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L&S % eg£tS E v e n in g R e v ie w J o u r n a l ^ F e b r u a r y 1 1 , 1943 Speaks in Vegas Bi tili --yd** W. H. GuUd. assislant io Pres­ident Wm. M. Jeffers, of the Union Pacific, who spoke before 1foe Kiwanis club today oh the necessity for conserving water m this' area. 5 , S -1 - sffs; VITAL PART WATER TOPLAYIN VEGAS 3R0WTH OUTLINED : The vital papt water is destined | to play in the development of Las Vegas,. ' and the necessity I for j, avoiding: waste “the year ’round” 1 to make the underground supply go as far as possible, was stressed ih an address before the: Kiwanis Club and its guests this noon by W. H. Guild, executive .assistant to President Wm. Jeffers. of the. Union Pacific railroad. Declaring that the magnesium and manganese developments al­ready underway, here were just the beginning of an era of great industrial expansion in this area, Guild pointed Out that the.boun­daries of this expansion Plight be set by the water' supply. “The water company,” he said, “will go the limit to develop the maximum supply, here. Already Jwe are putting down' additional 1 hvells to take Cafe of the antici-fpated need this summer. We are Willing to spend whatever is nec- 1 essary to keep . pace with the growth of Las Vegas. „ “But,” he added significantly, -we can develop only as much I water as the Underground reser­voir will ;supply. How much that is, nobody knows. Of one thing we can be cer­tain, however—there IS. a limit to the supply. When that limit is peached we cannot go further. This indicates' a need for con - serving water wherever, possible —a vital necessity for avoiding I waste. There is no need, for any userg going- without enough for necessary use, but there, is need to ! istop all wasteful usage.- . j L, “The per ..capital use in Lbs' Vegas at peak last July was H f | ahons per day. In southern Cali- : j,toinia-..'cpin|nunlties 6‘f sfrniiar.cli- ‘ J a m per capita use ranges from 150 to 300 gallons- per day. ' 1 : Whatever waste Is 'eliminated 1,1 much water saved in: the • underground reservoir. If per capita u.se is cut in half, the bame amount of water will serve i twice;,Us many users,; he declared.? .Walter Pi. Bracken, vice .presir. | dent and general manager of the Las ; Vegas''Land & • Water com­pany, assured the -'gathering. that the company utility “always has ] stayed ahead of the game here and j will continue to do so as the underground, supply will permit,” ; Mayor Howell Garrison pledged the cooperation of the' city ad­ministration in working out a ! conservation program, and he -was | followed in a similar . vein by | Commissibnor Pat Clark. 5 .Chairman Ira J. Earl of the board of county^ commissioners Urged that steps be taken to con- j serve water, and C. P. Squires called attention to the necessity -j for capping the many artesian; wells in the valley now flowing to waste. Other speakers included Presi­dent Chas. Sloan of the chamber of commerce, and A. E. Cahlan of the Re view-Journal. Guests at the meeting today were: A. E. Cahlan, Floyd Scott, R. B. Denton, Waiter R. Bracken, Bob Sullivan, Frank Strong, May* of Howell C. Garrison, Bryan L. j Bunker, Roger Foley, the Rev. ‘ Father Don Carmody, City Com­missioners A. P. Rubidoux and Charles R. “Pat”; Clark; Gounty, Commissioners Ira ; J. Earl, Earl Davison, and Rodney Colton; and. J J. Morris Richards, C. P. Squires, Fred Mallory, and Harlan Wood. Plans were ;announced for the next; Kiwanis meeting ,to be held Wednesday, February 18, at the Fifst Methodist ,'church parlors in I celebration of annual Boy Scout I week. A troop of Scouts will have I charge of the'program.