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In the letter of transmittal to the protestants the Company stated "For your information I will state that this new tariff, if approved by the Commission, reduces the present rates approximately 75$• It further provides that the rates on such equipment as is only used during the summer months would be applicable only during those months.1 The tariff as submitted was suspended under date of November 26, 1952 by the Commission, when it said “IT FURTHER APPEAR­ING That said above sheets seek to make certain changes in the exist­ing rates for water service; and IT FURTHER APPEARING That by approv­ing said sheets may seriously affect the rights and interests of the p u b l i c T h e matter was set down for hearing and by stipulation the hearing date was extended from time to time and the hearing was fin­ally held on April 27, 1953, the rates having in the meantime been pro­tested by all of the original protestants. The question before the Commission resolved itself into “the amount of water that is necessary to run through a refrigeration machine for cooling purposes” and since a new rate schedule was set down by the Company for this type of service and was considered by both the patrons and the Commission to be too high, the instruction was to first comment on the amount of water necessary to go through the machines and then dispose of the protests against the new rate schedule on file. Mr. Stava testified for the Company that he had “contacted several of these representatives (selling air conditioning equipment and refrigerating equipment) and they all concluded that from the practical standpoint and having given consideration to the climate V - 8 -