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COPY LA-20-6 Omaha, November 12, 1935. Mr. W. M. Jeffers: Your letter of September 2nd with Mr. Bracken's letter of August 26th recommending additional well at Las Yegas: vestigation and also discussed matter with Mr. Bracken a short time ago, and it would appear that Mr. Bracken primarily rec­ommends digging of a new well so as to provide more water for the ranch property. Mr. Bracken's statement that the ranch has had no I water from Las Vegas Creek for irrigation purposes during the vy3' connected to water system which flows 285 gallons per minute, . I and this flow is all available for ranch irrigation, supple­mented by overflow from water facilities and effluent from City! septic tank. summer, present facilities are ample to take care of require­ments of Las Vegas, and our present supply can always be supple­mented by pumping the well in shop grounds, which will produce 700 gallons per minute and can be operated for approximately $5.00 per day. imately 550 gallons per day, which is excessive and much larger than any other City in the country. connect same to our present water facilities, we would have a considerable overflow during 10 months of the year beyond what the town of Las Vegas could use, also the ranch, and it would be possible for outside parties to file on this surplus water and obtain right to same account not being put to beneficial use by either the railroad, the town of Las Vegas or the ranch property. y require delivery of 100" of water at all times but we are to ^ deliver water only as it is available. would involve an expenditure of approximately $17,000, which does not include renewal of 3,000 ft. of wood stave pipe line between the reservoir and our shop grounds, amounting to approximately $19,000, which will be necessary in the near future. I have had Superintendent Coey make a thorough in­past summer is not correct, as there is an open spring not With the exception of two or three months in the The consumption per capita during August was approx- Should it be decided to drill an additional well and Our arrangement with tenant on the ranch does not To provide a new well with necessary pipe lines Superintendent Coey, after carefully going into all