r the b e n e f it ©f * * » y eKa s and t h i s t e r r i t o r y s in c e any in d u stry o p e r a tin g th ose f a c i l i t i e s w ould n s e s s s a r ily bare t o bare a la r g e su p p ly o f w a te r. I now s no lo s s s lip p in g from l a s t n ig h ts has Vegas paper in d ic a t in g t h is p r o p o s a l a ls o t o t l » * * C oa m lssion srs, and a f t e r due c o n s id e r a tio n i t was f i l e d write n o a c t io n tak en . My thought la th a t t o p u t the p ip e l i n e in t o Las Vegas would r e t i r e such a la r g e investm ent th a t * » t c r n ot b e s o ld f o r $3.00 p e r month. In a d d it io n t o th s i n ^ s t - ment th e rs w ould b e c o n tin u a l ch a rg e s f o r pim ping, trea tm en t, a t e . An e x h a u stiv e su rv ey b y th e U n ited J t a t e s l t o e a u o f R eclam ation a few y e a r s age d ev elop ed tfea* t h is p r o j ^ t would n o t be p r a c t ic a b le f o r i r r i g a t i o n b eca u se th e c o s t would run a bou t f§ 5 .0 0 p e r a c r e . m e f i r s t tim e you and H r. Bennett have an o p p o r tu n ity , I would lik e to d is c u s s t h i s w ith you fu r t h e r a t Las Vegas. T R I M ? $ M kI! eo: Hr. S. B. Bennett ^ Hr. L A. lie lames