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said pipe lines for the conveyance of all water now or here­after required for railroad requirements and other uses in­cident thereto at Las Vegas, Nevada. The Railroad Company shall not be responsible for failure to maintain said pipe lines when it is prevented from so doing by breakage, wash­outs, floods, strikes or other unavoidable causes. IV. It is understood that the sum of $975*00, or any other sum determined in accordance with the provisions of this agreement, represents, as nearly as it can be measured, the fair rental for the use of said well, pipe lines, and adjuncts by the User when consideration is given to the in­vestment of the Railroad Company in said well, pipe lines and adjuncts; the cost, maintenance, repairs, and operation thereof, and the relative use made by the User and the Rail­road Company. For the purpose of determining a fair rental to be paid, meters have been installed by the Railroad Company and are now and will be maintained at its expense for measur­ing all water used by the User and the Railroad Company. For the purpose of determining the amount of water used by the User, meter has been installed immediately easterly of the connection leading to the ice plant of the Pacific Fruit Express Company and between the main line of the Railroad Company and the southerly line of its right of way. This