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a V Los Angeles - Sept. 1, 1950 174-2 Mr. Win. Reinhardt: (ee: Mr. f.W. Bockes Mr. W.H. Hulsizer Mr. Galvin M. Gory Mr. Roy Adamson Mr. Roy Wehe Mr. A.M. Polger ) I have just had a talk with Mr. Allard, Chairman of the Nevada Public Service Commission, and he advises me that they have set down for formal hearing, on September 2Lst, at 10:00 A.M., in the City Hall at Las Vegas, the re­quest of the City that the Water Company augment its water supply. Mr. Allard stated that the formal notice of this hearing was in the mail but it would be heard by the Com­mission en banc. He also stated that he Intended to have at the hearing, to testify on behalf of the State, I.W. Robinson, District Engineer of Ground Water, working under the Director of the U.S. Geological Department; Mr. Shamberger, Assistant State Water Engineer, and Mr. Jamison. He stated that the Water Company should be prepared to show the cost of a pipe line or pipe lines from Lake Mead to Las Vegas, this cost to show the two plans as set out in the Greeley-Kanson Report, namely, the initial pipe line from Henderson and later, the second pipe line from the lake. It appears from what Mr. Allard has said that we will be faced with two issues at the hearing: First, the desirability of drilling or acquiring additional wells to augment our water supply and second, the deslrabllity...of ^ transporting water from Henderson or Lake Mead, Although "we hopetTmtTEiT^mfflission1 s'altitude will be favorable to us, I think it is important that we have an adequate record demonstrating that neither course is desirable or economically feasible so that we would be in a position to attack in court as unreasonable any order of the Commission which we may con­sider to be improper. For that reason, I am recommending for your consideration, the following program: