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Sale of Water: lias Vegas - Jane 35 , 1935. W 23-5 Mr. 3?. H. Knickerbocker, General Manager, Los Angeles, C alifornia. Dear Sir: With farther reference to my le tte r Jane 6th, outlining the water situation at Las Vegas, and your reply under personal cover June 10th; and mine of the 13th regarding use of pump to augment our supply: I agree that the per capita consumption of water in Las Vegas during the summer months is excessive, but I feel that we absolutely must take some steps to meet this condition which arises each summer. Tonight’ s issue of the Review-Journal carries an appeal to the con­sumers to give as their cooperation to prevent unnecessary waste of water, and as soon as we can awaken the City Com­mission to the gravity of the situation, we expect to put on a checker, as per our conversation, to cheek leaky faucets and misuse of water, similar to the arrangement in effect la st year after city ordinance was passed. A few nights ago, on my return from the spring where I found no water running over the spill-w ay, I called the Mayor and City Commissi oners, secured automo­b ile s and took them up to the spring and settling basin so they could personally see Just what we are up against. There was no water running over the spill-w ay, and the le v e l in the reservoir had dropped 14 inches during the day. Of course, the pump in the railroad yard picks up a portion of th is loss during the night, but i t is a ll used up again in the day time, and it is reasonable to assume that i f we are operating on the ragged edge this early in the summer, we are going to have trouble indeed when July ana August gets here.