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0 .™ pX Public Service Commission Carson City, Nevada Las Vegas - October 18, 193^ W 23-6 GentlemenJ Referring to our letter of September 2?, 193^* regarding I lb S Docket ok, covering our application to amend and supplement our schedule of rates on water for.cooling refrigeration machines * requesting same, b© held in abeyance for further amendments * \ As stated in our letter of August 10, the purpose of this requested increase in the rate on water for cooling refrigeration machines was to curtail the enormous waste where the water could be recaptured and reused through cooling towers; there was no intention at any time to add to the revenue of the Water Company by increasing water rates. However, v« fully appreciated our responsibility to furnish adequate water service to the city, and did not feel that a majority of the citizens who own homes, lawns, trees and shrubs should be restricted for the benefit of a few who owned refrigeration machines. Under normal conditions we h&ve an ample supply of water for all uses, and do not anticipate a recurrence of the drought conditions which existed generally over the entire country during the past summer, at which time our water supply was under normal. In addition to the expected return to normal water supply conditions it is expected, as you probably know, that by spring or early summer the population of Las Vegas will recede until it is eventually reduced as much as 25 or 35 percent of the present population, and accordingly will reduce the demand for volume of water. This will be the natural result due to employment on the Boulder Pam decreasing as various phases of the project progress or are completed. In view of the above, instead of holding the application submitted August loth in abeyance, w® request that It be with drawn and that the "Amendment and Supplement to Schedule of Rates and Charges" thereto filed, {I & S Docket 6^} be disregarded. lours truly, LAS VISAS LAUD AN© WATER OGSPAMY i Vice President