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Hr. Jtelnhardt 2• September 3C, 1952 desist ta# City la presenting a vigorous demand For the drilling or acquisition of additional walla and the con­struction of additional storage facilities equivalent to the storage capacity proposed by the district, if such an order war# made and compiled with, a vary substantial expenditure would be required*' While, in las fegas I was informed that the bond election will not be hell until February, 1953» so it Is.probable that the Commission will h«ive decided' the case prior to that time* It is,of course, always possible that the people will not vote the bonds, in which event the Company will face the ne­cessity of operating the wetor system at las Vegas for a considerable period of time* It appears to me that it is the plan of the District to have the % t e r Company con­struct as much of the facilities projected by the District as possible, with the thought that if the bonds fail, the City will if least have the benefit of greatly expanded water facilities* You have instructed me to oppose the request that we drill additional wells or provide additional storage and to-resist in Court, if necessary, any order of the^Com&is-sion requiring substantial capital improvements* I I believe that our ability to resist such an order from the Commission would be improved pany were not the owner of the water p riofd tuhctei oRna iflarcoialdi tCioems­agta s LLasa nVde gaansd. WaTtheer . iCnosmtpaannyt, cbaustt Iifn votlhvaets .Coonmlpya ntyh ' ea ttLeasm pVteed­gtroo auvnodi dt hacta rrity iwnag s ouwti thaonu to rtdheer onfe ctehses aCroym mfiusnsdiso na'n odn wtahse not tihteie so,w naenr oaftt tehmep tw amitgehrt bbeea rmianlg e ltaond sh avaen d thper.o idnuicotni onP afcaicfiicl ­TRhaiisl rqouaed stCoimopna nisy diitssceulsfs deedc lqaurietde ftuol lbye ai np mubyl ilce tutteirl ittoy ,y ou oift.s Deelcfe mobfe rt h4e , wa1t9e5r1 * pr' oIdf ucthtei onR afialcriolaidt iDeesa,r snity wdoiuslpdo ssbees sien d ca apbiettatle r epxopseintdiiotnu,r etso roeff utshee tLaos finance Laanndy aunndr eaWsaotnearb lCeo m- Faoary *t he I Waelbseor dCooumbpta nyv etroy mbuocrhr otwh aftr,o mi t owuotusildde bseo uprocsesisb lseu b­sCtoamnptainayl ' haemlodu -na tsfi rosft c maoprittagla,g e puaprotnic aullla rloyf tihfe tphreo pRearitlireosa d " torfa tnhsef eVra tis# rm aCdoem,p anIty mtuos ts ecbeu rmea diet s iamdmveadnicaetse*l y tiof bseu cohf a any benefit,