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Las Vegaa - August 3, 1950 W 23-6 Mr* E. &* Bennetts Referring to your letter August 2, file 80-5* regarding water consumption lay the resort hotels on South Fifth Street* Z was in Mr* Jamisons of floe yesterday when the meter readings were telephoned In from El Rancho Hotel, and he stated their July consumption was Just under 9*000,0(10 gallons for the month and this is typical of the other four hotels* They have three wells, two of which they pump and hold the other as a standby for emergency* With reference to the revenue, X attach a sheet on whloh we have shown the number of rooms and extended the rates based on our ourrent schedule on which you will note the five hotels would produce $?<$8*75 per month* X do not want to agitate the gamblers by rating their property on the ground but believe If we did so and charged them for extra frontage, stores, quarters for the help, eto., this could be raised to about #1*000 par o /% month of $12,000 a year* A* ti« Folger