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* V t/o " / f AZ--Z---a.T. NOV 2 6 n 2 Las Vegas Sale of wat l v l &w crtT. nd electricity to Los Angeles, November 26, 1926* Mr. W. R. Armstrong: 7 - 3 * / / I have yours of the 20th relative to the above* Renewal of contract to furnish, electricity! to Las Vegas Land & Water Company for distribution i n ^ F E a l n b l o c k s in Clark*a Las Vegas Townsite should he separate and distinct from any watay *7~ $% as we are required unHer^^KiTlawa of Nevada ---— s approval of the Public Service Commission a copy of such contract in order to relieve the Railroad Company from becoming a public utility. and are entitled respectively to the use of such water from the Las Vegas Spring as they apply to a beneficial use. The rights to the use of water developed in the well are first in the Railroad to the extent of 2.5 feet, next in Las Vegas Land and Water Company for municipal purposes to the extent of 2.5 feet, and next in Las Vegas Land & later Company to the extent of 5.52 sec. feet, for irrigation purposes. This is in excess of the amount of water the well produces which was fixed at the time it Game in or shortly afterwards at 8.12 eu.ft. per second. The reasons for applying for a liberal amount for irrigation purposes was to cover any surplus in case the State Engineer would decline to allow the amount we asked for Railroad purposes or municipal purposes. as owner of the water other than what has been used and applied for by the RAilroad, has furnished un d e r contract to sub-divisions contiguous to Clark* s Las Vegas Townsite all water used for municipal purposes, and while the old contract, Audit No. 2850 A and B assumes ownership in the Railroad a n d provided for a charge of $200.00 per month, this method was adopted as a matter of convenience and should not be continued, nor the old contract renewed along these lines. developed in the Well it was proposed that the Railroad, for a consideration, grant an easement and permission for Las Vegas Land and Water Company to carry water through the Railroad Gompany*s pipe line to its property line for distribution for municipal or other uses, and I think that this plan should now be adopted and a Las Vegas Land & Water Company and the Railroad own Since early in 1924 Las Vegas Land & Water Company, At the time we mad© application for the water