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V Las Vegas , lev* March 15, 1930 '6 Sabjeot: sater Supply - to Vsg^s* Mr* i'*H«ii&ieharb©«isnrt. Vlae-President, Los Angeles, California, mar Sirs I $a sending you herewith, an editorial t&fclen from the Las Togas ih^iew* Journal March 13, 1950, which 1 believe defines the ultimate results from the City*® viewpoint, if water meters were In* stalled .In Las Togas# it is particularly true that while at tbs present time, foliage, shrubbery and lewis are well developed, it would bo only a matter of a abort time until »U of these viouid disappear end Las Togs*® would be just gisotbsr desert towa# While the beautification of Las *egas means a great deal to the Bailroad Ooapany, the real issue with the Bailroad Uomp.ny and ths Las tfeg&s Land and M%er Company has not been brought out • These issues are i * 1« A rat© that win allow a fair earning on our investments, m have heretofor boon able to show a fair earning under a flat rate, but past experience with meters has proven to us that the property owner issued lately starts conserving water and thereby reduoes our revenues« S# a® we oannot reduce t .e flow of water from our springs and well, more water v.-ould be diverted to the It noh thin we could possibly use* The overflow oiag on to land which is privately owned, would ooon be filed on and in the end would be lost to us, as we would be unable to reelaist it whoa m so desired* fh$ matter of revenue and expenses under a mater system would operate against both Companies, as at the present time the -:m%er