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Sheet 4, Form 2191B O. S. LESRAM SYMBOL X CLASS OF S E R V IC E R EQ U IR ED Indicate by X in proper line the class of Px Preferred Immediate delivery service required. Filed M Dx Day W Delivery during day Do pot specify preferred service if other service Will Nx Night Delivery by next morning answer the purpose. At Reno* As %t'er Company furnishes p ra c tic a lly entire water supply to c ity , this per capita consumption s ig n ific a n t• At same time i t should he home in mind p o licy followed Las Vegas haps been with view c iv ic improvement and betterment o f surroundings afforded railroad employes* Xn view these conditions and especially attitude respecting municipal ownership not only o f water plant hut o f e le c tr ic power plant, i t is deemed unwise to do anything th is time tending to increase water rates* I f Land and Water Company were at this time to put into e ffe c t meter rates provided fo r in the two franchises mentioned and extend equivalent charges to other tracts at present d ir e c tly and in d irec tly served by i t , or as altern ative i f to avoid expenditure fo r meters application were now made to Commission fo r increase in f l a t rates su ffic ie n t to o ffs e t anticipated loss to Land and Water Company, estimated at |5,000 fo r 1928 and a probable aggregate of #40,000 to #50,000 by 1934 (as i t is expected lose w ill increase due to improvements in Joint f a c i l i t i e s now in course construction#!, we may be faced with municipal ownership, our 70 per cent proportion in connection with which would in a ll p rob ab ility amount to as much as or more than estimated anticipated aggregate lo s s . I t is , o f course, not certain that we could secure desired increases in 1934,7\or is i t certain we would not at that time be faced with municipal ownership* but i t is opinion the present would be an inopportune time to attempt a raise in rates* Foregoing intended apply to arrangements at present in