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Annu&l Report of U t ilit ie s : m La® Fegae - June 10, 1938, W 18-6-3 Mr. H. A. Toland, General Auditor, Omaha, Nebraska. Dear S ir: Replying to your le tte r June ?th, f i l e BD 1-8 , regarding compilation of the annual report of u t ilit ie s to the Public Service Commission of Nevada: With regard to the second paragraph showing “Maximum amount of water available * 3,318,967,108 g a l­lons* it is assumed that th is figure is taken from weir me&suremsmts of water produced from a l l sources, that is ; both the w ells and the springs. the figures shown opposite “Total water ©old or metered* axe taken from actual readings of the amount of water passing thru the master meter, and therefore our report to the Public Service Commission would create the impression that over a b illio n gallons of water every year is used by the railroad company or permitted to run down the creek to the Ranch. However, the la te r Company pays 79.7 per cent of the cost of operating join t water f a c ilit i e s , based on the proportion of water used by each company. I do not locate in my f i l e a weir measurement of a l l sources for 1937, but the weir measurement taken shortly a fte r the close of 1937 (Feb. 84, 1938) by the railroad water service department shows: Well #1 2,114,899 gals per day Well #3 782,048 « « » Big Spring 1,045,094 « « » L itt le Spring 1,001,549 * « » Total 4,933,590 * B I