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City Licence Ta*? Las Hovcmber 33, 1S3S« f-80 iaif.6 Leo A* Bolaiaee, General Attorney, JtesMS Yegoa, Berdda. Dear Slrt HP _ deferring to our conference with officials of the Southern Iteva&a Fewer Company, and Southern Ber&da Yelsphone Company yesterday afternoon, & M la.at night with the Otty Commlasionera regarding the provision3 of the proposed new ordinance, reducing the unfair license rates under Ordinance Bo, 243 for nil classes of business except public utilitiest In accordance with Acting Bayer Krause’s request that m present our object ions in -writing, sill yen 'please prepare ..snob a statement in accordance with the understand­ing we reached, to reduce our license fro® $060 per year to |300 per year for the later Company. Prior t© passage of Or nance MS, when we were advised by members of the Commission that' an emergency existed and that it.was necessary to proride additional revenues in order to continue operation of the Cii f , we offered no objection to the raise in our qparterly license fro® $180 per year to $080 per year. Bowses*,. ®a the re­sult of protest by the people, it Is our understanding that tiff®® rates are now goinf to be reduced and all clashes of