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Southern Nevada's Independent Newspaper VOL. 1, NO. 48. c^ g g ^ ll LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1950. E --------- i------ ;---------------------- \------------------------------------------------------ j--------- i------------------------— jj p i Strong W ords, No Action In W ater Shortage M eet Strong words but no action resulted yesterday from a meeting of city officials, a representative of the Nevada Pub­lic Service Commission and spokesmen for the Union Pacific railroad over the inadequate supply of water which has plagued Las Vegas for. the past two summers. The strong words were mostly ---------- ;— \ spoken by the irate city commis­sioners, who have declared them­selves “ all through with taking abuse” from' the public because of water conditions over which they ;; have no control. iBy unanimous vote, the city :1 board formally referred the whole ? situation to the Public Service ? Commission, with a recommenda-t tion that the lias Vegas Land and 1 Water company be “required” to ; augment the city’s water supply. 1 ‘ Results of the meeting were ' taken back to Carson City by ! Charles W illiam s,. a member of the PSC, who will present the [ matter before the body at its next meeting. Spokesmen for the railroad and water company painted a dark picture of any hopes for summer­tim e, relief'in the immediate fu­ture. A. M. Folger, manager of the water company, said the un­derground table is dropping at an alarming rate, and held that there is not much more water avail­able than is now being pvfmped. Speaking for the railroad was R. L. Adamson, an engineer out of the Los Angeles office, who told the city commissioners they should seek a federal. grant or loan to help pay the estimated $5,000,000 cost of a pipeline to Lake Mead. Commissioner Bill Peccole as­sailed this attitude as a “ donoth-ing” policy while the railroad w aits'for somebody to take over the city system. He said a year ha$ already* been wasted, and he is unwilling to set by for another two or three years, as the city continues to grow all the while, and with prospects of the water shortage growing more acute each summer. He called upon the railroad to improve the facilities at once, re­gardless of cost, since the rail­road- owned water company is re­quired to serve the city under its franchise.