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W 18-6-2 MAILGRAM Las Vegas - February 7, 1945 Mr. Frank Strong - LA: In accordance with your telephone request, for use in connection with our War Production Board request for pipe line from new wells and Certificate of Amortization, I show below maximum production capacity and maximum consumption during months of heaviest demand In past six years. Note In July 1941 the consumption (LVL&WCo. and HR) apparently exceeded the production; well In RR yard was used to supplement suoply in the emer-gency. YEAR MONTH C O M S U M ED AVERAGE PER DAY P O T E N T I A L P R O D U C T I O N 1939 April* 121,485,000 gals 4,049,500 gals. 5,061,600 G. P.D. 1940 Aug. 178,168,900 # 5,939,000 6,652,800' tt 1941 July # 181,750,000 tt 6,058,300 it 6,387,400 It 1942 July 199,905,100 tt 6,448,550 it 11,321,100 1it11 1943 July 242,412,600 tt 7,819,762 11,779,200 tt 1944 Aug. 294,506,900 It 9,500,223 tt 11,399,537 ii (* Meter out of order May- Nov.,Inc.) (# Pump Well in Railroad Yard used to supplement supply.) | ;\ | Above figures cover consumption by LVL&W Co. within City. To this should be added the portion of product!'o n used by Railroad Co. which averaged: 1939 599,265 G.P.D 1940 651,833 it 1941 698,760 it 1942 771,150 * 1943 1,214,013 h 1944 1,375,000 it B - 7 Walter R. Bracken
