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Ur* W* &• Rouse a December 21, 1951 feliftis it s t a r i f f charge#. -lection 6115 o f the ffsw&da Com­piled Lews doss provide « » follow s* * nothing is. th is it‘t i shall be ©oast rood to prevent concent r«t:ton, commodity, tra n sit and other special contract ra tes, but e l l such rates sh ell be open to a l l shippers o f a lik e kind o f t r a ffic under sim ilar circumsbences end eondi-tloAft. and sh ell bo subject to the provisions o f th is set is to the printin g and f i l i n g o f the ? «e $ provided, a l l such rates shell fee un-dor the suporvis'i'on end r e g u la t io n ©f the com­m ission.* This appears to relate prim arily to transportation, but i f i t does re la te to water u t i l it i e s , I do not believe that the Public Service 5©m«ieti©n would approve a spe­c ia l contract rate with the Railroad Company at cost* 1 think %k& p ractical d iffic u lt ie s ' involved would be in­creased at the time the water distrib u tion company was sold to the La® ?cga# later U t ilit y D is tric t or other public body-which Slight distribu te water t© the e ltis tn s of Las % §iju 1 believe that a ll concerned hope that the distrib u tion company w ill eventually be taken over by s public body and fo r that rersen X believe I t is de­sirable fo r the it ilr e a d to develop it® own separate sup­ply i f i t le possible to do so* A f t I have already sta t­ed, ny view# are purely ten tative and 1 w ill give further consideration to the suggestion* contained in your le t t e r and m asking Ur. Cory be do so In the lig h t o f the Ne­vada law. The 5 « ill-end does own a water well in the shop grounds « t left Vsgaft which is separate and apart from the well# located in the water f i e l d . I t is my under­standing that none o f the water from th is w ell is de­livered to the Las Teges land end cater "oafany. X a l­ec understand that the present production from th is w ell is lim ited , but i t may fee t h a t th is w all could he recon­stitu ted »© that i t would be able to produce a l l ©f t h e jiftilroed requirements. Since th is w ell is sepercte from those located in the water f ie ld , i t w ill undoubtedly ? not fee conveyed to the d istrib u tion .company or to any public body distrib u tin g water In Las fsgas. I t was d r ille d in 1921, but no appropriation was ever made on