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II / . — » // X 0 ' Las Vegas Land & Water Go. Increase in water rates. January 2 1 , 1 9 1 9 , Mr. J. Ross Clark, Second Vice President. Dear Sir: » _ Deferring to your memorandum on letter from Walter H, Bracken, Vice President of Lae Vegas Land & •»ater Company, to you, of date January 9 , in which he Lsausg geVsegtass .c ertain increases in water rates in the C1 tv3 of s Las Vegas Land <5 Water Company is supplying water to the City of Las Vegas and its inhabitants under a franchise granted to it by the Board of County Commissioners of Clark County effective the 2nd day of Novem- ^er, 19O9, and existing for a term of twenty-five years, ?section o of this franchise provides that the grantee may charge and collect the maximum rates enumerated in the 1 allowing schedule”. The rates set forth in the schedule contained in the franchise are identical with wild r&tos in tbc schedule 8/t'"StcliocL to M3? © Bx*3r0k< latter. A proviso contained in the franchise states that the rates fixed shall apply'"so long as the grantee herein has sufficient water flowing by gravity to supply the said town , and in the event that it shall become necessary for the grantee to resort to a pumping plant, stand pips, or othw*r expedient, in order to supply said town with water, it reserves and is hereby granted the right to discontinue the above schedule and meter rates and to change the same 30 as to increase the schedule of prices to such an extent as to fully cover the additional cost entailed by reason of the operation of pumps * * * or the grantee may at its option discontinue the service under this franchise." Since the granting of the franchise the Publio Service commission Law of Nevada has been passed giving jurisdiction over all public utilities including water companies to the Railroad Commission. Section 11 of this Act provides that the public utility shall file with the Commission its schedule of rates and shall make no changes therein except upon 30 days notice to the Commission. The Act also makes it unlawful to oharge rates other than those prescribed or authorized by the Commission. I I assume that the water being supplied the City is gravity water, and therefore the situation does not come