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\ Increase in -water ra te s - Las Vegas Los Angeles, November 22^'<U53Q-Mr. F . H. Knickerbocker: Please r e fe r to my l e t t e r of February 28, 1930, and your I f there are no reasons to jthe contra ry , i t i s my judgment th a t we should now submit to "the Public L ervice Gommission o f Nevada an increased schedule of ra te s and charges by Las Vegas Land and Water Company, in lie u of a l l e x is tin g schedules now in e f f e c t fo r water and water serv ice in the City o f Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, together with ru les and reg u latio n s a ffe c tin g the same, e ffe c tiv e January 1, 1931, A te n ta tiv e schedule was prepared during February 1930, showing a monthly in crease o f $1395.31, computed on the month of December, 1929, i f the proposed in crease had been applied to ;the serv ice rendered that month. In checking the proposed te n ta tiv e schedule with the Engineer’ s o f f i c e , through Mr.( L. T. Jackson, i t was found th a t the in crease would be only 60%, and th at in order to show a reasonable p r o fit fo r the company, i t would be necessary to in crease the ra te on p riv ate resid en ces or dwellings occupied by one fam ily, 5 rooms or l e s s , from $2.00 to $2.50 per month; h o te ls , lodging or rooming houses, 10 rooms or l e s s , from $2.60 to $ 3 .0 0 per month, and wash racks fo r automobiles from $2.00 to $3.00 per month. Before re v isin g and subm itting a new schedule, I would lik e to have the m atter considered fu rth er by Mr. Walter R. Bracken and our Engineer’ s o f f i c e , through Mr. Jackson, and the increased cost of water computed on the b a sis of 1930 and any increase of consumers during the la st^ y e a r, so th at we may f i x our new schedule ra te s so as to provide s u ffic ie n t revenue to provide a reasonable return on the investm ent. I t might be w ell to arrange fo r a conference in the near future to d iscu ss th is m atter. FRM-MK cc Mr. A., S. Halsted Mr. R. L. Adamson Mr. Walter R.-Bracken Mr. Leo A. McNamee Mr. Knickerbocker e x tra copy rep ly of March 7 r e la tiv e to the above. F. R. McNamee