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Water Supply - Facilities famished by IA&SXiS las Vegas, Bemda, Aprll 11, 1933. I 23-3-3 Hr. F* H. 2nicl?er bo ofcer, - -General Manager, Loe Angeles, California. %ar Sirs d'e are in receipt of statement from Hr, Barry showing Basis of rental rate on joint facilities for the year 1933, copy of which is attached for yoor information. When the. contrsot under which m ore now oper­ating, dated April 1, 1929, was placed in effect, the *«ster company paid 60 per pent of the onnasl operating and carry­ing charges, or #975.00 per month{#11,700 per year). « the time this contract was drawn, it wee necessary to sup­port oar request to the ablio Utilities Gommieeion of Nev­ada for on increase in water rates, hot since its original draft its rental rate has -increased each year until our rate for the year 1933 is #1567,49 per month (#18,809.88 per year JfW^1 1 v Jw'* ? ,.p The cease of this increase is that the total oper­ating end carrying chargee hare increased 28.41 per cent sad at the seme time our proportion of the charges has Increased from 60 per coat to 75.12 per cent, according to the amount of water consumed. Regarding the Inorease in the total operating tend carrying charges, vre note that the maintenance and operating charge for 1932 is the same as for 1931, that is #4200.00*. while there wss e smell expense in connection with clearing the weeds and minor repair work after a fire during the year 1932, the '*©ter company performed about as much of the main-