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N Las Vegas Land and Water Company W . M . J E F F E R S * p r e s i d e n t * O m a h a , n e b r . F . H . K N IC K E R B O C K E R * V i c e - P r e s .* L o s A n g e l e s * C a l . C . H . B L O O M * S e c r e t a r y , l o s A n g e l e s * c a l . C . B . M A T T H A I , A s s i s t a n t s e c r e t a r y * O m a h a * N e b r . E . B . C O N R A D , a u d i t o r * L o s A n g e l e s * c a l . W . F . T R U E L S E N * T r e a s u r e r * l o s A n g e l e s * c a l . C H A R L E S A D A M S , a g e n t * l o s A n g e l e s * c a l . 2 . o £ Z W A L T E R R . B R A C K E N , V i c e - P r e s . a n d A g t . l a s V e g a s * N e v . T . E . C O N N O L L Y , A s s i s t a n t a g e n t l a s V e g a s , N e v . lias Vegas _ June 15th, 1935. W 23-3-5 Ion. L. L. Arnett, Mayor of Las Vegas, Las VQgas, Hevada. Dear Sir: Your attention is respectfully invited to the water situation in Las VQgas, which is rapidly hecoming acute, due to the excessive waste of water which is be­ing permitted to run into the streets. During the past two or three years, we have been continually receiving complaints from water consum­ers about their neighbors permitting water to run over a long period of time, floodigg their streets and alleys and causing deterioration of their street paving, as well as filling ditches at street crossings full of water, splashing on ears and causing a hazard to pedestrians. Inasmuch as the water is sold to the people of Las Vegas on a flat rate, we have found it is of no avail to make request on the parties who cause these complaints, and last year the City Commission passed an ordinance to prohibit waste of water and to regulate sprinkling. However, as the Summer progresses, this situa­tion changes to the extent that instead of this waste of water being a nuisance, it becomes a serious menace to the water supply of the city, and immediate action should be taken to conserve the supply of water. We are now taking out about one foot per day from the reservoir, and with at least two or three more months of hot weather before us, I respectfully request that you and the City Commissioners pass an ordinance to prohibit this unnecessary waste of water during the hot