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Mr* Jeffers: #2 June 25, 1936, /»« now bare 4 miles of transmission mins for the water sup­ply, g h 5X9*38 miles of distributing mains, all is first glass condition, serving this city of a ppcojd. irately 7,500 population with a maxiraea Of 4,000,000 gallons per day, and providing a supply for all railroad facilities* The City now Is3 three trolls located on a tract of land shout a mile and a half .further west than our well, the largest of which can produce shoot 324,000 gallons per day* If their application to the f|t| were granted, they would re­quire 10 to 16 wells of this capacity to supply the town with water, and approximately three and a half miles of 35-inch water mains to bring the supply to the city* Bor could the application be truthfully defended frets the standpoint of creating employment,' because less than two weeks ago there m s not sufficient relief labor available in this eotamusiity to take care of present government projects, da a matter of fact, this situation has a purely political basis, 41 a recent municipal election,- the ifeyor and majority of commissioners war© elected on a platform for municipal ownership of public utilities in las Vegas* 5he agitation they eossumeed prior £o election has not yet. died down, and the successful candidates feel that they must do something to carry out their campaign promises* • 'However, I feel sure -that if the facts above presented are known, their application to the WA will not be given serious consideration. If .you deem it advisable, X believe these facts should be given our representative or representatives in %shlngtOH, • who are in contact with both Senator Httm&n and Administrator Idea, Tours very truly. Ifj&sfflTS*' SftAto&H, Tiee-Preal d m t* ec - Mr, F, H, Knickerbocker