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1 \ ; ;"r' tmrmtm of stater Eatae - Las Vegaa. *<©• Angeles, June X, 1931. Hr. 4* §. Halsted* . . °° *®y 28Wi *n* 29th 1 submitted proofs before Con- 3&E3PSQr an5 ****»? 5 SI *ubUe Semes com. v*§®* *£ •W»t of our application iueresse of water rates. Mr. Drew, from the Chief Kn- gXineer s oftiam, furnished a detailed statement of the expsodt* tores wade by the Railroad for the voter feeilities used to town* •** testified to the items of such expenditures, and the reasonable value thereof* Mr* Brunre, from- the Audi­tor ? a office attended, «M furnished dete^Siii Si Spindiiures going to make up the physical valuation of Las yogas land md Itltl ?f **^**»*t etc., and M eosts of collection, waist*nance, supervision, reserve for do- IlsSfSla0?0*** ^ Perkins, of the Valuation department, m tht stand his previous valuation of |20C>,©Q0. m m 5,000 fallen per win. flow. This would be a valuationef #50,000. per too. ft., which is in aooord with vari­ous comparative value# we had on hand from Southern California. These value* were questioned by the Coawtission, the average amount of water thews to have beam used by Las Vegas stM Hfe faring the year 1930 was 2.46 second feet, which Z+ th* **lut of «Fproxiwat#ly $75,600.00, on the basis ?E ®*5; **• P5® testimony of both Perkins and ^rew was to ijjj effect that in order to give full service the mmmmt of water available at all time# should be double the av- 22PJ2f!S% ^*®d* ty*.te ttfford f* *wple supply during th* X J!?f5 SE!* f»® &•**•* period— July endAngnat- and also to afford a sufficient amount for fire protection end ©thor extraordinary oooaalona. Mr. Bracken and. his assistant, Mr. Conway, gave clear explanations of the application of tho low rates heretofore applied, the reaeona therefor at the in- ******* ••rviee la LasVegas years ago, and the neeess- tho increase asked for in order to wake a reasonable ?HE* i3“T*ftesent. 1 was careful to go fully into our water SSJSSL. th#iF inception f and to submit all documentary and other evidence necessary to make a eesmleie record to subatantiato our claim for increase. . . _ Commissioner Shaughnessy intimated that he might aek for further Information from time to time regarding mat-