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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 local underground situation very thoroughly, and it was almost our unanimous belief, to start with, that the solution was Lake Mead water. Q. Did you make any study with respect to the Searles well? A. I called Mr. Searles and had quite a little talk with him on the telephone, I called Mr. Jameson and got further information which he was able better to testify to today than I was. I would simply repeat what he told you. Q. In your study, you did find that there was a consid- enable supply of water available at the Searles well? A. I found that the Searles well would produce over two million gallons a day, but that they had filed on only 100 gal­lons a minute; since the State of Nevada owns all the water, so anything over 100 gallons a minute cannot be sold; to whom does it belong except the State of Nevada? And there is only one possible buyer here--the Water Company. The Water District has no money. The Water Company would be the only logical purchaser of the overflow of that well, and it would require filing on that water through the State Engineer in considerable detail. Q. How far away is that well from the present mains? A. I called Mr. Folger, and Mr. Folger told me 300 feet, as X recall. I asked Mr, Searles, and he gave me a figure of about *f00. It was not far from the Charleston Street 2b inch cast iron transmission main. Q. As an engineer, would you say it will be feasible to