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Mr. Knickerbocker: #2 Got. 27, 1936. Expenses The added supply of water w ill eliminate the follow ing: Operation of pump at w ell in Hailroad Yards 24 hours per day during summer months, We do not have the figures on the exact cost, but these may be secured through Mr. Adamson. Advertising and p u blicity #13.50 Special help policing c ity 70.00 She redwood pipe lin e between the settlin g basin and the old Tonopah highway was in such deplorable condition that i t was in need of repairs whenever water service men were a v a ila b le , and at times it was necessary to send Las Vegas Land and Water Go. service men out on the line Sundays to make repairs where leaks were exceptionally bad. Luring the summer of 1936, th is line averaged about 50 leaks a week. I do not know i f the Hailroad Water Service Department main­tained an actual record of this expense, but 1 re c a ll during the time when the Water Service gang was reduced to a minimum the wooden lin e became in such serious condition that a con­tract was made with private parties to patch the lin e for #36.00, and based on this figu re the subsequent maintenance must have been rather expensive, as the leaks would not stay fixed but had to be gone over day a fte r day. Each F a ll, when the deep grass dried out, it was necessary to secure the services of a man and team to clear o ff the dry grass and brush along the wooden main, to avoid hazard o f destruction by f i r e . ^his expense for one year was f 90.00 and the following year #85.00. This item of expense w ill, of course, be eliminated when the new mains are buried underground. The additional water supply available from the new w ell and improvements w ill enable us to: