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Mr. Knickerbocker: #2 July 1, 1936 The flow of the Middle Spring is 246 gallons per minute, and with a constant flow of th is kind, i t should at least reach the Ranch, but from a thorough personal investiga­tion made by myself and ^eeley over the ground, I find that a l l of this water is being lost through a winding and grass overgrown channel, spreading out at differen t places to such an extent that percolation and evaporation takes up a l l the water before it reaches the bridge at Main Street. In phone conversation with Mr. Adamson yesterday con­cerning th is matter, I do not think it would cost more than $100 for use of dragLine to clean and straighten this ditch from the reservoir and spring outlets down as far as the bridge on Main Street. That part of the creek from the bridge to the Ranch and to the intake of 4 inches for the Stewart burial plot w ill be cleared and cared for by Mr. Witwer, the lessee of the Ranch. Mr. Adamson advised it was possible at this time to secure a dragline for th is work, and I would very much appreciate your advice and decision as to whether we should attempt it or not. The cost should, I believe, be charged to the railroad company, as the creek referred to is on ra ilro ad land, and the Water Com­pany w i l l, of course, pay its portion through rental of water f a c ilit i e s . In addition to the requirement of 4 inches for the Stewart bu rial p lo t, we should cSLiver 100 miners' inches to the Las Vegas Ranch, the contract in this respect reading as follo w s: