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V Los Angeles, March 19, 1948 1-7331* ® Mr. w. H. G uild: (CC - Mr. V. H. H u lsix e r Mr. Wm. R einhardt) ; - >( Request f o r LVL&W a u th o rity to d r i l l two water w e lls at Las Vegas to p o s s ib le depth o f 850 f t . f o r the purpose o f developing w ater fo r I r r ig a t io n o f LVL&w Las Vegas Ranch p rop erty . Estimated maximum o o st, *24,000. C ity Health a u th o ritie s have.served n otice that use o f e fflu e n t from the sewage d isp o sa l p la n t i s a h ealth menace, and must be discontinued, but reason able time w i l l be allow ed to \ develop another source o f w ater. Xn any event, the C ity having voted bonds f o r a modern s e p tic d isp o sa l p la n t, present f a c i l i t i e s w i l l be abandoned in some s ix months. The Ranch property covers approxim ately |4l a o re s, between 200 and $0Q acres o f which is now under c u ltiv a tio n ; the remainder f o r the most p art being used f o r p astu re. I t i s proposed to d r i l l the f i r s t w e ll on high ground ’near F ift h S tre e t, using the swimming pool as a r e s e r v o ir . I t i s not proposed to d r i l l the second w e ll unless^ i s u ffic ie n t w ater I s developed in the f i r s t w e ll to J u s tify fu rth ­e r d r i l l i n g . The second w e ll. I f d r i l l e d , w i l l be lo c ated adjacent to the fiv e -a c r e tra c t used by the C ity f o r sewage d isp o sa l p u r- , poses, using the sewage d is p o s a l tank as r e s e r v o ir . Xt is hoped that these two w e lls w ith pumping w i l l develop s u ff ic ie n t w ater I to ir r ig a t e between 200 and 3 0 0 a cre s. Present tenant has a te n -y e ar le a s e e x p irin g August 31» 1953* with six-month re c ip ro c a l term ination c la u se. While a good farm er, the tenant .is a poor housekeeper. A co n sid erable p ortion o f L e s s e e 's revenue i s d erived from sm all cabins and t r a i l e r s , which oreate an u n sigh tly con dition . The cabins and t r a i l e r s are being removed and premises cleaned o f d e b ris . Have d iscussed the idea o f r e h a b ilit a t in g the Ranch property, and b u ild in g i t in to a Dude Banoh,with some people at Las V egas. There is p o s s i b i l i t y that i f , a ft e r w ater is developed, our Company is w i l l i n g to e n te r in to a le a s e with option to pur­chase, a syndicate may be formed to take over the property and operate i t as a Duds Ranch. A p re re q u is ite to such a d e a l, however, would be the development o f s u ffic ie n t w ater f o r I r r ig a t io n pur­poses. We know that w ater u n d e rlie s p a rt o f the Ranch, but pro­d u c tiv ity can only be developed by d r i l l i n g .