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Letter from T. E. Fennessy (Las Vegas) to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company, May 31, 1946

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Creator

Creator: Fennessy, T. E.

Date

1946-05-31

Description

Letter written by the Las Vegas City Manager, announcing a meeting on June 14, 1946 to discuss the water situation in the Las Vegas Valley. The letterhead includes a green colored engraving of an artesian well and an irrigation headgate. The attached letter mentioned by Mr. Fennessy is referenced below.

Digital ID

hln000742

Physical Identifier

Box 12 Folder W23-1-B Water Conservation Campaign 1942-1944

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d11g0mt9j
Details

Subject

Municipal water supply
Municipal officials and employees

Time Period

1940s (1940 - 1949)

Place

Clark County

Resource Type

Text

Material Type

correspondence

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection

Digital Project

The Historic Landscape of Nevada: Development, Water and Natural Environment

Citation

hln000742. Union Pacific Railroad Collection, 1828-1995. MS-00397. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d11g0mt9j

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Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Digital Processing Note

Manual transcription

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

T. E. Fennessy City Manager TEF/sdb Enclosure HELEN SCOTT REED. CITY CLERK SHIRLEY D. BALLINGER. CHIEF DEPUTY CLERK OF CITY COMMISSIONERS SARAH BROWN. DEPUTY May 31, 1946 Las Vegas Land & Water Company Las Vegas, Nevada Gentlemen: At a meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas the attached letter received by Mayor Cragin was read to the Board. It was the opinion of the Board that an immediate meeting of all interested parties should be held in order to devise and expedite ways and means of protecting the Las Vegas Valley in this most vital problem. A meeting is therefore called for Friday evening, June 14, 1946 at 7:30 P. M. in the Council Chambers of the War Memorial Building. You are requested to send representation to this meeting. Very truly yours, CITY OF LAS VEGAS Gateway to Boulder Dam