UNLV Special Collections provides copies of materials to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. Material not in the public domain may be used according to fair use of copyrighted materials as defined by copyright law. Please cite us.
Please note that UNLV may not own the copyright to these materials and cannot provide permission to publish or distribute materials when UNLV is not the copyright holder. The user is solely responsible for determining the copyright status of materials and obtaining permission to use material from the copyright holder and for determining whether any permissions relating to any other rights are necessary for the intended use, and for obtaining all required permissions beyond that allowed by fair use.
This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. It may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproduction and use (https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/research_and_services/reproductions) or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.
Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Transcription
Las Vegas - July 11, 1946 1 23-10 Mr. 0. f. Ashby: set Mr. Frank Strong w Returning newspaper olipping received with your letter July 8th regarding use of water meters: fit state law prohibits use of water measuring §& cities of over 4,500 population. Tonopah had about 2,500 people, according to latest estimates, and is therefore permitted to use meters, Sven so, f am advised in informal discussion with members of the Public Service Commission* that the fonopah water company has been operating *in the red* for a number of years. They have quite a heavy investment (about #750,000) for the small number of consumers they serve, and have to pipe their water in from Rye Patch* about 16 miles from town. ^ „ .?he. ™ er was crammed through hours of the 1931 Legislature, and was direc tiend taheg aicnlsots inthge Sierra Pacific Power Company which serves water in Reno, gpely as a political move by a group of individuals in Reno. The Reno company endeavored to have the statute declared unconstitutional* but so far without success* and we in Las vegas had a bill presented at the last session of the Legislature to exempt from the law, water from underground sources. We shall continue our efforts to this end. JUL 1 3 1 J 6
