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O f f ic e r s a n d D ir e c t o r s THOMAS A. CAMPBELL HOW ARD F. CLARK CHIEF ENGINEER AND MANAGER PRESIDENT SPENCER L. BUTTERFIELD VICE PRESIDENT LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT W ILLIAM COULTHARD 9 0 0 S O U T H 5TH S T R E E T HARRY E. MILLER E. OTTO UNDERHILL JAMES CASHMAN JOHN BUNCH LAS VEGAS, N E V A D A T e l e p h o n e 5 9 2 0 P . O , B o x 1 4 4 8 January 3rd 1 9 5 2 Hr. £. E. Bennetts General .>olicitor Union Pacific Railroad Company 422 West Sixth Street Los Angeles 14 California Dear Mr. Bennetts Pursuant to & telephone call from Mr. Thomas A. Campbell this morning, I am sending you in answer to your letter of December 20 a condensed drawing of the lands of Las Vegas Land and Water Company extracted from your own Exhibit in the recent water rate hearing under I and 5 Docket 127, Nevada i ublic Service Commission. You will find thereon the total of 679.42 acres of ’’Water-bearing Lands" as designated by your engineer Hr. Wehe. In addition, the acreage for the right-of-ways comes to 19.85 additional. ihese acreages have not been technically checked by us. A carbon copy of a letter from the State Engineer of Nevada recommends that the skater District acquire all the water-bearing lands, and is enclosed for your information,and his idea of the need thereof. The local Board of Realtors has appointed a Committee of their members to study and appraise the value of this acreage. It is believed that this Committee will be functioning during this coming week with first a brief­ing of the company* s testimony on real estate as found in the transcript of the rate hearings. Trusting that this covers the information desires, and with best wishes for the Mew Year, Yours very truly, 2 incls Map cc of letter Howard P. Clark Chief Engineer and Manager