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BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF NEVADA ---- 0 O0 ----- IN THE MATTER OF INCREASED RATES FILED BY I THE LAS VEGAS LAND AND WATER COMPANY : I . & S . Docket 52 Heard: May 28 & 2 9 , 1931 Decided: August 28, 1931 APPEARANCES: For the Commission: - J . F . Shaughnessy, Chairman George W. Malone, Commissioner For Las Vegas Land & Water Company: F . R. McNamee,•A tto rn e y Leo A. McNamee, A tto rn ey ,L. P , Drew, Brid ge E ngineer - L. A. & S . L. R. R. Co. L . J . Brungs ,• C h ie f C le rk »? R. D. P e r k i n s , V a lu a tio n E ngineer " b 2* Bracken, V ic e P r e s i d e n t - Las Vegas Land & Water Co, C» T. C o n n o lle y , A s s i s t a n t Agent ” For P r o t e s t a n t s : Roger F o l e y , A tto rn ey R. F . Minter C. J . Harvey A. F. Smith Fred J . George Frank M. Ryan O P I N I O N BY THE COMMISSION On March 7,- 1931 the Las Vegas Land and Water Company f i l e d with t h i s Commission a schedule o f r a t e s to become e f f e c t i v e June 1 , 1 9 3 1 , f o r water s e r v i c e i n the C i ty o f Las Vegas. N otice was given the p u b l i c , as t h i s schedule m a t e r i a l l y in c r e a s e d the r a t e s a t p r e s e n t in e f f e c t . A p r o t e s t was r e c e iv e d and the new schedule o f r a t e s was suspended on May 1 8 , 1931 f o r ' a period o f t h i r t y days, pending h e a r i n g , i n v e s t i g a t i o n and d e c i s i o n in the c a s e ,