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SPENCER L. BUTTERFIELD V I C E P R E S I D E N T WILLIAM COULTHARD S E C Y .- T R E A S . HARRY E. MILLER E. OTTO UNDERHILL JAMES CASHMAN JO H N BUNCH ; Officers and D irectors THOMAS A. CAMPBELL PRESIDENT Page Two. LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT 900 S O U T H 5TH S T R E E T LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Telephone 5920 HOWARD F. CLARK C H I E F E N G I N E E R A N D M A N A G E R P. O . B o x 1 4 4 8 any new wells that were required outside of the city limits so that It could control these new wells and their output. It would place the District In a position of selling the water to the consumers rather than having them develtp their own supply which might later have to be taken over through the outright purchase or condemnation proceedings. It is true that if the District takes the o wnership and operation of the present local utility facilities, they are going to have to extend the service to anybody that requires them to do so, limited only by the rule of reasonableness. But, if the city takes It over, that' d«s not eliminate having other people outside of the city limits indiscriminately drill wells and draw on the same underground reservoir which is now supplying everyone in the area. That would be tapping the city's source of supply at least Indirectly although maybe not through connection with the city mains. In view of this, which appears to b® best from the engineering study and data which have been made available to us, it might be better for the District to take over the city utility In the first instance.