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I»as Tegas - Get ©fees 1 8 , 19 34* W 2 3 -6 P u b lic S e r v ic e C oraaisslon , Carson C ity , I e m 4 a , Gentlem en: R e fe r r in g to our l e t t e r of September 2 7 , 1 9 3 4 , r e ­gard in g I & 3 S o c k e t 6 4 , co v e rin g our a p p lic a tio n to amend and fL n le 'm e n t our sch ed u le o f r a t e s oo w ater fo r co ®i J 33|ftf e | ^ f ^ : a tio n m ach in es, r e p e a t i n g same fee h eld in abeyance -o r fu r th e r amendment: As s ta te d in our l e t t e r o f August 1 0 t h 4. the purpose o f t h i s re q u e ste d in c r e a s e in th e r a t e on w ater ^ c o o lin g r e f ­r ig e r a t io n m achines was to c u r t a i l th e enormous w aste where th e w ater could be reca p tu red and reu sed t h r o u g h c o o lin g cow ers; th e r e m e no in te n t io n a t any tim e to add to the revenue o f th e Water Company fey in c r e a s in g w ater r a t e s . however, vt® fu lx y a P p r e d a t e d " o u r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y to fu r n is h ad equate wstujr s e r v ic e to th e c i t y , and did n ot f e e l t h a t a m a jo r ity o f the e it iE e n s who own homes, la w n s, t r e e s and shrubs should be r e s t r i c t e d fo r tne b e n e f it o f a few who owned r e f r i g e r a t i o n m ach in es. Under normal c o n d itio n s we have an ample su p p ly o f w ater f o r a l l u s e s , and do not a n t ic ip a t e a r e c u r r e n c e o f th e I ? o 5 h t o o S a i t ? o L which e x i o t e i g e n e r a lly over th e e n tir e eoun-t e v t a r in g th e p a st summer, a t which tim e our w ater supply was E e l under norm al. In a d d itio n t o the exp ected ^ * “ 5 ? t ? “ f " ® 1 w ater supply c o n d itio n s i t is e x p ected , a s you p ro b a b ly know, t h a t by sp rin g oar e a r ly summer th e p o p u la tio n o f ^ s I e||S ^j,11 re ce d e u n t i l i t i s e v e n tu a lly reduced as much as 25 or 35 pej c e n t o f the p re se n t p o p u la tio n , nd a c c o rd in g ly w ill reduce th e demand f o r volume of w a te r . fh l# w i l l be the n a tu ra l r e s u l t dne to employment on th e Boulder Bam d e c re a s in g a s v a r io u s phases o f th e p r o je c t p ro g re s s or a re com p leted . In view of the above, in s te a d o f h o ld in g th e applies^ t i o n subm itted August 1 0 th in a b ey a n ce, we r e ^ m s t th a t ^ ^ ^ drawn and th a t the "Amendment and supplement to sch ed u le o f R a te s and C harges" th e r e to f i l e d , ( I & S D ocket 6 4 ) be d is re g a rd e d . Tours t r u l y , M S YECM.3 M ID AID VBLTSE COMMIT, T i c e - I r e s i d e n t.