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Las Vegas Land & Water Company 401 South Second Street Las Vegas, Nevada S T R E E T S , L A S August 15, 1952 Attention: Dear Sir: W. H. Johnson Acting General Manager Golden Nugget, Inc. hereby protests the proposed water charge of $182.00 per month for water used by equipment described in your letter of August 6, 1952 as "1 Re­frigeration Machine”, for the following reasons: First: The description of an air conditioning system as "refrigeration machines”, when you were seeking the increase in water rates was generally misleading to the public because it does not adequately describe an air conditioning system and it appears that this inadequate description may have been responsible for the lack of interest shown by the general public. The term "refrigeration machines” is equally applicable to ice making machines which use negligible quantities of water and which are not very numerous in Las Vegas. Second: The water rate is retroactive to January 1, 1952, despite the fact that cooling systems are only in use for a portion of the year when required by weather conditions. The demand for payment each and every month of the year regardless of whether the cooling system is in use is arbitrary and inequitable. Third: We would like to know how the monthly rates ($3.50 for the first ton of capacity and $1.50 for each additional ton) are justified, in view of the fact that our cooling system has a water return and the only water loss is from evaporation. We have been advised that the condenser in our cooling system evaporates approxi­mately 1.8 gallons of water per hour per ton of refrigeration, which is nominal and probably not greater than the water consumption of an ordinary household, in­cluding lawn watering. Yours very truly GOLDEN NUGGET, INC. CCK:ef Secretary