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LAS VEGAS BEVIEW-JOUBHAL ^o ? o n e l8 a rlr)s Named W ater, District Manager | Colonel Howard Clark,, retired | af e n g i n e e r , was named gen-! er:Jl manager of the Las Vegas Valley water district Friday) night at a meeting which saw a five point program adopted by . the directors and a “ full speed. IP : W -- N ‘ ahead” order given the new ex-; i ecutive.; Colonel Clark has an impress-j ive record in the construction | and -consultant field and will j start immediately on the vital j steps necessary to augment the J local water supply by pumping j from Lake Mead; These include: 1. - Negotiations with the Las j Vegas Land & Water company j for purchase of the facilities and [wells of the utility now serving I Las Vegas proper. 2. - Completion of the pre- | viously discussed contract with j the Nevada Colorado River com- I mission for use of the state fac­ilities to deliver 8,000,000 gallons of water daily from Lake Mead into the local system. . 1 3.1 Completion of negotiations [with the Air Force base officials [for supplying water needs there, ja plan already agreed to by the Colorado River commission. I, 4. - Proceed with detials of the bond election necessary to [finance construction of the nee, jessary pipe-lines and reservoirs.' j 5. - Complete a contract with [the resort hotels under which (Continued on Page Two) (Continued from Page One) j their full demands can be furn-1 ished by the water district, j Officials of the local water com [pany already have set a tenta-[ tive value of $2,000,000 on their property here, subject to inven­tory and improvements. Colo- |nel Clark-expecis to work with the company engineers to pre­pare an accurate evaluation of the utility for the purpose of ef-jfecting the purchase by the dis­trict. ( Possibility that the district may take over the pumping fa-jcilities and pipe-line now furn-jishing Basic Magnesium plant with a return-guarantee and pre- ! ference for all water recessary [for the Jlant, looms large in the i calculations of the district direc-i tors and this already has been [/tentatively agreed terby the Col-. [ orado River commission. Plans call for submitting tbs i ? -bond issue question at one of the fall elections whichr would I make it possible to get started on the new pipe line around the } first of January with completion » in time to alleviate any possi-i[ bility of a water shortage,.during jl the summer of 1951 and there-l! after. | 1 The new general manager is II a graduate of Stanford univerS-J || ity and Massachusetts Institute; of Technology with degrees in 1 Civil engineering. He has a long | [record of successful engineering; work and during the last World) j$War, he commanded a general { construction regiment which op- ! i erated for two years in the Euro- }S pean theatre, This regiment, consisting of 5 officers and 1750 men rebuilt bridges, roads, [ water works, sewage treatment plants and re­stored bombed and blasted cities to normal life.