Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-07-16
CHAMBER ASKED TO
HELP SOLVE PROBLEM
City Board Desires Coopera-
ton of Chamber of Com
merce and Citizens Gener-
ally To Provide Water
System.

At the meeting of the Cham
Der of Commerce Tuesday noon,
the attendance was again small
owing to the heat, only 10 mem
bers being present. However the
small attendance did not preclude
the discussion of several import
ant matters, chief among them be-
ing the proposal to establish a
municipal water system.
The following letter was receiv-
ed by the Chamber from w. l..
Scott, City Clerk, writing in behalf
of the Board of City Commission
ers:
THE question of providing an
adequate water supply for the
Original Townsite of Las Vegas.
which has been discussed for
long time, has been brought di-
rectly to the Board of City Com
miSsioners by the presentation of
a petition signed by a number Of
Las Vegas citizens.
ut is the desire of the Board
to relieve the residents of West
Side and provide them with an
adequate supply of water but ac.
tion is barred by an apparen. fault
i'll the City Charter.
AS this is a question of con-
siderable civic Importance. 1t
seems proper that the Board of
City Commissioners should call on
your valuable body for assistance,
and thau baua diraotod 49,. -
write you with the request that
you appoint a committee to in
clude some of the attorneys if pos
sible, to work with the City At
torney and the Board of City Com
missioners and devolve some
method whereby the Board can
proceed with relief for the resi-
dents of West Side.
Trusting you can be cs assist
ance in this matter, l am,
Yours very truly,
VIM. L. SCOTT, City Clerk.
After considerable discussion
of means whereby the first steps
may Ibe taken in The creation Of
a municipal water system, the fol
lowing were appointed as a com
mittee to assist and advise with
the city attorney and board of
city commissioners in the mat
ter: A. A. Hinman, o. X. Ad-
cock and G. d. Breeze.
A discussion of the Importance
of providing municipal air port
and the probability that TINS cCuid
be accomplished in connection
with land for a municipal water
system was had by President
Martin
Robert Griffith made the sugges-
tion that the growth of the CITY
would warrant a change in the
form OF the city government to
the "Ctty Manager" plan, or that
some means be found TO provide
ample compensation for the mem.
bers of The board who under the
present city charter are REQUIRED
to give their time and service to
the city practically without re-
muneration. He suggested the
need of a building inspector, a
city engineer and a superintend-
ent for 'he municipal wataer sys-
tenn. all II whom would need to
be paid.
The matter Of improving the
road from Amargosa to Death Val
ley Junction was again taken up,
and it was the unanimous opinion
OF those present that the improve
ment OF this road would be of
much benefit to Las Vegas in a
business way President Martin
ctated that steps had been tax.
en- to have the road viewed for
the purpose of ascertaining the
probable cost of the necessary
improvements.
Robert Griffith also called at
tention to thet fact that travel
on our highways is made danger
Gus tby the Il to 1" slopes of the
shoulders and gave it as his opin-
ion that many accidents would be
prevented if the state highway
board could be inducted to change
their specifications to provide a
grade of "3 to 1" on the highway
shoulders.