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NOTICE OF PROTEST TO I The Public Service Commission State of Nevada Carson City, Nevada Re: Las Vegas Land and Water Company Charges for Water for Refrigeration Machines. Rates charged as filed with Public Service Commission effective September 1, 1951• The undersigned, WILLIAM A. ANZOOMX, hereinafter called the Protestant, hereby protests the charges made by the Las Vegas hand and Water Company for water used In the refrigeration machine operated by the Protestant in his Las Vegas, Nevada, store for the period from January 1, 1952, to and including August 31, 1952, or at all, upon the grounds hereinafter stated, and said Protestant does hereby represent and allege as follows: X. That said Protestant is an individual doing business under the rtfme arid style of "Trader Bill's” at 324 Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada. 2. That the Las Vegas Land and Water Company is a corporation authorised to do business in the State of Nevada and is engaged in the business of supplying water to the in­habitants of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, and in such capacity is a public utility. 3. That the rates and charges assessed by the Las Vegas band and Water Company for water used by Protestant in its refrigeration machine, which is for cooling Mr store build­ing, is arbitrary and exorbitant and has no reasonable relation to the quantity of water so used or the purposes for which used* 4. That fitld Las Vo gas Land and Water Company does, in addition to the charges herein referred to, assess and re­ceive compensation for the water used on the premises of Pro­testant, consisting of a store building, and said refrigeration machine does not use an additional amount of water sufficient to affect detrimentally or make unfair the compensation so received