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August 2f g 1952 I ! P o r ta l th ea tre 310 Fremont i t r m% L&s Vegas, Nevada ®bl Robert A lle n Pu blic S ergioe Oosstaiagitm Attentions Mr, g, W, Or&gln Q&rson Gity# Nevada #si*tlemoi*f R eferrin g to your l e t t e r o f August 15, 1952, concerning charge f o r coo lin g water fa r re frig e ra tio n , machines as Indianted in our l e t t e r o f August i # 1952, fh « charge f o r water fo r c o o lin g re fr ig © r a tio n machines, at s e t fo r th in our r a te schedule wan, in the absence o f rasters, based upon tonnage o f the r e fr ig e r a t io n equipment being used* fiat ra tes which were approved by the Public S ervice Commission o f Nevada apply equally to a l l types o f water coaled r e fr ig e r a tio n machines regard­le s s o f the purpose f o r which such ra&chines are used or the p erio d and number o f hours p er day in operation . As you no doubt know, the laws o f the S tate o f Nevada p ro h ib it the us® o f meters. In other c i t i e s throughout the country meters a ffo r d a basis o f charting each customer fo r water a c tu a lly used. However, u n til such time as a sters are perm itted in Las Vegas, water f o r r e fr ig e r a t io n units must be b ille d on & tonnage b asis, inasmuch as w ater i s used f o r co o lin g o f your r e fr ig e r a t io n machines, we have no a lte r n a tiv e other than to charge- the p rescribed rates f o r the s e rv ic e . In closed is our in vo ice* coverin g services as fo llo w s i 1* 1-50 ton R e frig e ra tio n Machine fo r the p erio d o f January 1* to and including August 31* 1952,