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Las Vegas Evening Review-Journal, August 29th, 1934. [Full H earing Demanded O n [Vegas W ater Rate Structure (‘Continued from Page One) should not. be materially reduced.”. I Officials' of the water company: were present at the opening of. the ? rheeting, and Leo A. McNamee, attorney for the company, ex- ! plaiped the seriousness., of the! water shcrta-gfe whieti resulted’ in j the passage of ah: oi^iharicA hy:'tKha j city- j. eonapmssjon regulating the [ w'asteV and tKe'sutsequfent1 request i for . ah increase . in rates for re- [ frigeratot service where the water is nbt recaptured;': These officials then retired, and the- meeting- was - given over to fiJ ;general discussion of the water .situation. During this discussion. . it was charged that the water company had shown a. net profit of 26 per cent' during the7 year Xd34", arid it ill upon.-this ; theory the demapd for a; dfecrease in watdr rates was based.. It was also charged By various] } speakers that during the' rapid] growth of lias Vegas, no- effort hadj been made to provide an. increased I water supply. It was also assert-j ed. that .there is plenty of waterj available apd that had the water.! company developed new wells as | the city grew, there; would be'no|[ shortage this. year. Water towers to recapture the : water for the cooling and refriger­ating systems now unde,)- fire, Were held- to be- impossible Of op-.! eration in Hot climates' By! several .sjjeakdbs; who] declared1 they had j m ade j careful investigations' of the ] situation. - At the, conclusion,, of the ,disdu$- • pan, a committee pf five was, napt-. .elf ...to. carry, op... the-' battle- against j the increase in, fates. This;, com- } mjUtee Consists Of Ilarfy! B landing,j Lb W T ,;;Gilbert;,J. C, Wangsgard. M. E. Ward, and E. P. Bihlmaier.J Business Men of City An­swer Water Company’s Rate Boost Plea A demand for a full and complete hearing in Las Vegas on the. sub­ject of water rates; and a request that the public service commission show cause why already existing water rates charged by the Las Vegas Land and Water company should not be materially reduced, j was the answer of a representative group of Las Vegas business, men! to the request of the local utility for an increase in rates affecting, refrigerator systems in this city.' This stand was the outgrowth of I a meeting last night, attended, by! some 35 business men, directly a f-1 fected by the proposed increase,! and as a result petitions were be-. ing circulated today containing the i following plea: “The subscribers whose names! are written below, being business men of the city of Las Vegas, and directly concerned with all rates! for water furnished by the Las Ve­gas Land and Water Company,; hereby protest, the application o f! said corporation to. increase water] rates proposed to become effective October 1, 1934. “The petitioners hereby request j that a hearing be held in Lais Ve- J gas, by the Nevada,, public service commission to hear their protests ' and that petitioners be given at least two weeks notice, of such {meeting. “The petitioners/.'further request: { the Nevada public service commis­sion to prepare! and present at such meeting a full report, of the as­sets, expenses (including officers’] salaries),: dividends, earnings and other financial data of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company] covering the period of years they j have served the citizens of Las! Vegas. “The petitioners further request! the Nevada public service commis­sion tip show cause why already existing rates charged by said! company in Las Vegas, Nevada] (Continued on Page Two) |