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Mr. Edward C. Renwiok -2 November 23, 1951 would u n d o u b ted ly w e ig h in m aking a d e c is io n , I d e s i r e to b r i e f l y o u t lin e how th e new w a te r company would fu n c t io n . Assuming th a t a c le a n break i s c o n te m p la te d , lo o k in g f o r ward t o th e tim e t h a t th e p r o p e r t ie s may be d is p o s e d o f and s o ld , then in my o p in io n , s tr o n g c o n s id e r a t io n should be g i v en to s e t t i n g up a management and o p e r a t io n in Las V egas th a t would be p r a c t i c a l l y s e l f - s u f f i c i e n t e x c e p t f o r m a tte rs i n v o l v i n g c o m p a r a tiv e ly la r g e c a p i t a l e x p e n d itu r e s and where c o r p o r a t e m a tte rs a ro s e r e q u ir in g l e g a l a s s is ta n c e above th a t r e q u ir e d f o r norm al o p e r a t io n s . T h is would mean th e m a in ta in in g o f an e x e c u t iv e head w ith f u l l a u t h o r it y t o run th e company a t Las Vegas a lo n g w it h th e s e r v ic e s o f an a ccou n ta n t to keep a l l th e p rim a ry r e c o r d s in Las V eg a s. Both th e p ro d u c tio n and d i s t r i b u t i o n o p e r a t io n and m aintenance would be under a g e n e r a l forem an o r s u p e rin te n d e n t. A l l w ork would be perform ed by th e w a te r company and none should be h ir e d and p erform ed by any o f th e R a ilr o a d p e r s o n n e l. The company b e in g a u t i l i t y would n e c e s s a r ily f i l e an ann u al r e p o r t w ith th e l o o a l com m ission and be under i t s j u r i s d i c t i o n in a ccord an ce w ith th e Nevada la w . H a vin g thus b r i e f l y p re s e n te d th e manner in w hich th e r e o r g a n iz e d company would fu n c t io n , l e t us now c o n s id e r some o f th e r e s u lt s t h a t m igh t be e x p e c te d t o f o l l o w . These may be s e t down as f o l lo w s : 1. C osts o f d o in g b u sin ess would be red u c ed . Through u nion c o n t r o ls and th e many d e p a r tm e n ta liz e d break-dow ns o f work fu n c t io n s , p ro d u c tio n expense i s now b e lie v e d to be h ig h . P r o d u c tio n o f w a te r and i t s d e l i v e r y to d i s t r i b u t i o n i s a r e l a t i v e l y sim p le fu n c t io n , as i t i s perform ed in Las V e g a s , w it h r i s i n g c o s t s and th e problem s fa c e d , a l l economies p o s s ib le should be I n s t i t u t e d . Many and most medium s i z e w a te r com panies " g e t b y " on s e r v ic e s le s s than m ight be c o n s id e re d n e c e s s a ry i f funds w ere p r e s e n t. Through a u n ifie d o r g a n iz a t io n under a s in g le c o n t r o l , th e man hours perform ed w ou ld , in my o p in io n , be g r e a t l y re d u c e d . S im i l a r l y th e overh ead burden would be even more g r e a t l y red u ced . T h ere would be no s a v in g , in my o p in io n , on a c c o u n tin g , as th e ch a rg es a s s ig n e d from th e Omaha o f f i c e appear lo w .