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Water Supply - drilling wells 7 and 8
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Water Supply at Las Vegas: , las V©gag - April 2nd, 1936* W 23-4-4 Ur. F* H, Knickerbocker, > General Manager, Los Angeles, California, Bear Sir: Supplementing mg letter of April 1st regarding the necessity for an additional well to furnish an adequate water supply at las Vegas during the Summer months: Below is a comparative statement of the number of water services during the years 1931 and 1935 respect­ively, these figures being taken from our Annual Reports: 1931 1935 Residential Commercial 1231538 1585 281 Industrial 13 10 Municipal 6 10 fotal * * , . • • • 1590 1886 Vou will note the largest increase m s in the residential el©3s of services, and this is the class that consumes the largest amount of water per capita, in watering trees, lawns, shrubs, etc* Below is a .comparative statement of revenues for these two years, and also the gallons of water consumed: M 1935 Revenues #38,005,11 $51,664,02 Gallons consumed 650,000,000. 907*437,262.