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REVIEW - JOURNAL LAS VEGAS 7-21-50 lawns while residents of the o-ther side'would refrain, and vice versa. right. He thought that this would Commissioner Wendell Bunk­er, who told commissioners yes-in an informal meeting give users an adequate pressure and at the same; tifne, be equi­table' to all. ed to lead the fight for some sort .3 of program to alleviate the mat- ; ter. - | -Bunker, incidentally, reported I that he still received plenty of , calls last night from water us­ers, but their, theme h a d changed from irritation to praise for his stand in demanding that the city take drastic action in settling the water problem. Bunker told • ther Review-Jour-nal that he intends to present the following facts before Mayor I Ernest Cragin and the city com­mission and an expected record delegation of irate water users: ; “It’s th e city commission that’s being held responsible. We’re the ones the public blames ! because we were stupid enough I to undertake enforcement of the ordinance which is designed I solely to cover up the mistakes j and shortcomings of the water i company. “The water company h a s known this situation was com­ing for more than 10 years. . . . Year after year the summer j shortages have been becoming I more acute. Year after year _we j \ have been fed with -promises !' while the city covered up for 1 the utility. . . _ . ? “I’m getting sick and tired of I this stalling and lack of results,” [ Bunker exclaimed, “and I be­lieve that the people of Las Ve- | .gas are sick and tired too. The water company hasn’t developed 1 ,a single gallon of a new supply I since the terrible shortage of II 1949.” T h e commissioner Said that he 'If proposed to offer a motion that ;• a committee consisting of two r members of the commission and ? i the city engineer review the sit- , uation and devise a more work­able program. During yesterday’s informal ; meeting, both Bunker and Com-j missioner Bob Moore indicated that they were in favor of con- ' demning the water company and ( then have the city take it over, j f “ At least the city can’t do any - | worse than the water company p has done and I have an idea that 4 we might do a lot better, 1 Bunker said. T ii A1 Folger, manager of the Las f Vegas Land-and Water company, jU who was present at yesterday’s I