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Las Vegas Review-Journal - October 10, 19^9 i La? Vegtaii Wafer Problems Set For Another Airing Las Vegas' water problems will be aired in an informal discussion tomorrow morning between members of the Nevada public service commission, representatives of the Las Vegas- Land & Water company, city officials and directory of the Las Vegas valley wateh-distriet. A last minute switch resulted in the meeting being set f o r room 202 at the Union Pacific depot instead of the Las Vegas city commission chambers, and pre-meeting statements indicated it would be in the nature of a private discussion rather than an open session. The meeting was called at the request of the land and water company but Public Service Commission Chairman ^ George Allard declared, in his announce? i»eHt thaft ||k ihtte^ted primarii^ to wfilt [plans the i company has Lor al- Jj Teviating the annual' summer 1 sortage of water w hi c h h a s plagued Las Vegas' for the past ; 15 years. Allard has announced his determination to require the com- | pany to come up with . a suf- 1 ficient water supply with satis- i factory pressure to prevent a j recurrence of last summer’s ; shortage which found many homes in the community with- I out enough water to take care ; of cooking and sanitary needs, j : Allard said the company has : agreed to present a plan de-r ; signed to meet the situation next : summer and that the commis- j sion would give it careful con- j sideration. The meeting will not be open ? to be public, water company of- j ficials announced, and will be restricted to the agencies men- ; tioned above. Representing the state of Ne- \ vada will be Chairman George Allard, A. M. Smith and Charles ! V. Williams of the public service commission. William Reinhardt, vice president; William Johnson, secretary; E.,E. Bennett, chief coun-r| el; A1 Polger, Manager;- and fit. A. Blonde, will represent the utility. Mayor E. W. Cragin and members of the city commission have been invited to attend as have Harry M iller., chairman, apd members. o£ the sboardcrf dire*.- fnrS Si O 3