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\ Omaha - February 25, 1950 3703.1 Mr. Wm. Reinhardt - Los Angeles: Reference is made to your letter ofFebruary 15,1950, / V file 1-7334, regarding data to be considered in an application for increase in water rates at Las Vegas, Nevada. property cited in your letter should be included in the rate base although it has not been previously reported to The Public Service Commission of Nevada as investment in water facilities. Reference to the accounting records of the LVL&W Co. discloses that the cost of such property is recorded in general ledger account “Office furniture and miscellaneous property11, details of which follow: for which reason I am including 100# of the base. cost in the rate to correct other defects in the statements submitted with my letter of January 31, 1950 in order to eliminate estimates for a few projects that were not physically complete when the statement was prepared, and also to make the statement in harmony with the general balance sheet statement of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company as of December 31, 1949, which also was not available when the statements were Initially prepared. Corrected sheets 3, 4 and 5 of the LVL&WCo. property and sheet 6 of the LA&SLRRCo. property giving effect to the modifications referred to in the foregoing, are attached. pPrleeaviseo ussluyb stsiutpuptliee dt.hese sheets for similarly numbered sheets as of December 31, 1949, as corrected, and comparison of these data with investment cost to each owning company, I am in accord with your view that the additional Description Amount $ 331.81 1 ,039.00 MCihsecverlollaente osuesd ano ffice furniture Oldsmobile sedan ^ j y . ns 2.724.80 Total $4,095.61 This property is predominantly used in water service In addition to the foregoing, it has been necessary Original cost to date of water facilities in place follows: FEB 2 7 1950 L . C . C .