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Las Vegas, Nev., September 29, 1952 Mr. Wm. Reinhardt; (CC - Mr. E, E. Bennett) ./) _ K. SEP 2 9 1952 Attached is copy of correspondence with Mr. E. W. Cragin concerning charge for water for cooling refrigeration equipment serving the El Portal Theatre, Las Vegas, in amount $646.00, for the period of January 1st to and including August 51, 1952, together with copy of letter dated September 9, 1952, from Chairman Robert A. Allen of the Nevada Public Service Commission, in which he suggests a restudy of the basis of our charge and questions the correctness of the winter period. eharge during the As regards the second paragraph of Mr. Allen’s letter to the effect the rates were based upon non-recirculating equipment, a review of our file discloses that we filed with j the Commission an amendatory and supplemental schedule of rates to be effective October 1, 1934, a copy of which is attached, together with copy of exchange of correspondence between Mr. Bracken and the Public Service Commission. The supplemental schedule and all of the correspondence tends to confirm our position that the rates in effeet were based upon assumption ailnlg rseyfsrtiemgse raast iroenq muaicrheidn ebsy wCiotuyl d Obred ineaqnuciep.ped with recirculat­As suggested in Mr. Bennett’s letter of September 15th, eI rsh,a vei nhclaudd niunmge raomuosn g cootnhveerrss;ations with and letters from custom­Mr. E. W. Cragin, Owner of the El Portal Theatre, Ml*. Fred Soly, President of Monte Carlo, Me*. C. C. King, Asst. Secretary, Golden Nugget Mr. Reed Whipple, Asst. Vice PresiCdaelnitf,o rFniiras tCl uNba,tional Bank, Mr. R. E. Thorn, Manager, Sears, Roebuck and Co., ccoonmcpelrainnianngt oucro ntreenfdrsi;geration charge. In each instance, the 1 - Trheec irrcatuel atiis nge xdoervbiicteasn.t for machines equipped with 2 - As air conditioning equipment is generally used only during period May through September, there miosn tnhos joufs ttihfei cyaetairo.n for charge for remaining