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Souse 2 January 10, 1952 t a l a n u t t o exceed th e 2 | c u b ic f e e t p e r second which i t p r e s e n tly h&* th e r i g h t to a p p r o p r ia te fro® t e l l I©* 1* The problem would th e n be hew t o o b ta in t h i s s u p p ly . If th e s a le were t© th e l a t e r Company, some ty p e o f j o i n t o p e re tio n o f Well 1©# 1 and th e n e c e ss a ry tra n s m is s io n system In v o lv in g a d iv is io n o f c o s ts betw een th e t a i l - road' and th e l a t o r Company could undoubtedly be worked o u t. Sisissr such c irc u m sta n c e s i t ap p ears t o me t h a t I t could be s u c c e s s f u lly contended t h a t th e w ate r ta k e n by th e R a ilro a d Company was i t s own w ate r and n o t w a te r f u r ­n ish e d by th e M ater Company a s a p u b lic u t i l i t y . On th e o th e r hand i f and when th e p r o p e r tie s a re s o ld to th e l a s Vegas V alley W ater D i s t r i c t , a j o i n t op­e r a t io n would be v ery im p r a c tic a l i f a t a l l p o s s ib le . In such s s a le i t m ight be p o s s ib le to rs a e rv o #JM So. 1 f o r th e use o f th e R a ilro a d a lo n e . The R a ilro a d would th e n hevs t o s a i n t s l a and o p e ra te th e w e ll and a rra n g e f o r th e tra n s m is s io n o f th e w a te r, e i t h e r thro u g h th e D i s t r i c t 's f a c i l i t i e s o r th ro u g h i t s own p ip e l i n e s . I doubt i f such an arrangem ent would b« a c c e p ta b le to th e D i s t r i c t end th e D i s t r i c t s ig h t a tte m p t to condemn any w a te r r i g h t which th e R a ilro a d so ught t o r e t a i n in th e p r e s e n t w a te r f i e l d . 1 u n d e rsta n d and th e P .f .S . a t fo llo w s: that th e w ater used by th e R a ilro a d Las Vegas d u rin g th e y e a r 1951 was i 0 a lio n s Per T ear Average Cubic F eet p e r Second R a ilro a d 41,705,450 0.177 F . F .I . 2 i , 62$,m 0.092 I had th o u g h t t h a t th e e x i s t i n g R a ilro ad w e ll in th e shop grounds n ig h t be c a p a b le o f f u rn is h in g a l l o f th e wa­t e r re q u ire d by th e R a ilro a d end th e f . F . S . , b u t I have been a d v ise d r e c e n tly t h a t th e w e ll i s n o t a very s a t i s ­f a c to r y w e ll a.ad th a t c o n s id e ra b le f a c i l i t i e s would have ' to fee c o n s tru c te d in th e R a ilro ad y ard s f o r s to r a g e , e t c . , t o e n a b le th e w ater fro® t h i s w e ll to be used s u c c e s s f u lly in o il c f th e R a ilro a d f a c i l i t i e s .