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& •' i p i im Los A n geles, March 1, 194? 20-334-1 Mr. A. M. F o lge r (CO - Mr. Frank Strong) R e fe rrin g to your l e t t e r o f January 6th, f i l e f 18 -6 -2 , re q u e stin g data on water produced and consumed a t Las Vegas, Nevada, f o r year 1946 f o r your use In com piling annual re o o rt to Nevada P u b lic Service Commission: I am a ttach in g hereto statement showing the t o t a l g a llo n s o f w ater sold and used in Las Vegas during year 1946, a ls o another statement showing the amount o f water produced and consumed and the g a llo n s o f o v e rflo w at the r e s e r v o ir fo r the year 1946. By comparing the attached statements w ith the statement enclosed with your l e t t e r o f January 6th, you w i l l note there i s a d iffe re n c e in the t o t a l g a llo n s o f water furn ish ed to LVL&W Co. f o r the months o f June, J u ly , August, September and October. The d iffe re n c e s a re due to the amount o f water recorded as flo w in g through the Charleston Boulevard meter which was running only p a r t ly f u l l , whereas, the meter recorded as i f the lin e was running e n t ir e ly f u l l ana adjustment was made based on estim ates furn ish ed by Water S ervice Foreman Mr. Jo|jn Snort. A lso due to d iffe re n c e in ele va tio n between o ld and new r e s e r v o ir s , the water which passed through the Charleston Bovd. meter backed through the Clark S tree t meter in to the o ld r e s e r ­v o ir with the r e s u lt that the d a r k Street meter ran backwards and i t was necessary to deduct from the t o t a l o f the water re ­corded on meters at Ogden S tre e t, west sid e and Charleston Blvd. the amount recorded as backing through the Clark S treet meter. * Records in d ic a te a net a d d itio n o f 11,105 l l n . f t . o f transm ission lin e in 1946, in c lu d in g the 24* Charleston Blvd. li n e , which i s d e t a ile d by s iz e o f pipe as fo llo w s : w: & y MAR 3 W 1,200 Size and kind o f Added Removed Net Charged L in . F t . L ln .F t . L in . Ft. 10* Cast iro n 1_££d ""Removed 12* Wrought iro n 37 37 Added 12* T ra n sits 945 12* Cast iron 354 S.H. 812 14* T ra n sits 219 1196 16* Cast iron 53 53, Added XA 18* T ra n sits 166 24* » @54 854 * 84* Oast iro n 10705 10705 ./ * /aj Totals 13333 £228 f t m Added The capacity o f new 000 g a llo n s . Charleston Blvd. reservois* i s V. W. Smith