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m July 1, 1948 W 2 > ? Hr. Lee S. Scott Secretary, Public Service Commission Saraon City, Hevade Bear Lees Acknowledging your letter June 3 with copy of letter from Lee Vegas Hospital under date of Hey 6s fhte Is one of the very rare complaints made to the Public Service Commission on water retee in Lae Vegas, one of the reasons for the soaroity of complaints being our policy of fair­ness in the application of rates and endeavoring In all oases to tees the rates on actual usage In the absence of meters. However, inequalities are bound to appear occasionally under flat rate schedule because each classification is definitely stated without any leeway between the large users and the email users In the same classification of servloo. X am pleased to not# that the Commission has sustained our position in responding to the complainant and note also that It has considered the oommsrolal rates may be too high for this type of service. X do not agree that any of our water rates in Lae Vegas are too high; in fact utility rates here are about the only oost of living Items that have not increased tremendously in the last 15 years. However, it does appear that the total rate of #57*65 for the Hospital is out of line when compared with rate paid by commercial laundries of $30*00 plus toilets. We have no desire to be —1