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September 11, 1952 Safeway S tores, In c, 1925 East Vernon Avenue F. 0. Box 3399 - term inal Annex Los Angeles 54, C a lifo rn ia Attention? Mr, M. B. H o llin g e r B e ta !! Operations Manager Dear Sir? R eferrin g to your l e t t e r o f August 21, 1952 concerning charge f o r water fo r co o lin g r e fr ig e r a tio n equipment. At the time the base ra te fo r coo lin g water f o r r e fr ig e r a tio n machines wag determined* con sideration was given to the fa c t that such equipment would be equipped w ith r e c ir c u la tin g system as requ ired by C ity Ordinance. The charge fa r w tter fo r co o lin g r e fr ig e r a tio n machines as s e t fo r t h in our ra te schedule was, in the absence o f meters, based upon tonnage o f the r e fr ig e r a t io n equipment being used. The rates which were approved by the Public S ervice Soamission o f Mevada apply equally to a l l types o f water cooled r e fr ig e r a tio n machines regardless o f the purpos fo r which such machines are used or the period and number o f hours per day in operation , As you no doubt know, the laws o f the State o f hevada p ro h ib it the use o f meters* In other c it ie s throughout the country meters a ffo r d a basis o f charging each customer f o r water a c tu a lly used. However, u n til such time as meters are perm itted in Las Vegas, water fo r r e fr ig e r a t io n units must be b ille d on a tonnage basis. Our records do not In d icate th at we were advised o f t he^ in s ta lla tio n o f r e fr ig e r a tio n equipment a t the time the above was constructed. However, a recent survey developed that the r e fr ig e r a t io n equipment l i s t e d in our l e t t e r o f August 6, 1952 was in use although we had not p reviou sly charged you fo r such s e rv ic e as p rescribed by our ra te schedule, a copy o f which is attached. These