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Attest 20, 1953 File: 80-12 Mr. Robert A. Allen, Chairman, Nevada Public Service Commission, Carson City, Nevada Dear Mr. Allen: Referring to your letter of August 10th and supplementing my letter to you of August 13th in connection with the trans­fer of the water production facilities of the Union Pacific Railroad Company to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company. You are correct that the contracts which have been in force between the railroad company and various users either have been cancelled or are in the course of cancellation or termination and the Water Company has taken over the service to these Industries and is making charges under its appropriate tariff provisions. However, it is not entirely correct that the Water Company is charging more than the railroad company formerly charged in all Instances. X am attaching a statement showing the charges made by the railroad company for the period from November 1952 to April 1953 and charges since then being made under the Water Company*s appropriate tariff rates. You will note that there are some five instances where there has been a reduction, in some cases material, in the charges heretofore paid by these industries and In other oases the Increases, with the exception of that to J.jt Henderson, have been relatively minor. In connection with the Henderson matter, you will recall that several years ago we had considerable discussion with respect to the then existing rates charged to these ready mix concrete plants, especially one operated by Young & Smith Ready Mix Concrete Company, this company is in the same