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Subject: Examination of Accounts - L.V.L.& W.Co. ^vVwiJ t Hi /m / , ^ flM // *>/ fe * :C > R«ofj-« 'l v>a Omaha, July 24,Yi942 Mr. Jeffers: No. A 823-Pi Plbase refer to the last paragraph of your letter of May 23,1942, No.199, regarding water revenue increase at Las Vegas as compared with population increase. Messrs, tire and Barnes have returned from Las Vegas where they made an on-the-ground surrey of the water situation as referred to in my telegram of July 12,1942, No. W 80, to Messrs. Q-.F,Ashby and Frank Strong, As a result of this surrey the following conclusions are giren: The 1940 population of 8300 giren by Mr.Bracken in his letter of May 20 is the official U.S. census figure - the 23,000 was a local estimate. Sugar rationing registration totalled 18,200. A c o n s e r v a t iv e estimate is that there were 19,000 people living within the confines of the City of Las Vegas at the time Mr.Bracken's letter was written, not all of whom, however, had water service available to them. The situation as it existed in Las Vegas subsequent to the Influx due to the beginning of construction of the basic magnesium plant, makes it difficult to estimate how much the in­crease in population affected the amount of water supplied by the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. and the extent that water revenue should accrue therefrom. Housing facilities with the attendant water services were not immediately available to the newcomers, many of whom were under the necessity of securing water from private wells or existing outlet facilities serving other customers. Additional housing to take care of the Increased popu­lation started late in 1941 and 1ms continued uninterrupted since then. Building permits for the first six months of 1942 total­led 678, amounting to $2,124,210, of which 544 were for dwellings: one family, duplexes and multiple houses. The largest number of permits for any one of the six months was in March when there were 209 of which 174 were for family dwelling units. No water revenue accrued from these housings until they were completed and water service connections made. The first water service connections for the new Biltmore Addition were made in April 1942 and for the new Huntridge Addition in May 1942. Water mains had been laid to the new Mayfair Addition but no services had been extended there at the time of our study. As of June 1942 there were 26 accounts in the Biltmore Addition, 88 in the Hunt­ridge and a large number of uncompleted houses in each. The Mayfair Addition will add approximately 125 new connections. W.H.J. JUL Z 7 M2