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in Item 2 so th a t the re fe re n c e to the form er in the l a t t e r w ill "be c le a r . He a ls o su g g e sts th a t n e ith e r o f th e se deeds he recorded u n t il re q u ired by the terms o f the c o n tra c t with the L as Vegas V alle y Water D i s t r i c t f o r the s a le o f the e n tir e w ater system . I am informed th a t Mr. Cory w ill sh o rtly f i l e a p p lic a tio n with the Nevada S ta te Engineer to t r a n s fe r the 2 .5 c . f . s . water ap p ro p riatio n owned hy LA&SL from Well No, 1 to the shop w e ll, hut he does not in ten d to complete the t r a n s f e r u n t il the new water d is tr ib u t io n f a c i l i t i e s in the shop grounds have been completed so th a t water can he d is tr ib u t e d from the shop w ell to the R a ilro a d f a c i l i t i e s . In the meantime, the LVL&WCo. w ill fu rn ish water to the Union P a c i f i c under the above mentioned a p p ro p ria tio n from Well No. 1 , xander the terms o f the co n tract mentioned in Item 5» which term in ates the c o n tract under which Union P a c i f i c has h e re to fo re fu rn ish e d w ater to LVL&WCo. The D iv isio n fo r c e s should complete the new f a c i l i t i e s in the shop grounds a s soon a s p o s s ib le , not only because o f t h is t r a n s f e r , but a ls o because we can expect to t r a n s fe r the e n tire w ater system to the L a s Vegas V alle y Water D i s t r i c t some time near the end o f 1953« When the t r a n s fe r o f the above mentioned p r o p e r tie s to the LVL&WCo. i s com pleted, a l l o f the p r iv a t e c o n tra c ts under which the Union P a c i f i c h as been fu rn ish in g water to in d u s t r ie s a t L a s V egas, except th a t w ith the PPE, should be term in ated so th at the LVL&WCo. can th ere­a f t e r fu rn ish the s e r v ic e . I am in s tr u c tin g Mr. L . R. Maag by t h i s l e t t e r to make such t a r i f f f i l i n g s a s may be n e c e ssa ry to enable the LVL&WCo. to serv e th ese in d u s t r ie s . I t w ill be n e c e ssa ry f o r a d e c isio n to be reached a s to the la b o r fo r c e s which w ill m aintain and o p erate the w ater p rodu ction f a c i l ­i t i e s a f t e r the t r a n s f e r . I t i s my su g g e stio n th a t the R a ilro a d fo r c e s continue to do t h i s work and b i l l the Water Company f o r the a c tu a l c o s t. The en closed co n tract between the R a ilro a d s and the LVL&WCo. does not cover t h is m atte r, which can be worked out w ithout the f o r m a lit ie s o f a c o n tra c t. Wm. R einhardt Enel 8