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\ i % Water Rights - Las Vegas. ^os Angeles, Aug. 13, 1924. Mr. A, s. Halsted: of Los of Las of the Nevada Attached are two copies each of the application Angeles 5 Salt Lake Railroad Co. and the applications Vegas Land and Water Co. to appropriate the waters artesian well located near the Big Spring at Las Vegas, I I 4. Yo« ^ l 1 n?te that in the application o f Las Vegas Land and Water Co. fo r irrigatio n purposes- 5.32second f t is claimed instead o f 3*32 second feet as o rig in a lly contemplated, this fo r the reason that the State Engineer may deem the amount applied Jhw ^a i l ^oa^ fop ra ilro ad purposes, and by the Las Vegas and and ater Co. fo r municipal purposes- excessive, and cut down the respective amounts, and we wish to cover the f u ll volume of water developed. Steps should be taken without delay to put a control valve on the w ell so as to avoid a waste of water or any de-pletion of the artesian b e lt. A great portion of the water now flowing from the well is not applied to any ben eficial use and cannot be u n til the land upon which i t is intehded to be applied is cleared and leveled fo r cropping purposes. We are holding the o rigin al applications, and when ad-vised by you w ill f i l e same and proceed to perfect the ap p li- C9.*g ions « FRM-H CC--AM CA LAM