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E S T A B L IS H E D 1 8 8 6 P i & I E 1 5 7 5 P. w f i O X 1 4 3 2 Central Office 5 8 6 0 A VA LO N .BLVD. L O S A N G E L E S , CALIF. H I ftBUL C B i m i C f l B H 6 6 . L A S V E G A S , N E V A D A February 16, 1942 O F F IC E OF m C U T I V E ASSISTANT FEB 1 7 1942 LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Mr. W. H. Guild Union Pacific Railroad Co. 422 West Sixth Street Los Angeles, California Dear Bill: I am, of course, familiar with the program under way to conserve water in the Las Vegas area, and as I have told you I am most heartily in accord with the movement to eliminate all waste in connection with the use of water. In connection with the construction of the magnesium plant, we do have a problem; in fact a dangerous one in the terrific dust constantly in the air, most of which is caused by trucks and cars operating over dirt roads within the plant. During the cold weather we have been unable to utilize oil to hold the dust down, but we plan to use oil on the main traveled roads throughout the plant as soon as the first warm days will permit its use. I understand there has been some criticism for having lawns planted in the courts and area-ways of our main office building, but I.want to assure you that this was not done to beautify the place but as you might guess to keep down the great swirling dust clouds which just about suffocated everyone in the offices before the grass was planted. The use of water for this plant is something that I personally watched from the beginning and, if for no other reason than the cost of getting water here, I have plenty of incentive to see to it that not one drop is wasted. I understand that the big pipeline will have water in the reservoir from Lake Mead by approximately April 1st, which will, of course, eliminate any necessity for obtaining water by the present method, but until that time I trust that you will not slacken your efforts to give us the water which-we so desperately need. Yours very truly L. G. McNeil LGMcN:ob