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Mr. W illiam Reinhardt 10. December 4» 1951 A n oth er im p o rta n t f a c t o r t o c o n s id e r in a t r a n s f e r o f th e w a te r p r o d u c tio n f a c i l i t i e s to th e d i s t r i b u t i o n company i s th e manner In w hich th e combined f a c i l i t i e s would be m a in ta in ed and o p e r a te d . M r. Wehe’ s d is c u s s io n i s based on th e assum ption t h a t an a lm o st s e l f - s u f f i c i e n t o r g a n iz a t io n would be c r e a t e d . I do n ot b e l i e v e t h a t such a com p lete s e p a r a tio n i s n e c e s s a r y o r d e s ir a b le a lth o u g h I do a g re e t h a t i t would be lo o k ed upon w ith th e most f a v o r by th e P u b lic S e r v ic e C om m ission . F o r in s ta n c e T do n ot b e l i e v e t h a t I t w ould be d e s ir a b le f o r a l l o f th e a c c o u n tin g w ork r e l a t i n g t o th e w a te r u t i l i t y to be perform ed a t Las Ve­g a s . T t seems t o me th a t th e a c c o u n tin g work and th e hand­l i n g o f fu nds should be handled by th e Omaha f o r c e s as in th e p a s t and an a p p r o p r ia t e ch arge made upon th e W ater Com­pany t h e r e f o r . The R a ilr o a d fo r c e s would a ls o c o n tin u e to p r o v id e l e g a l , v a lu a t io n , t a x and e x e c u t iv e s e r v ic e s f o r th e w a te r u t i l i t y a t an a p p r o p r ia t e ch arge* The r e a l p rob lem , as T see i t , i s w h eth er th e con­s t r u c t io n o f new w a te r p ro d u c tio n f a c i l i t i e s , e n g in e e r ­in g in c id e n t a l t h e r e t o and th e m ain tenan ce and o p e r a t io n o f th e w a te r p ro d u c tio n f a c i l i t i e s sh ou ld c o n tin u e t o be p erform ed by R a ilr o a d f o r c e s o r by f o r c e s on th e p a y r o l l o f th e W ater. Company. To r e l i e v e th e R a ilr o a d Company o f th e n e c e s s it y o f fu r n is h in g e n g in e e r in g s e r v ic e s in con­n e c t io n w ith m aintenance and a d d it io n and b e tte rm e n t work i t would be n e c e s s a r y to have someone on th e p a y r o l l o f th e W ater Company q u a l i f i e d to do t h i s w ork. At p re s e n t most o f th e d e s ig n work i s fu r n is h e d by th e e n g in e e r in g s t a f f o f th e Manager o f I n d u s t r ia l D evelopm ent and I be­l i e v e t h a t M r. R i t t e r would be g la d t o have h is s t a f f r e ­l i e v e d o f th e n e c e s s it y o f p e r fo rm in g such w ork. The su­p e r v is io n o f c o n s t r u c tio n w ork and m ain tenan ce w ork i s p erform ed by th e D iv is io n E n g in eer and th e a c tu a l o p e r a ­t i o n and m aintenance work i s p erform ed by th e D iv is io n E n g in e e r ’ s f o r c e s . From th e s ta n d p o in t o f th e w a te r d i s ­t r i b u t i o n company a lo n e i t m ight be more eco n om ic a l and more e f f i c i e n t t o have a l l o f t h is w ork p erform ed by a sm a ll f o r c e on th e p a y r o l l o f th e W ater Company end un­d e r th e d i r e c t s u p e r v is io n o f i t s m anager. H ow ever I am n o t c e r t a in t h a t from th e o v e r - e l l s ta n d p o in t th e hand­l i n g o f th e w ork in th e w a te r p ro d u c tio n f i e l d by such an o r g a n iz a t io n would be more econ om ica l than th e manner in w h ich th e work i s now p e rfo rm e d . A t p r e s e n t th e R a ilr o a d