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I agree.Discussion of the necessity of keeping down weeds around the reservoirs and settling ponds at Las Vegas Springs to avoid fires.
hln000662. 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/d1jq0wv20
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Las Vegas - May 22, 1940 R-11 Mr. H. H. Larson, Superintendent, Los Angeles, California. Dear Sir: The Water Service did a very good job of clearing out the weeds in the enclosure around the settling basin. Daily inspections of the grounds around reservoir indicates the necessity for clearing off the weeds to avoid a fire hazard which will become worse as the summer progresses and the weeds become drier. This is particularly true around the reser-voir and the 24-inch wooden transmission main from settling basin to reservoir. A gang should be placed on at the earliest convenient time to take care of this. The acreage immediately south which was in wheat last year now has a heavy crop of weeds. I think the best way to handle this hazard is to employ a man with mowing machine to cut these weeds now and place them in wind-rows to be burned before the seed scatters and makes a worse condition next year. If you will grant the authority for the expense I can arrange for the mowing machine locally. Very truly yours, WALTER R. BRACKEN, Special Representative.