Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, March 1, 1922 to May 10, 1929, lvc000002-20

delivered at full pressure and WHEREAS, the said supply of water owned, held and controlled by said S.W. Craner is the only supply of water available for domestic use and fire protection in said Back's Subdivision, and WHEREAS, the said S.W. Craner ,not withstanding the fact that he is and has been operating such pub­lic convenience, supplying water to certain of the in­habitants of said subdivision and making and collect­ing charges therefor, the said S.W. Craner, capriciously and arbitrarily refuses to extend water mains and con­duits or to supply water to the residences or inhabi­tants of said subdivision, except upon extortionate and prohibitive terms, to the great damage of persons already owning property in said subdivision and to the discouragement of the growth and improvement of said subdivision, which would otherwise take place if such conduits were extended and water furnished on reason­able terms, and WHEREAS notwithstanding the existence of sufficient water pressure at the source of such supply, which could be delivered to the consumers in said subdivi­sion with a force sufficient for adequate fire purposes at the homes, the said S.W. Craner, fails, neglects and refuses to furnish op provide mains or conduits capa­ble of carrying water at such pressure and allows said water to be delivered at a greatly reduced and inad­equate pressure, thereby permitting a menace to property in said subdivision by fire and an insufficient supply of water for domestic uses, and WHEREAS, said S.W. Craner has in many instances demanded and collected water rentals for many months in advance and has repeatedly stated that he was under no obligation to extend water service conduits or to fur­nish water and would not do so, except upon such terms as were agreeable to himself, and WHEREAS by reason of the foregoing a condition exists which menaces the safety, health, comfort and con­venience of the residents of said Buck's Subdivision and constitutes a menace to the property situate therein, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that complaint be made by this Board on behalf of said City of Las Ve­gas to the Public Service Commission of the said condition existing with reference to the water service being made or attempted by said S.W. Craner with the request that investigation and action thereon be had by said Public Service Commission to remedy such conditions. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of the foregoing Preambles and Resolution be forwarded by the Clerk of this Board to said Public Service Commission with a certified copy of said Permit so heretofore granted to said S.W. Craner, attached as a part of ana as an "Exhibit A" to said Preambles and Resolution, and that the same be considered a formal complaint, subject to amendment, modification, or to be supplemented, as said Public Service Commissioner may require. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor Pro Tem, W.H. Dentner, Ray W. Gorton, Water, sewer and light Commissioner, the City Attorney, F.A. Stevens and the City Clerk, Florence S. Doherty, be and they hereby are authorized to and directed to conduct such correspondence with, and to furnish such data and reports to said Public Service Commission in respect to the matters hereinabove set forth, or in relation thereto, as my be by them deemed necessary or desirable. The vote on said resolution was as follows: Commissioners Gorton, Arnold and Hodgens and His Honor, W.H. Dentner, Mayor pro tem voting aye. Noes none. Upon motion of Mayor Pro Tem Dentner, seconded by Commissioner Hodgens, and duly carried, it was the order of the Board that the City Clerk be, and she is hereby authorized to write to the State Highway Department at Carson City, Nevada, to ask for a Dodge Roadster from the surplus War Supplies for the use of the City Commissioners in looking after the interests of the City; and also to ask for one motor cycle for the use of the Police and Fire officers in discharging the duties of their office. Thereupon the Clerk presented the following petition: Las Vegas, Nevada To the Board of City Commissioners, City of Las Vegas, Nevada. We, the undersigned, property owners of Las Vegas City, do hereby respectfully petition your Honorable Board to let a contract to pave the West Side of Fourth Street between Garcia and Stewart Streets, which will afterwards be assessed to each property owner for his part of the pavement: Name Chas Briner Howard Conklin Mary Doyle Estate L.V. Land & Water Co. A.S. Tracht Mrs. W.B. Jones E.W. Griffith A.S. Jones E.V. Hammond Mrs. Oscar L. Peiffer E.M. Mason F.L. Duncan Mrs Van Dyke J.H. Ladd. Thos. R. Hodgens Hal L. Hewteson