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* &r* 'w• t.- Rous©: I fee. I >%*. $r. H r. H P . b r . Pleas® r e f e r to- &y l a t t e r to you o f December 21, 1951» and $ r . Cory*® l a t t e r to you o f d s lu a ry 3 , 195$, ro ll'tin * : to,, th e p r o te c tio n o f th e te ster supply o f th e H e ilro a d a t t e e Vegas in th e e v e n t th e w ater p ro d u c tio n " f a c i l i t i e s o f th e R a ilro a d a r e t r a n s f e r r e d to th e v a t e r Company. Both of our l e t t e r s * i#pip th a t a l l of th e la n d and w ate r r i g h t s o f 't h e R a ilro a d would tes tr a n s ­f e r r e d t o th e v e t e r - Company.end d is c u s s th e problem w hich would be c r e a te d i f a c o n tr a c t were sad® by th e ?v&ter Company to furnish- w ate r to th e t o i l ro c d Company a t c o s t* Ke both b e lie v e t h a t such & c o n tr a c t would be c o n tr a r y to th e p u b lic s e rv ic e law and would not' b® ap­proved by th e ’ Ocmmi s a l o n , However n e i t h e r o f o u r l e t t e r s c o n sid e re d th d prob­lem w hich would be c r e a te d i f th e R a ilro a d Company ex­c e p te d and re s e rv e d w ater r i g h t s in .th e w ater baa r in g la n d s conveyed t o th e Rotor fompady* G e n e ra lly i t i s ' l e ­g a l ly p o s s ib le f o r a lend, h o ld e r t o e x c e p t and r e s e r v e w a te r r i g h t s -«t th e time o f th e s a l s o f la n d and 1 be­lie v e . t h a t t h i s i s tr u e in th e f t a t e o f Nevada• *fe th e p r e s e n t tim e ' th e R ailroad. Company owns th e r i g h t t o a p - ? ropriete ,2|cubic f e e t o f -water p er second fro s t f e l l no* in th e w ate r f ie ld * From th e arms w ail th e l.YlJib: Com­pany owns th e r ig h t t o a p p r o p r ia te 2 .3 cu b ic fe e t, p er s e c ­ond, fo r-m u n ic ip a l su p p ly and l*§8 cu b ic f e e t p e r second f o r p u rp o se o f i r r i g a t i n g th e ra n c h , but. does not now u - t i l i z e w ater fo r th e l a t t e r p u rp o se .' I t Is i-y in f o r a a - t i o n t h a t t h i s w ell does not 'produce enough w ater to f u l ­ly su p p ly th e a p p r o p r ia tio n owned by e i t h e r th # R a ilro a d o r the- W ater Company w ith r e s p e c t to t h i s w e ll. I under­s ta n d t h a t th # w e ir m easurem ents on th e w all tak en in F eb ru ary , 1951* show fch etjp o ten iisl o f th e w ell t o be ap­p ro x im a te ly 2 ,2 cu b ic f e e t p e r sacond* 1 th in k i t would fe® l e g a l l y p o s s ib le f o r th e S s ilr o a d Company to re s e rv e th e r i g h t t o la k « from i t s w ater e a r in g la n d s upon t h e i r bos *.hgsl®», January 10, 1952 io-ii I • %. toddard vm. pe in b « rd t ? v. H. Hulsiser lv y, 'Button - C. Cory)