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Mr* K nickerbocker: #3 June 15, 1935 mining d is tric t is being actively pushed, and. a mining re ­vival in this v ic in ity would m aterially increase the popu­la tio n of Las Vegas. P ractically a l l of the major o il companies have in stalled large service stations on the main street of the town, in anticipation of a healthy tourist trade, and automobile courts and bungalows are s t i l l being added on F ifth Street. Our water f a c ilit i e s are now being taxed to capacity during the summer months, and I believe we should keep pace with the growth of the town and be pre­pared to serve a larger community in the future. Tou w ill find herewith measurements of the water supply since June 6th, at which time Mel Anderson checked our present sources of supply and he can, I believe, fu r­nish f a i r ly accurate figures on the cost of boring an ad­ditional w ell for iMiich work he is experienced and compe­tent as outlined in my le tte r of the 6th. In going over the water supply again this morning we find conditions not as good as they were yesterday and the day before. '-^here has been no water flowing over the sp ill-w ay o f the reservoir for three or four days, and the water lev el in the reservoir is 11 inches below the s p i ll ­way discharge. fhe prospects for any improvement over this are not encouraging. Wq have not yet been able to convince the new City Commission that we must have a re strictin g or­dinance on sprinkling and waste of water, and i t would ap­pear that they are trying to make the situation look as alarming as possible, which w ill give them the chance of re ­porting to the iWA, in support o f their request for a i>200,- 000 loan, that we are unable to handle the situation here ourselves. Yours very tru ly ,