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Water Supply - Facilities furnished toy UPRR* Las Teg:*a, Oot. 29th, 1939. Bear Sirs Referring to Mr. Reinhardt's letter to y date of Oct o b e r 16th, a t t a c h i n g Mr. Greene's report on wa t e r condit i o n s in the L&e Yogas Talleys Hr. V. li. Jeffers, President, L Y L A W C o . , Omaha, N e b r a s k a . W 33-3-3 This report, w h i c h was c o m p i l e d by Mr. Greene a f t e r hie stay here in Las Togas a n d Mr. Reinhardt's visit, la by f a r the m o a t complete geological report w e have ever received in c o n n e c t i o n w i t h the w a t e r situation in and a r o u n d has Yogas. Notwith s t a n d i n g the fact that w e had a v e r y credit a b l e report b y Mr. fielson Ta y l o r a y e a r or two ago, a n d later a report by. Penn Livingston w h o made a report o n h i s survey of the underground water situation in Las Togas Talley, neither of these w e n t into detail in the m a t t e r as have Mr. Reinhardt and Mr. Greene. I s h a v e gone over the re p o r t In detail, together w i t h the gr a p h s a n d maps a t t a c h e d thereto. F r o m Mr. Greene's letter October 9 t h to Mr. Reinhardt, it was our impression that this w a s to be c o n s i d e r e d a preliminary report, a n d that thorough cons i d e r a t i o n would b e g i v e n eaoh of the r e c o mmendations b e f o r e c o m m e n c i n g a g e n e r a l urogram of improvements as outlined therein. However, in telephone c o n v e rsation w i t h our Los Angeles offices yesterday, I am advised that d a t a has b e e n requested for p r e p a ration of work order, and this is also referred to in Mr. Strong's telegram 8-266 of October 37th, o o p y to Mr. Ashby. T h e r e is no question in m y m i n d that a l l of the five items enumerated In Mr. Gree n e ' s letter of transmittal, at a total estimated cost of |37,500, w o u l d be of benefit to u s hers in Las Yegas, a n d on account of our increase in population w i l l u l t i m a t e l y have to be followed out, but from the standpoint of securing f u l l e f f i c i e n c y from our investment at the present time I w i s h to suggest that first