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1 Soft Aagol##, September 8 , 19^8. Mr. t . r . 1-sKby: (cc - Mr. d . X. P olgsr, I * t Togas) Extending ever X long period o f tim e, ap p lication s bare been re­ceived by Mr, fo lg sr fo r extensions be the LTL&W water system be supply rater fo r lands ly in g outside of the 1m Yegae o ity lim its . th ese requests wore c o n siste n tly turned Men by Mr. Strong fo r the reason f la t Cl) there was a hasard in the Water Company Manning the obligation of i n l y i n g enter t© n il applicants who night be eoaiag along, outeide of the c ity l i m i t , end (2) there tine not snough eator availab le to the Water Company to supply theee extensions end i t eas very questionable whether enough additional water could be developed from the Company* • proeently availab le water-bearing len ds. fu st recen tly Mr, to lg o r received ea application from Mayor Gregln of la s togas requesting that the Water Company agree to allow a pipe lin o , vhlch was to bo eons true tod from the c ity lim its to Ml Honcho t illa g e , to he connected to the Water Company’s lin e s , With the understanding that th» use of Water from th is lin e would be lim ited to emergency f ir s sorvieo. 1 am opposed to allow ing th is senasottom to be made an the broad grounds th at i f the lia s i s oonstruetsd sad the connection onse mads, thsre would be th e constant hasard, eith er from m art action or p o ssib ly an order from the Corporation Commission, of our being forded to supply water fo r general use in th at territo ry , end having ones broksn down our precedent of not going beyond the c ity lim its , I t i s d iffic u lt to say how fa r the oblige* » tio a might bo oxtssded. In order that our leg a l p o sitio n in th is regard would be clea rly estab lish ed , I requested Mr. Bennett to maho a study of the matter sad give ms a memorandum covering i t , copy o f Which 1 attach. Ion w ill mots th at Mr, W . W. J. SEP 9 1548