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Lot Angeles, Novembers % ^ 9^8 NOV 9 *948 Mr. w. H. Kulsixer: He Las Vegas Valley Wat H i | . M (oc- Mr. F. 0. Paulsen Mr. Mm. Reinhardt Mr. A. C, Ritter Mr. E. E. Bennett) The seven directors ©f the Diet riot who were elected at the election of October 19 have named Harry E. Miller ex Chief of Felloe.now a hotel operator, President: Thomas Campbell, a real estate man.Vice President; and Spencer Butterfield, bank employee, Secretary-Treasurer, The Board will proceed to authorise and finance a comprehensive engineering study of the facilities now available and such additional facilities as may be desir­able to supplement the present water supply with water from Lake Mead: it is estimated this survey will cost about 125#COO. Thereafter the Board would acquire the LVL&W system and certain facilities of Basic Magnesium Inc.: con­struct (if engineering recommendations are favorable) a con­necting pipe line with pumping equipment from B.M.I. to the Las Vegas Valley Area: extend the present service and dis­tribution system to provide water from the artesian basin to all points where demand exists and supply Is economically feasible; supply the requirements of til# Air Base; supply irrigation water when economically feasible and make long range plans to further augment the water supply of the Valley by construction of such works as are necessary to irrigate class one and class two irrigable lands In the Valley.