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i Form 2191-B • U N I O N P A C I F I C S Y S T E M ^.-/of.ooo-, M___________ TELEGRAM 60 VG A L A S " VEGAS 350PV FEB $ 1 932 FHK LA ' . K-907 FIRST, ALL COLLECTIONS ARE BEING MADE ON -NEW RATE. ADVICE OF 60 PERCENT INCREASE CONTAINED IN F R MGNAMEE* S LETTER A PR IL 1 6 , 19 3 1 PERTAINS TO SCHEDULE WE SUBMITTED TO COMMISSION. THE INCREASE IN RATE ACTUALLY ALLOWED BY COMMISSION IS APPROXIMATELY 30 PERCENT. T H IS IS APPARENT, AS FOR INSTANCE WE REQUESTED INCREASE OF $1 ON PRIVATE RESIDENCES, BUT WERE ALLOWED 50 CENTS. ON EXTRA FRONTAGE RESID EN TIAL D IST R IC T S WE REQUESTED INCREASE 5 CENTS'EACH EXTRA 1^0 SQ FT BUT WERE ALLOWED 1 CENT. ON O FFICES WE REQUESTED INCREASE 50 CENT AND WERE ALLOWED 2 5 CENTS. DRUG STORES INCREASE REQUESTED $0 CENTS ALLOWED NOTHING. SI M l LARREDUCT TONS IN OUR REQUEST MADE THROUGHOUT, RATE SCHEDULE. INCREASE ^7. PERCENT IN D EC.‘ MADE POSSIBLE BY AN INCREASE OF 1 3 .S PERCENT IN NUMBER OF SERVIC ES WITH 30 PERCENT INCREASE IN RATE ON ALL SERVICES.' SECOND DURING DECEMBER 1930 METERS RECORDED 2 6 ,9 9 5 ,5 0 0 GALLONS. DURING DECEMBER I 9 3 I EIGHTEEN DAYS SERVICE SHOWN, METERS RECORDED 2 0 ,6 0 7 ,7 0 0 GALLONS ALL METER READINGS FURNISHED BY RAILROAD B&B DEPT. B-9 WALTER R BRACKEN