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mt ||| *a* wasting water to conserve for benefit of the City. The attached copy of Mr. Bracken1s letter to the Mayor and City Commissioners of Las Vegas is self-explanatory. However, heretofore the City has refused to pass helpful ordinances and no doubt the present suggestion will be tabled. for some months is as high as ©40 gallons per day per capita, is unreasonable, nevertheless we are faced with the situation of decreased production and Increased use. the old 16* wood stave pipe line is rapidly deteriorat­ing, and while leaks are constantly being plugged, a consider­able amount of water is lost, probably in excess of 100 0.P.M. supplied to the City by the LVL&W Co., it Is recommended that IS* well be drilled and connected to settling basin, at an estimated cost of $10,370, chargeable to Capital Accountf also that existing 16* wood stave pine line 8,400 feet long be re­placed with £4* oast iron pipe line, at an estimated cost of $©8,040, of which 186,440 would be chargeable Capital Account and $11 $.600 Operating Expense. The total project would be approximately $36,610 Capital Account and $31,600 08} however, If desirable to reduce total expenditure, the renewal of pipe line could be programmed by replacing 3,000 feat, at a cost of #18,66©, at the reservoir end, which is burled and in very bad condition, leaving 5,400 feet to be maintained and renewed as soon as possible. while the consumption of water at Las Vegas, which In order that adequate amounts of water may be ce-Mr,H.C.Mann Mr, w, a,Bracken