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\ TWO BOTTLENECKS IN VEGAS GROWTH BROKEN LAST NIGHT ? The two most serious bottle- t ^ necks in the way of Las Vegas j expansion, were in a fair way to j be broken yesterday following a || series of conferences between va- I. j rious local and federal agencies j concerned. j As a result of these conferences »' it has been definitely determined that the Las Vegas Land & Water < company is in a position to fur- >t nish water for an additional 1300 homes with reasonable notice as to the time of demand, and that it is possible to secure federal J funds to finance the construction ,: of additional sewer facilities to ; serve a community of 30,000 1 homes, based on defense housing needs. - ' ,j£J Scheeline Aids H. H. Scheeline, FHA adminis- : j trator for Nevada, was the mov- | ing spirit in bringing about the ' solution to these two problems,, ! and was able to arrange with Mc- | Neil Construction company to ! ? bring in their sewer engineer to j! design the proposed new system fc in conjunction With local muni- ‘ cipal authorities. „ L The engineer, was scheduled to I arrive this afternoon from San I' Diego where he recently com­pleted the design of a new system to take care of that city’s expan- : sion, and is expected to spend as much time here as is necessary j to complete the work. I Scheeline, in conference with officials of the water company yesterday, together with F. H. A. land planners assigned to this area and representatives of the Las Vegas municipal planning (Continued on page three) Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas Evening Review-Journal October 2 2 , 1941 Two Bottlenecks in Vegas Growth Are Broken Last Might I board succeeded in working out Si tentative understanding wliere- I,by the water company gives, writ- lien assurance to F. H. A. as fol- I lows: 1. —That there is sufficient water available now to take care of 500 more homes than are now being served: 2. —That upon reasonable no­tice the company can and Will develop sufficient water to take care of an additional 800 homes by the time they are completed and ready for occu­pancy. ? 3v—.That upon being assured there are-school and sewer fa­cilities ? sufficient., to .take ; care of an additional 2000 families, the company will proceed with investigations to I determine whether or not enough water can be developed to take care of the requirements of that many more houses. , Both Walter R. Bracken, vice; •oresident and general manager if the utility, and Superintendent A1 Folger, advised Scheeline that, if the per capita use of Watefi-in-j Las Vegas were curbed so it did ] not exceed the rate of use1 in com-1 munitieS similarly situated, -the [ Present supply, would be suffi-. icient for a community , of 40,000 j Population. ’ . ii “So far as providing enough for j 2,000 families over and above? the; 1300. being discussed for present needs, that’s a question of putting down an additional battery of wells and that brings up the ques-. lion of whether or not such a de­velopment would dangerously de­plete the underground reser­voirs.” Bracken explained. . “When it appears that there are sufficient school and sewer facili­ties available, we will commence ..an engineering study of this prob­lem with a view to meeting the demand,” he said. rian for 30,000 Design of - the sewer system | should be, made to take care of a, city of 30,000 people, Scheeline declared, and • at a session of the’ ih amber of commerce, committee, ;ity commissioners and F. H. A. officials last night, the commis- [ sioners indicated the city was j, prepared to proceed. ? ; Scheeline explained it would j orobabaly be possible to get a 100; ,er cent- grant for this purpose is a necessity .arising'from the- defense program in this.area, and urged that it, be made ample, to’, take care of anticipated .growth in every section, of the city. Participating ini the--discussion ; concerning;J the sewer develop­ment in addition tq Scheeling were: City; Commissioners | Rubidoux and Arthur ;,F, Smith; Sr.; President Marion B. Earl and the following committee from the 'chamber of . commerce:, A. C: Grant, O- A. Kimball, R. J. Kal? tenborn, C. L. Ronnow, Paul Mc­Dermott, Robert Hampton and E. A. Clark. Grant was delegated to contact 'Officials of the McNeil’ Construc­tion company-'last evening, \to? I gethe-r with Scheeline, and it was, ? thru their .efforts that , the agree­ment was reached to bring in a sanitary engineer and-start work immediately ’ planning the new .system which Scheeline described' as a “pressing need” which should ?be met “without delay.” .; ill