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Los A n geles, A p r il 4, 1928. 20-2 S. P e t t it : In connection with water study on th is u n it, we a re developing inform ation coverin g water rig h ts at Kelso and ?r** I am handing you herewith copy o f A b stra c t o f T it le to w ater and r ig h t o f way f o r pipe l i n e which has been prepared by the R ight ° f Way and Tax Department. The comments o f the Right o f Way and Tax Department a re attached to the A b stra ct and, in d isc u ssin g the s it u a t io n , I w i l l r e fe r to the items as numbered by that department: 1. Corn f i e l d S prings i s the main source o f s p r ^water used by the R a ilro a d Company. The flo w v a r i e s from f i f ­te e n to s e v e r a l hundred g a llo n s per minute d i s t r i b u t e d over a y - c y c l e o f jfgars which, to date, I have been unable to accu-r a r e ly determine. E a rly th is year the sp rin g which, f o r some time, had been flo w in g f if t e e n to twenty gallo n s per minute, suddenly in creased to 275 g a llo n s per minute; however, the flo w i s ra p id ly decreasin g and is now approxim ately 145 g a l­lo n s per minute. I t is estimated tbat a flo w o f one g a llo n per minute i s worth approxim ately |>2,000 to the R ailro ad Company and we should, th e re fo re , see that our rig h ts are f u l l y p rotected .