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1 Las Vegas Review Jeumal-September 18, 1950 'To Sift Water Problem Here J] Th e board of city commission­ers has a busy week ahead. Th is afternoon at 4 o’clock they meet with C ity Attorney l Howard Cannon for an inform al ij discussion of the local water ?) j! supply problem p re lim ina ry to j meeting at 10 A M Th ursday with ,j the Nevada public service com- , '? mission on the, same subject. | M ayor E . W. C ragin said the i conference was for me purpose ! sent to the commission in order j to show the immediate need of I finding and tapping additional , sources of w ater.” The public service commission | has been conducting a survey of | | the local water situation and has i promised on Thursday to come ; up with results of its inquiry. Although there has been talk of bringing water here from | | Lake M ead, the Commissioners ? i have contended that the cost S would be prohibitive. Th e final ’ | answer m ay be reached a t | Th ursda y’s meeting, it was in- ; I cheated today. I Also on Thursday, at 8 PM , !; the board w ill hold its pre lim - | ( inary meeting in advance of its regular semi-monthly meeting the following day at the same time in council chambers at city h a ll.-A complete agenda for the ! regular meeting has not been completed, according to Board of “ preparing our case to pre- Secretary Shirley Ballinger.