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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1950. BEDS SLA! City Lifts Ban | Daytime Watering i For 15-Day Period] Restrictions against daytime watering of lawns/in the j city were lifted at midnight last, night, as the board Of city commissioners directed m e police departjnent to halt en­forcement of that section of the water conservation ,ordi- — — ' ------ -------- > nance for the ? next §15 days. The action t a k e n was planned last week, and re­ported accurately in the Morning Sun Saturday.? Con­fusion was created in the minds of the public, hofvever, when an afternoon paper published a news story that the ban would not beriifted l| fo r at least two weeks., 5 The action was taken' by the • city board on the recommenda­tion of a committee composed of : City Commissioners W e n d e l l • Bunker and Bob Moore, and five Las Vegas residents who were ? . selected from .the throng ofipro- \ testing citizens who attended an j indignation meeting. on the low i water .pressure last week. -';; i Harry Miller, spokesman for the committee, told the city,-com- | mission it had been decided to I recommend a trial, period o f’ vol­untary conservation o f jwateft- He pointed out if all residents j, confine their watering ' to : light sprinkling, there will be no need I for a n . enforced ban. Miller told the cominissioners ! it has been, his observation that ! Nevadans will cooperate in ^ such! a * project inore readily on aLvol-r un tar § basis than if compelled; i : “It’s when you tell the people. 1 Of Nevada they can’t do some­thing that they go ahead and do it,” Miller- observed. The committee asked citizens I to keep their eyes open f o r water | wastage in their neighborhoods, and if they observe such a vio-i lation, either bring the violator j in line by personal appeal, or if that fails, call the police. Regai'ding prospects for more water in future years, Miller spoke to the commissioners as ; former president o f the Las I Vegas • Valley Water District board of 'directors. He said it is possible that water from Hen­derson m i g h t be available through a water line to Las Vegas as early as the middle of next. summer. He stated that the district must hold , a bond election, probably in November, and conclude current negotiations with|the Union ©a* cjfic Railroad to purchase the Las Vegas city water system. The railroad, Miller said, is now at work on an inventory; of as­sets, in order that a fair price-can be set on the utility. Miller detailed progress o f ne-.’{ gotiations between directors of ' the district and the Colorado River Commission for 10,000,000 gallons of water daily, which would be piped into Las Vegas from the Basic Magnesium plant. He also said the district is at­tempting to purchase the pump­ing and pipeline system which brings Lake Mead-water'to Hen­derson, and said it may be pos­sible to acquire it for one dollar. Commissioner Bunker, said he considered Miller’s ideas about water from Henderson next sum­mer “highly optimistic,” and re­marked that if the water district can realize this within two or three years, it will be a consider­able accomplishment. Miller .was- asked what effect it would have on the water dis­trict's plans if the city were to purchase the Las Vegas Land ! and Water Co., and he stated I such a-deal would wreck the en­tire- district program, since a. vital Jfactor in the plan is revenue from Iwater users in Las Vegas. After the commissioners agreed jto suspend enforcement of the Icity ordinance provision covering daytime sprinkling, City Engi­neer W. C. Anderson was di­rected to keep a close check on the water company during the "next 15 days to ascertain that fsufficient water is being supplied, j A motion was passed to re* -fquest the Nevada Public Service Commission to send a represen­tative to Las Vegas at once to investigate all phases o f the water shortage, and force the Union Pacific to provide addi* jtional facilities. i