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    V rUiJuiv ?--> xHVX v &* OOi M1210 X fv" kXi Carson C ityp ixov^dij- GentXeme ! 4* # Mr. Vi. H. 'Johnston Company, has been contacted service for our Ready-Mixed sj c t*ooo i* x t tri p X t?X l . i ji _ D *- i « >f th e La s V eg as L. n ¥ v1 him we are ad vised ^ i nt .here in T aP y:> & a for concrete wuia, • It i S 1 XS' D&lilg CiUk understanding no precedent son be followed in eisa allying our opcr^ti^n xor w.c a2*0? the Qi.i^,y plant in .u&& lJ&§as utixizing c_ ty w' tor service, The ivte for tills use© c, we. understand, is 5% cents per cubic y,.. rd of cone ¥e feel junti our v te,.. on the baS-iS such t as concrete contr up ‘crmanently in Las nesting a re-claosifica tion of ie diffei >ent from temper ..ry t isers, Xxg from job to job. ¥e have set ;c tors' moving Vegas, having assumed the initial expense- of installing our waterline, in' addition to sponsoring the reject to include on additional six commercial users of water, Our resent rate is not in parity >• lth adjoining consumers- availing thcas--Ives, of this service. On the b-sid of our proa- production, we are proces s png in the neighborhood of 2,400 cubic yards of concrete mom lx/, which at 5f cents cubic yard would rc-ult in a charge tv us oI $132100 per month, In this reduction we would use from ju to u? tn VW -/ J s ( • gallons per yard, or from 72,000 to 84,000 gallons per month The average aer capita consumption in Las Vegas of culinary water we are advised is about 750 gallons per day. This would result in a per capita useage of approximately 22,500 gallons per month. Residential users we understand pay under |3.00 per month for the 12,500 gallons whereas we are being obliged to pay for this same gallon, ge approximately eleven times as much. Kindly consider our request for a re-elassification of rate on the above basis of facts presented, Very truly yours, YOUNG & SMITH READY MIX CONCRETE COMPANY By*