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eity within which it shall theretofore have lawfully commenced operations or for an extension into territory either within or without the city or town contiguous to its railroad, line, plant or system and not then served by a public utility of like character.” The record also indicates that the Company had made no effort to increase its storage capacity and that no effort has been made by the Company to acquire any additional supply of water although the record indicates that there are other flow­ing wells within close proximity to the Company’s water system that could be acquired and the waters from which would then be available to augment the present supply. The record indicates no effort has been made by the Company to acquire any other water supply to meet the needs of the demands made on the util­ity for service as promised by theCompany when it acquired its franchise and certificate of public convenience and necessity, but contrariwise, the Company seeks to limit its service to those customers which it already has. Since it appears that there will be sufficient water to serve the old customers and to meet the demands of the reason­able number of new customers as indicated in Hr. Haag’s testi­mony, this Commission must rule against the motion as made by the Company to permit the adoption of Rule 9.5 to be placed in operation on or before June 1, 1953. The Commission finds: 1 - that the Company must under its franchise -6-