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Mr. S. T. Vickstro«s (|e - Hr, C. Mr. R. Mr. J. Mr. C. Mr. V. P. Borvgardt M. Sutton L. Irish V. Craig * Pocatello MeGhie - las Vegas) X have yogs Reiter of October $ , 1952, your files 88-7 and 139-12*rigarding sale of the water system at Las Vegas to the Las Vegas Valley Water District pursu­ant to Contract (C.D. Mo. 39722) dated Jim* 1* 1953* There is no provision in the purchase and sale contract for transferring to the District any materi­als and supplies carried in the accounts of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Ve intentionally avoided injecting the Railroad material and supply accounts into the bargain. If the material and supplies referred to by you having a value of approximately #2*517»&6 are actual­ly being held by the Railroad for use in the Lae Vegae water system* they should now be sold and transferred to the Lae Vegas Land and Water Company if it la the desire of the Railroad Company to dispose of the ma­terial. Of course such a transfer is not required if the Railroad Company desires to retain the material and supplies for use elsewhere. S. R. Bennett ECRsMSB r m f o r m s '*