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Mr. W. R. Bracken: Your two letters May 20th concerning und ©maha, Mar 26, 1 199 water furnished: Since you apparently did not give Messrs. Solid, Strong, Hulslser and Wippreeht eoples of your letters, 1 am doing so because 1 want then to be just as fully Interned as 1 an myself• the application of water rates be left in the hands of the local office, that office must apply ‘t e n accurately and must net make discriminatory allowances from schedules* This X deem important. As far as the vacancy allowances which you have been making are concerned, where accommodations are furnished to transients at higher rental than could be obtained by regulars, I see no difference between this type of service end that fur­nished to hotels vhleh are almost wholly for transients: in fact, where the turnover is large there would naturally be a larger, quantity of water used while the accommodations were being used than would be the case if regularly used by the same parties* 1 do not therefore see how you eould Justify allowances In the case of motels, auto courts, etc., without doing the same for hotels or other similar users* /|i I will expect Mr. Wippreoht and Mr. Strong to approve any deviation from the regular scheduled charges, kseping in mind the admonition that any such must not produce any discrimination by Mr. Bennett, that come regulation should govern the putting down of wells and that permits therefor should be declined wherever the applicant Is already served or where the service can be pro­vided from existing sources of supply. I note from your letter that the population has increased from 8600 to 23,000, or an increase of 160$, with an increase of but about 15$ in the revenues. There must be eomething wrong with this, and I am making Mr* Wippreeht to make a further study of the situation, for we certainly cannot continue to supply increasing numbers of users without obtaining a greater propor­tionate increase in the revenue! • While | am perfectly willing, and In fact intend, that or inequalities as bstwoen users other than as contemplated by the rate schedules. 1 should think, and would bo glad to have this checked co-Messrs.W.H.Guild, Frank Strong, W.H.Hulslser, R.Wippreoht, W H.J. E.E.Bennett. MAY 28 1942