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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. M. Jeffers (Omaha, Nebraska), May 31, 1941

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1941-05-31

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Bracken expressing the desirability of a permanent watchman to prevent vandalism and sabotage of water facilities.

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hln000664

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Box 15 Folder R11 Wells & Spring Railroad Company
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    hln000664. 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/d1959g72p

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    Las Vegas - May 31, 1941 R-11 (Personal) Mr. W. M. Jeffers, President, Omaha, Nebraska. Dear Sir: Enclosed newspaper clippings from the Las Vegas Age and Las Vegas Evening Review-Journal are self-explanatory. There appears to be a very pronounced epidemic of sabotage in this vicinity, of which the incident mentioned in the newspaper is a culmination. About two weeks ago the War Memorial Building was set afire by undetermined parties and it is now believed that was also sabotage. this vicinity would be our waterworks, where a stick of dynamite, properly placed, would deprive the entire city of water. I think it would be a wise precaution on our part to place watchmen on duty around the reservoir and settling basin continuously, except that the daylight shift could be dispensed with while we are in the work of drilling the new wells, which we hope to start this coming week. While our employees check the reservoir twice daily to see that the water level is kept where it should be in the reservoir, I am afraid any acts of sabotage would be committed at night. Yours very truly, WALTER R. BRACKEN