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L A S V E G A S LAN D A N D W A T E R COMPANY. m f ' u C. O. W IR it e m o r e , P hest., s a l t L ake: c it y , Utajhc H. I. BETTlM VlCE-PREST. A AUDITOR, LOS ANGELES, CAL. W. H. COMOTOCK, SECRETARY, LOS ANGELES, CAL. W. H. LEETE, TREAS., LOS ANGELES, CAL. OFFICES: COT PA C IF IC ELECTRIC BUILDING LOS ANGELES, CAL. AND LAS VEGAS, NEY. F. A . WATERS, AGT., LOS ANGELES, CAL. Su bject: Maintenance o f water system at Las Vegas, Los Angeles, C a l., December 4, 1906. Hon.W .R.Kelly, General Counsel, B u i l d i n g . Dear S ir : I enclose Herewith a copy o f a l e t t e r w ritte n by me on October 17th to J.Ross C lark, Second V ice-P resid en t, r e la t iv e to the maintenance o f the water system at Las Yegas, from which you w i l l see th at I have urged upon Mr.Clark the tra n s fe r by the R ailroad Company to the Las Vegas Land & Water Company a l l land in the v i c i n i t y o f Las Yegas owned by the R ailroad Company, ex­cept such as I s required hy the R ailroad Company fo r r ig h t o f way and s ta tio n grounds, to geth er w ith the w ater. I have w ritte n M r.Bancroft upon the same subject and have received no re p ly from him which would in d ic a te that he was in any way a n tagon istic to the p ro p o s itio n . I submitted the m atter p erson a lly to the Executive Committee at t h e ir meeting held in Los Angeles on November 50th, and now submit the p ro p o sitio n to you at the instance o f the F ir s t V ice P resid en t. I|r.Clark has suggested that i t was rath er d i f f i c u l t fo r us to get a re le a s e from the Trust Company o f the lands which we have alread y tra n sferred to the Las Yegas Land & Water Company, and that he did not think the Trust Company would be w illin g to rele a s e any more p rop erty, but i t woitld seem as th*