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O f f i c e r s a n d D i r e c t o r s LAS V E G A S V A L L E Y W A T E R D IS T R IC T W V I C E -P R E S ID E N T APR W IL L IA M C O U L T H A R D 9 0 0 S O U T H 5T H S T R E E T S E C Y . - T R E A S LA S V EG A S . N E V A D A H A R R Y E. M IL L E R J A M E S C A S H M A N J O H N B U N r H T E L E P H O N E 3 9 2 0 Norman Cornwall 12 LAS VEGAS SEN Sunday, April 18,1954 More Trouble Snags Valley Water Line Right-of-Way Plans Real trouble loomed for the ! trict today as Secretary Harry ; Miller revealed that plans to lay a pipeline from Henderson may run into right-of-way snags I l in Washington. The ominous note was struck i in a letter from Senator Pat[ I McCarran who wrote, “ I think I should warn you that there may be trouble ahead.” Miller had sent McCarran a proposed bill granting the dis­trict right-of-way through gov­ernment land which the pipeline must pass, and received his warning that it might run into trouble in the Interior and In-i sular Affairs committee o f the Senate. The Senator said he will go ahead and introduce the bill, but criticized it as being so broad in scope that it would permit the' water^-rdistrict or Bacis Management fnc. to de­mand virtually any land for vir­tually any purpose. The sena-i tor said he doubts that a bill; with such broad language willj ever receive approval of the committee, let alone the sen­ate. M cCarran also mentioned something he called the Morse formula, which requires the pay­ment of reasonable value f o r . federal land given to a local agency such as the water dis-| trict. The senator said he is con-j tacting the Department of In-[ terior, and Committee Chairman, I Hugh Butler of Nebraska ask-1 | ing that the bill be expedited. Las Vegas Valley Water Dis-