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SECTION III: P O PU LA TIO N STUDIES 1. L as V egas sch o o l en rollm en t F e b ru a ry 15, 1953, was 8 ,4 8 5 . In ra tio to 1950's population and sch o o l e n r o llm ent, L as V e g a s' population as of that date w ould be 3 7 ,4 2 2 . 2. Las Vegas garbage pick-up accounts in February, 1953, were 7, 221, which in ratio would place the population at 38, 632. 3. The Southern N evada P ow er C om pany m e te re d accoun ts w ere 15, 763 in F e b ru a ry , 1953, w hich in ra tio w ould p la ce the population at 31, 842. The a verage of these three population estim a tes w ould be 35, 965 as o f F e b ru a ry , 1953. At le a s t 6 , 000 have been added to the population sin ce that date. It is fe lt, th e re fo re , that an estim ate b a sed on building p e rm its w ould be rea son a b ly a ccu ra te. In addition to the perm an ent population it is estim a ted b y the C ham ber of C o m m e rc e that there are an average of m o re than 12,000 v is ito r s in L as V egas daily. The follow in g statem ents rega rd in g the grow th of the a rea is quoted fr o m a re p o r t p re p a re d b y C a lifo rn ia M unicipal S ta tistics, Inc. "G RO W TH : "T h e trem en d ou s grow th of L a s V egas and C la rk County sin ce 1940 is la r g e ly due to: (1) C on stru ction of H oover D am , with the resu ltan t cheap e le c t r ic p ow er and w ater supply; (2) G overn m en t in sta lla tion s; (3) T o u rist tra v e l; and (4) The tren d tow ard d e s e rt livin g, m ade a ttractive b y a ir-co n d itio n in g . "1 . E le c tr ic p ow er fr o m H oover D am , plus the w ater a v a ilable fr o m Lake M ead, m akes p o s s ib le the developm en t of la rg e tra cts of land fo r in d u strial and re sid e n tia l u se. The e le c t r ic p ow er fr o m H oover D am is now fu lly con tra cted fo r , but two m a jor im p rovem en ts to the p ow er supply are the follow in g . (a) A pipe line to brin g natural gas fr o m the E l P a s o N atural Gas C om p an y's line near N eed les to H en d erson and L a s V egas was re ce n tly com p leted . This 10-in ch lin e w ill a llevia te the poten tial p ow er shortage and p erm it new in d u strial d e v e lo p m ent. (b) A steam generating plant has been planned fo r c o n stru ction in the near future by the Southern N evada P ow er -1 5 -