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W M . F OGT 13 1952 RE: In the Matter of Charges by LAS VEGAS LAND AND WATER COMPANY applicable to water for refrigerating machines. attended a hearing at Las Vegas yesterday. The protestant was represented by quite a group of attorneys, and their questioning related primarily not to the volume of the return, but to the bills submitted, the fact that we had not heretofore submitted bills, and the question as to whether the present tariff was applicable to the in tne bills. charges included that these refrigeration plants only wasted around three gallons per minute. Neither of these so-called experts were very familiar with the matter, and apparently had secured their infor­mation from sales publications of refrigeration companies. Representatives of Sears-Roebuck, the El Cortez Hotel,the Apache Hotel, the El Portal Theatre, and numerous of the gambling houses testified primarily that these refrigeration plants were only .in operation" for about five months of the year, and in connection with Sears-Roebuck particularly, that they were only operated to capacity two months of the year. At the end of the hearing, Commissioner Allen dictated an Order recommending suspension of our PSC Nevada Case No. 1221 Los Angeles, October 10, 1952 4896-11-213 Mr. Wm. Reinhardt: cc: W. H. Johnson, Las Vegas In connection with the above ease I They also put on the stand two so-called refrigeration experts who testified in substance p p ® r a t e s , and ordering us to file new rates within thirty days, sending copies to all the protestants. R. U A-C- CT 14: 195