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m m m JsmB si, wmmmm Engineer tmaf i&r* ISaxftelds la accordance with your instructions f have reviewed the plan developed by My. Ralph Ocelli, Consulting Engineer, for supplying supS>leet«ntal water to the Las Veg&s Valley Water district from the water supply facilities of B.S.X. ?*y study of *y». G*Helli*o plan was aiispXlfied by reason of ssy past association with the project. fh« original B.iS.X. water supply cystcs was desisted tnd the oonai- motion supervised by the engineering flna which jg then headed as general manager and chief engineer* *6F ferieir of the preposed plan included a study of fe o*Keillfs letter to you and Mi© ccsocp&nying drawing mi well $# interviews with hi® peraonslly. An examination was mOm of the hydraulic characteristics of take eyvftm proposed by Hr. d*Betl£» tgy finding are In close agreement with his. 0*Belli*© plan Is sound fro® an engineering standpoint. in­creasing the capacity of the intake psiiping station could be aoc- o^Iished in any on© of several ways, the pip© line to the Manganese Ores plant has adequate capacity n&, even at fell flow of 50 wiXXioa jpkllmm per day* the velocity would act fee excessive* flic booster pushing station could be utilised without ©hang© and, as stated by Mr. 0*BeijjL, with little or n© Ices cf efficiency. Other features of the plan are in accordance with well established practice. It is iay ©pinion that the plan worked cut by Ifc* 0 "Belli fully answers the reqsirssteitts of the federal dovemsienb and the later District*: a» 1 understand them, and feat it represents an extremely economical solution to the probleia. Wemm Very truly, (signed) last©# m lontgogrery* JJfiSscw