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fir* Smith? #2 Sept* 24, 1936 the water ia sold on a flat rate, these concerns find it cheaper to go on wasting water in this manner than to go to the expense of installing a cooling tower where the water could he recaptured and used over again. Besides the excessive drain on our water supply, this practice also results in a heavy flood through the city sewer mains to the extent that the city septic tank cannot operate for the purpose far which it was intended, X assume you will be faced with the same trouble as soon as the population of Ely exceeds the 4500 mark, if this unfair restriction on the use of meters is not abolished. Bew devices for air-cooling living quarters are becoming very popular throu^iout the country, and In las Togas many of the hotels and auto-courts use water in their cooling devices, 3e are now drilling, at considerable expense, a new well to augment our water supply during the summer months and the necessity is due, not to any sudden increase in the population but directly to the excessive waste of water, which could be corrected by the judicious use of meters, if this were per­mitted under the State Low. In fairness to other water consumers who Share in the cost of the supply to any city, X earnestly solicit your cooperation to the end that this unfair restriction my be abolished at the coming session of the State Legislature* Tery sincerely yours. "iAiSEfc E. BR1CZSS, Tie© President.