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Water Supply a t Las Vegas: Las Vegas - A p r il aid, 1936. W 23-4-4 Mr. i*. H. Knickerbocker, General Manager, Los A n geles, C a lifo rn ia . Lear S i r : Supplementing my l e t t e r o f A p r il 1st regardin g the n e c e s sity fo r an a d d itio n a l w e ll to fu rn ish an adequate water supply a t Las Vegas during the Summer months: Below i s a comparative statement o f the number o f water s e rv ic e s during the years 1931 and 1935 res p e c t­iv e ly , these fig u re s being taken from our Annual Reports: 1931 1935 R e sid e n tia l 1258 1585 Commercial 313 281 In d u s tria l 13 10 Municipal 6 10 T o ta l ................ 1886 You w i l l note the la r g e s t increase was in the r e s id e n tia l cla ss o f s e r v ic e s , and th is is the class that consumes the la r g e s t amount of water per ca p ita , in w atering tre e s , lawns, shrubs, etc. Below is a comparative statement o f revenues fo r these two years, and also the gallon s o f water consumed: 1931 Revenues $38,005.11 Gallons consumed 650,000,000. 1935 $51,664.02 907,437,262.