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Wi'tfe-*regard to the Commissions findings with respect to various waivers of outstanding overcharges or undercharges and refunds men­tioned in Items 2 to 5 invlusive of the Commissions opinion, Page 13 \hereof, the following comments are submitted! Item 2. Page 11: The Water Company has no outstanding^overcharges for any service rendered prior to date of suspension of the 1951 tariff under Rate 21. The language used under this paragraph Indri-eertes— that'"we^sh&uid-^raf^ve outstanding overcharges for-any service rendered whether- •if'whs fur- pished in connection with air conditioning and refrigeration or*any other type of water service, "howeverI believe it was the intention ^ to confine the findings to the waiver of outstanding overcharges for air conditioning, refrigeration and ice making machines^afid not to any other type of service. On this basis, I do not consider that we have any outstanding overcharges whatsoever as all of the charges made in our accounts were made in accordance with tariff in effect at the time charges were made* See my comments under Item 5» Item 3, Page 13. The Commissions findings states that the Las Vegas Land and Water Company is authorized to waive any outstanding overcharges for cooling water or refrigeration machines furnished prior to January 1, 1952. I do not consider that we have any outstanding overcharges whatsoever as all of the charges made in our accounts were made in accordance with tariff in effect at the time charges were made. 1’-' ' 7?-<skw_. <7 Item h, Page 13. Under this item, the Commission finds4that the Las Vegas Land and Water Company be authorized to waive the collection of any outstanding undercharges which may be due for service prior to January 1, 1952, etc. I believe that this finding was made in order to prevent the Water Co. - -IfevRei nhardtri^.