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N M p m i u m , Produced m 1946 6,191,294,869 W ' 1948 8,889,094,118 1949 $,@88,738,761 Railroad use Gallons p i 410,678,869 $08,688,806 160,680,016 97,546,906 2,780,616,600 87*16 8,188,676,108 91*25 8,408,414,097 96*81 8,641,883,018 97*82 ®ra sharp decline in railroad usage is 1918 and 1949 refleets the eoagiletlon of union Pacific *s program of dieselisation of the Loa Angeles & Salt M e line* ire® tbs foregoing figures it ie obvious that tbs ester supply operation st Las Vegsa is primarily a public utility (as opposed to railroad operation) regardless of a division in ownership and operation between production and transmission on one bond and distribution on the otlmr^ 8* Kates Under the laws ©f Hevada charges «aade feu? water service by privately craned utilities in cities or towns of .more ^800 population must be on a flat rate basis, no meters feeing allowed* Ptaffl# the has Vegas hand £jyro mwv and Water Compa.nwy **** »®A meters, and all water service is unmetered and is sold on a flat rate basis* Schedules of rates and the rules and regulations of the .h as Vegas „l and* and deter Company are included iw-Wve , w®p& then 60 customer class if icaliena are now in effect* J/ 7he fact that the production company is an interstate railroad, and as such is under tbs regulatory control of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and tbs Water utility is regulated fey the Public Service Commission of Nevada, results in certsin differences in account-lug practices that affect the character of tbs ahaypcs as recorded by the two companies. $ M e situation is further pointed, to urder list Chapter on rate base*