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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 107. •4 part of this hearing. CHAIBIf AK > This 1* not a rato hearing but a natter of supply* hH. H1IWHABD?* 1 aight add If I nay* Mr, Commissioner, that this rate natter was wily brought in as Indieating that It Is a prominent factor in the economics of the whole water supply situation. Our rater Company is no different than any one of us individually. We eennet continue to pay out wore then we take in, and at an appropriate tine we aspect to seek relief fr©» your honorable Body In the way of higher rates, This must be forthcoming before any further substantial capital expendl- tures nay be entertained by the las Vegas land and Water Company The third plan is to bring water into the City from take Head, which plan, as you knew, was proposed by a reputable firm of engineers, Greeley and Hanson, employed by the Directors of the las Vegas Valley Water District. Assuming the City will continue to grow in population and possibly expand in area, in ay opinion it will be necessary, within the next few years, to bring this lake Mead miter into the City of Las Vegas even with the most stringent conservation of the present available water, Such a prelect should be on e basis which would take care of the anticipated needs of the City as well as the las Vegas Urban territory or Metropolitan las Vegas, for a period of at least twenty years, inch a plan should be developed by the District or by the Municipality, I believe, considering these three suggestions, that if