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F O R M 3510 7-46-3M UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY C A L V IN M . C O R Y . G E N E R A L A T T O R N E Y Mr* E. E. Bennett, Los Angeles, Calif. Bear Ed: L A W D E PA R TM E N T January 15th, 19^9• 114 N O R T H T H IR D S T R E E T L A S V E G A S , N E V A D A ?Ml?;, c V'a I return herewith the galley proofs in the Oregon case of Fullerton v. Central Lincoln People’s Utility District, etal, which I have read with much interest. I agree that this case may not he on all fours with our case, nevertheless it presents a clear picture of the subject involved in our case. I have discussed it with Boh Jones, the attorney representing the Water District, who was not much impressed with the same. Last night I attended the regular meeting of the Water District Directors, as suggested hy you. I am satisfied that the directors are determined to take over the water company and that they presently feel this will have to he done through condemnation. They therefore are retaining Boh Jones as their attorney on a private basis, since his official duties do not require him to represent the district. Boh Jones states that our Act was prepared hy hond attorneys and that there, is no doubt of its constitutionality nor will there he any douht as to the validity of bonds issued without election for that purpose. The conclusion of the meeting, so far as I was concerned, came when the directors requested Mr. Jones to write a letter to the Water Company advising that the district desired to acquire the Water Company; that they would soon engage engineering services for the purpose of informing themselves as to the approximate value of the holdings of the Water: Company preparatory to negotiating for its acquisition and urging the Water Company to cooperate with the district engineers and with the district directors in order that negotiations may he opened in the near future. I have no douht hut that the district hopes to acquire the company at a figure much less then its real value and at this point it seems that we will probably go through