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V - 26- R ailroad Go. A v a ila b le Month T o ta l Water and C ity For Ranch January 176,903,856 41,328,230 135,575,626 February 165,490,704 44,088,760 121,401,944 March 176,903,856 57,305,575 119,598,281 A p r il 171,197,280 60,847,165 110,350,115 May 176,903,856 78,129,885 98,773,971 June 179,786,310 92,366,600 87,419,710 July 194,654,518 95,005,820 99,648,698 August 194,654,518 99,131,600 95,522,918 September 188,375,340 92,406,000 95,969,340 October 194,654,518 73,721,000 120,933,518 Hov ember 188,375,340 57,486,000 130,889,340 December 194,654,518 50,843,000 143,811,518 TOTAL 2,202,554,614 842,659,635 1,359,894,979 The water, whioh. haabeen a llo c a te d to the C ity o f la s Vegas and the R ailroad Company has been measured e ith e r by meter or w eir; in fa c t , a l l water used by the C ity o f la s Vegas is now measured by meter and c a lcu la tio n s show that th e C ity uses 65.67$ o f the amounts shown in second column. Baaed on g ivin g con sidera tio n to in t e r e s t, d e p re c ia tio n , insurance, taxes and op eratin g expenses, the cost o f water per thousand gallons is now two oents. The above statement taxes in to con sid eration v a r ia tio n in flow from our a rte s ia n w e ll, which flo w a t one time in 1927 was 6.36 second f e e t as compared w ith measurement given above, taken in 1928, o f 8.96 second f e e t . I t should be borne in mind that th is w e ll sands up p a r t ia lly every June, and a f t e r d is charging severa l tons o f sand resumes it s la rg e flo w . The 16u main pipe lin e is not o f ample capacity as, /