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Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas Evening Review-Journal February 11, 1942 j Speaks in Vegas * UniSn Pacific, whovsiwki "before ihe KiwanisAfclub i«Uy on the •riwifeSsit* foif conserving . waiter; , in this ar<w.;mtj • . p § »^| ToH,A*n^*rt j GROWTH OIITLINED i-3-jSv 1 The vital-'part wafer;is destined, o play in the development of Las iegas, and the WSSmwm voidipg waste g 0 make the undergi^iind, supply 'o'aS'far as possible, Wds..stressed, n ah addtess;;tefpre.:th^;lptehis ^lub and Tt^; gUests. this ,iyion; by V • H Guild, exbduliyg a^astant ;o President Wm.,-Je|ferW af. the dhion Pacipb-jhllroaqW' 'r; | Declaring that the trnaghe;sium md tmangtmbse: afeVglop:rnen.tS al­ready underway berg :Were-.}us,t file; beginning of ppjfo|gjgjtlj industrial expansion in- this area, Gbiid- 'pointed opt that ,tne bourn daries of this .expansion .riiight be set by the ,^’ater'supply.- gj |, _r; | ‘‘The- w'afer company,’! he said, ‘‘will go. the limit;'to- develop the. maximum supply' here,: already we rare putting; dowh addipbnal wells, to takei egre of. the anticip ?pated: need this Wummer<”We'are willing to; spend Whatever 3s riec- es'sdry -.to.- keep .pace \ with the j growth of.Las Vegas. V ? £ 2 . Pgl 1 . hetw ' “we*' -can develop only - as much water as the underground ^e^r- voir ' will supply. Hpw 3; nobody knows. ‘‘Of one jhin ain however-^tner-e ,-q?. * “““? o. -the supply. When- s reached we cannot go HM9K :?‘This indicates a heed for serving, water" wherever possibly -g ^vital necessity waste. There is no need fo£ apy jser ,g.ping> without * enough Pessary use, but there as need to stop all; wasteful^usage.n > rf*> ? \‘The- per ^capital ». m. Mt Veeas at peak last July was 600 gallons per day. In sopthetm Cal|-; fornla communities' of :®mda? 4fc ,n-at(!.‘ the' pef capita use rang|s> from-laO to: 300 gallons per day., .‘•Whatever waste is eliminated, lera is that much Water save* n -the underground reservoir, it ler capita use. is cut in half, the VITAL PART WATER TO PLAY IN VEGAS GROWTH OUTLINED I same amount o-f water Will serve j I twice as many users,” he declared.. Walter R. Bracken, vice presi­dent and general manager of the I Lbs Vegas Land & Water com- | party, assured the 'gathering that the company utility “always has I stayed ahead of the game here andf will continue to do so as the underground supply will permit.” Mayor Howell Garrison pledged i the cooperation of the city ad-; ministration in Working out a j conservation program, and he was. j followed in a similar vein by: Commissioner Pat Clark. . ; Chairman Ira J. Earl of the ! bpard of county commissioners urged that steps be taken to con­serve Water, and C. P. Squires called attention to the necessity ; for capping, the .many artesian, j wells in the valley now flowing; to waste. * . : Other speakers included Presi- ; . dent Chas. Sloan of the chamber l of commerce, and '"A. E. Cahlan ! of the Review-Journal. ;] Guests at the meeting today,! I were: A.. E. Cahlan, Floyd .Scott, i j R. B. Denton, Walter,R. Bracken, i Bob- Sullivan, Frank Strong, May- ) or Howell C. Garrison, Bryan L. ’ Bunker, Roger Foley, the .Rev. Father Don Carmody, City Com- I missioriers A. P. Rubidoux and ; Charles R. “Pat” Clark; County Commissioners Ira J. Earl, Earl Davison, and Rodney Colton; and J. Morris Richards, C. P- Squires, Fred Mallory, and Harlan Wood. | Plans were announced for the next Kiwanis meeting to be held ' Wednesday, February 18, at the First Methodist church parlors in celebration of annual. Boy. Scout ’Week. A troop of Scouts will have marge of the program.