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    S|ff|l8 During tii« e&rly 194o<s, the Federal Govern* meat, inoldent to Ita war production effort, constructed the Basle Magnesium plant for the production of magnesium for incendiary bomba and for use In the manufacture of lightweight metals for airplane construction* | -he Magnesium plant, at ita peak, employed approximately 14,000 men, a considerable portion of whom resided in Las Vegas, ana in order to supply adequate water to the increased population, the Las Vegas Land and water Company drilled ten additional wells which increased the artesian flow to approximately fifteen million gallons dally. As the temperature in Las Vegas sometimes reaches 120° in July and August, our daily per capita ^consumption of water reaches a maximum of 700 gallons, which is approximately four times the national average consumption. In order to produce sufficient water during these peak periods, we have installed pumps on some of the artesian wells by means of which we can increase the dally production approximately three million gallons per day, or to a total of eighteen million gallons per day. Trusting that the above information will be of some assistance to you, I am Very truly yours, Acting General Manager