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SUBJECT: Las Vegas towns!te San\lfci Mr. J. Ross Clark • UUDD KSJ.a.1 XL. Second Vice President, San Pedro, Los Amgeles & Salt Lake R. R. Co Dear sir: I telegraphed Mr. E. G. Tilton, January 28th, as follows, in your absence which I hope you will approve of, this having been done after consultation with Mr. W, H, Bancroft: "Your letter twenty-seventh with plat LaB Vegas townsite. Mr. Bancroft and myself think you had best make reservation on left four hundred feet throughout instead of as heretofore decided on and omit blocks one, two and three, these blocks being four hundred by one hundred and twenty fetet. Show this telegram to Mr. Gibbon and advise if he agrees. In any case you could lay out such part of the townsite as Mr* Gibbon thinks best as at present planned, omitting blocks one, two and three and omitting them from any map of townsite that is filed. Answer." to omit blocks 1, 2, and 3 from the townsite for decision by the Committee and enable s the work of laying out the townsite to go on without delay. You will notice that this still leaves the question of whether Yours respectfully, CC - Mr. V. H. Bancroft,
