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> ? At Rock Springs - June 3, 1936. Mr. W. M. J effers: Herewith four copies of report dated May 29th, made by C. E. Swann, Chief Engineer, and £. E. Darling, Superintendent, the Southern Wyoming U t ilit ie s Company, covering the water situation at la s Yegas, Efevada, as requested in your le tte r of May 21st. You w ill note that Messrs. Swann and Darling s p e c ific a lly recommend the construction o f an additional artesian well in order to meet the growing demand for water at Las Yegas. 5ftiey further recommend the construction of a 16-inch cast-iron pipe lin e extend­ing from the reservoir to Stewart Street, both the well and the pro­posed line shown in yellow on print attached, they advising that the portion of the east-iron lin e between the reservoir and the old fon-opah highway should be constructed th is year, the remaining construc­tion to be done next year, i f you desire to do so, the upper portion of the wood-sta^e line in very bad condition. At my request, Messrs. Swann and Darling developed addition­a l information re la tiv e to investment, expenses and earnings of the combined properties of the Railroad 4nd the Water Company embraced in their report. ^his tabulation, referred to as "Exhibit B ", sets forth that the investment now carried by the Railroad Company totals #173,297.67, by thw Water Company #89,851.29. fhe distribution of expenses between the two companies is based on actual re su lts for 1934 extended against the monthly resu lts obtained in 1935. You w ill note that the Railroad received 211,373,000 gal­lons of water in 1935, at a cost of $ .01543 per M gallons. During