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F o r m 7 8 0 8 8TAN0ARD 11-23-1000 UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY OREGON SHORT LINE RAILROAD COMPANY OREGON-WASHINGTON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION COMPANY LOS ANGELES & SALT LAKE RAILROAD COMPANY THE ST. JOSEPH & GRAND ISLAND RAILWAY COMPANY W m . M. BARR, C O N S U L T I N G C H E M IS T Oct. 28, 1924. Mr. F. H. Knickerbocker, Gen. M gr., LA&SL RR Co., Los A n geles, C a lif. Dear S ir ; We have ju s t received c e r t ific a t e from the P u b lic Health S ervice, p ro h ib itin g the use o f water supplied fo r drinking purposes to t r a in s at Las Vegas, Nevada. Samples on which th is w ater was condemned were taken June 11th and I have asked Dr. S. L. Lee, State Health O ffic e r to have another examination made a t an e a rly date, as I b e lie v e that the condition should be s a t is fa c t o r y . Am a ls o having sample sent to Mr. Harms fo r examination. This emphasizes the need fo r a concrete c o lle c tin g basin at the w e ll and it w i l l probably be a d v isa b le , i f th is w e ll w i l l fu rn ish the e n tire requirements, to turn the upper spring w ater to ir r ig a t io n and c o lle c t only the w e ll water, f o r san itary reasons. Yours tru ly , CC - Mr. N. A. W illiam s: Mr. W. R Bracken:
