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Holmes & Narver, Inc. Page 2 Attn: Mr. E. G. Bowen October 8, 1953 In Las Vegas with respect to the taking over by Basic Management, Inc. of the old Basic Magnesium Plant formerly owned by the government, and they may be familiar, In a general way, with the situation In that territory. As I told you, the Las Vegas Land & Water Company, which Is a subsidiary of Union Pacific, owns the water company serving the city of Las Vegas but does not extend this service outside the city boundaries. The District voted $8,750,000 worth of bonds September 30th to be used for the purchase of the water company, and the Installation of the pipeline from Manganese, the installation of additional facilities to increase the capacity of Basic Magnesium Inc. pipeline, and for various other purposes. I understand the bonds will probably not be sold for several months, but thought possibly you may be interested in talking to some of the people I mentioned about this engineering work. I would appreciate the return of the enclosed documents when theyhave served your purpose. Yours very truly, E. E. Bennett EEB:ps
