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? #0-11 ios Angeles, January 10, Iff® ir. ¥ ROUS© (cc - ilr A. E. Stoddard ¥sa. Reinhardt Df* H. Hulsiaer U M« Sutton S r Mr C* M, Cory) P le a se r e f e r to ay l a t t e r to you o f December 21, 1951, «nd H r, Cory’ s l e t t e r to you o f Ja n u ary 3 , 1952, r e l a t i n g t o th e p r o te c tio n o f th e w ater su p p ly o f th e R a ilro a d a t Lee Vegas in th e ev en t th e w ater p ro d u c tio n f a c i l i t i e s o f th e R a ilro a d a re t r a n s f e r r e d t© th e w ater Company* Both o f our l e t t e r s sesame th a t a l l o f th e la n d and w ater r i g h t s o f th e R a ilro a d would be t r a n s ­f e r r e d to th e Water Company and d is c u s s th e problem w hich would be c r e s te d i f i c o n tr a c t were made by th e W ater Company t o f u r n is h w a te r to th e R a i l r o d Company a t c o st* we b o th b e lie v e t h a t such a c o n tr a c t would be c o n tra ry to th e p u b lic s e r v ic e law end would n o t be ap­proved by th e Commission* However n e i t h e r o f o u r l e t t e r s c o n sid e re d th e prob­lem w hich would be c r e a te d i f th e R a ilro a d Company ex­c e p te d and re s e rv e d w ate r r i g h t s in th e w ate r b e a rin g la n d s conveyed t o th e %’a t e r Company* G e n e ra lly i t i s l e ­g a l l y p o s s ib le f o r a le n d h o ld e r t o e x c e p t and r e s e r v e w a te r right® a t th e tim e o f th e s a le o f le n d and X be­lie v e t h a t t h i s i s tr u e in th e S ta te o f isva&a* i t th e p r e s e n t tim e th e R a ilro a d Company ©urns th e r i g h t to ap­p r o p r ia te 2 |c u b ic f e e t o f w ater p e r second from Well No. 1 in th e w ater f i e l d * Fro® th e same w e ll th e IVL&W Com­pany owns th e r i g h t t o a p p r o p r ia te 2 ,3 c u b ic f e e t p e r se c ­ond f o r m u n ic ip a l su p p ly and 1 ,# # cu b ic f e e t p e r second for- purpose o f I r r i g a t i n g th e ra n c h , but does not now u - t i l l s e w ater f o r th e l a t t e r p u rp o se . I t i s ®y in fo rm a­t i o n t h a t t h i s w e ll does n o t produce enough w ater to f u l ­l y su p p ly th e a p p r o p r ia tio n owned by e i t h e r th e R a ilro a d o r th e W ater Company w ith r e s p e c t to t h i s w e ll. I under­s ta n d t h a t th e w e ir m easurem ents on th e w ell ta k e n in F eb ru ary , 1951, show th e p o t e n tia l o f th e w e ll to fee ap­p ro x im a te ly 2 .2 cu b ic f e e t p e r second* I th in k i t would be l e g a ll y p o s s ib le f o r th e R a ilro a d Company t o re s e rv e th e r i g h t t o ta k e from i t s w ater te a r in g la n d s upon t h e i r