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% Reno Evening Gazette Rebo, Nevada March 1?, 1942 b I ' . ^ ? "’T'"*;1'~??'—r-7 iIncrease Asked 10 ] 6+i.c-rrir [ On Wafer Rale i p Higher Fees Sought i In Mina, Hawthorne fe each of 'the towns of Hawthorne i | and Mina, -there is a municipally- j owned water system, and in each | i town the utility has been enjoying I r increased business —- not without P new problems) however. Because of f increased demand for .service in ] f outlying sections of each town, it j w j has- beat found that in numerous . r instances, the prevailing rates for ! [_ service are not sufficient to justify 1 the expense of extending service j f to distant points. £ » To overcome this problem, the j Mineral county commissioners,/sit- jj ting as the governing board for ? L each municipal water system, have f adopted recommendations seekiijg I [ perniission of the state public sery- j | icf commission to amend the rule's j C an(3 regulations to provide a means of insuring a; return on the cost 3 i of extending lines, j s The resolution, in each instance, I L provides that whenever it is neces- I C sary for the water system to ex-' j L tend water mains .or service pipes r a distance of more than fifty feet, k L the customer or customers shall j_ enter into a Contract to advance I :j sufficient money to cover the cost I u °£ making such extension. The I - amount advanced shall be refunded j lo those advancing the installation - cost at the rate of twenty-five per - ?' cent of the customer’s monthly f hills for water for a,j>eriod of ten : years, or until the amount ad- j vanced has been refunded, . which-1 : ever occurs first. iT n m r x r r i e t c <m T »/~)l X T t '- r k