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d i 3: i I La s V e g a s La n d a n d W ater C o m p a n y C. WHITTEM<fcT,E, Prest., Los Angeles, Cal. I. BETTIS, VicFrPREST. and Auditor, Los Angeles, Cal. H. COMSTOCK, Secretary, Los Angeles, Cal. H. LEETE, Treas., Los Angeles, Cal. i err OFFICES PACIFIC ELECTRIC BUILDING LOS ANGELES, CAL. F. A. WATERS, AGT., LOS ANGELES, CAL. W. R. BRACKEN, AGT., LAS VEGAS, NEV. LAS VEGAS, NEV. Connecting company houses with gas mains // Loo Angeles, Cal.f April 4, 1912* Mjtr*W.H.Bancroft, ‘ / f Hr.J.Ross Clark, Elzecutive Committee, hear Sirs: I enclose herewith copy of a proposition made hy Shrank 0.Clark for the Consolidated Power & telephone Company relative to making connections with their gas mains for all the company houses at Las Vegas, us if connections are made with the gas mains at the present time instead of waiting until the mains have "been laid, because after that has been done they will be obliged to make a charge of |5.00 for each tap. rate, it would be a great convenience for the tenants to have gas stoves in the houses, and I think that we could get enough more rent to pay for them, and in some Instances the tenants might like to purchase the stoves themselves. Clark states that it. will be a considerable saving for If they furnish a good grade of gas and at a reasonable Mr.Clark has not said anything in his letter relative to the rate per thousand feet which will be charged for gas. I think if we give an order to have all our company houses connected with