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September 12, 195.2 Cornet Stores 411 Array Parkway Pasadena 1, C a lifo rn ia A tten tion s Mr* Joe Cornet, J r, De&r Sirs R eferrin g to your l e t t e r o f August 11, concerning charge fo r water f o r co o lin g r e fr ig e r a t io n machines* Vie ha m co rrected our record to In d ic a te a t o t a l o f 75 tons as stated in your l e t t e r . As the ru les and regulations, o f the Water Company, approved by the Pu blic S ervice Commission o f Wevada provide? "Water rates w i l l he charged f o r a l l s e rv ic e s whether the premises are occupied or not u n til such s e rv ic e s h a ll be, in w r itin g , ordered discontin ued". the in s t a lla t io n o f a separate lin e to the r e fr ig e r a t io n equipment would not r e lie v e you o f the charge fo r c o o lin g water unless, a l l services to the b u ild in g a re , in w r itin g , ordered discontinued. As we p revio u sly advised you, the charge fo r water fo r c o o lin g r e fr ig e r a t io n machines, as s e t fo r th In our r a te schedule was, in the absence o f a s te rs , 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 Pu blic S ervice Commission o f Hev&cLa apply equally to a l l types o f water cooled r e fr ig e r a tio n machines regard less o f the purpose fo r which such machines are used or the p eriod and number o f hours per day in operation As you no doubt know, the laws o f the State o f Nsmda r a h ib lt the use o f meters. Jn other c i t i e s throughout the country meters a ffo r d a basis o f charging each customer fa r water a c tu a lly used, however, u n til such time as meters are perm itted in Las Tegae, water fo r r e fr ig e r a tio n units must be b ille d on a tonnage b a sis.