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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), August 2, 1939

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Creator

Creator: Bracken, Walter R., 1870-1950, Esq.

Date

1939-08-02

Description

Bracken stated that water from reservoir and spring was flowing, but was being absorbed into the ground as it flowed through a bed of tuilleries. In order for water to reach the Stewart burial plot and avoid a lawsuit threatened by Stewart heirs, Bracken recommended that the company dredge the ditch from the Main Street bridge to weir at dam.

Digital ID

hln000509

Physical Identifier

Box 11 Folder W18-1-12 Las Vegas Ranch - Albert W. Wittwer Lease Sep. 1, 1933

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Details

Contributor

Contributor: Las Vegas Land and Water Company

Subject

Water-supply
Water-supply--Sources
Water-supply, Rural
Waiters
Water levels

Time Period

1930s (1930 - 1939)

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

hln000509. 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/d1v11zk2h

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Digital Provenance

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Digital Processing Note

Manual transcription

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

Las Vegas - August 2, 1939. F S - Los Angeles: My letter July 27, complaint Stewart heirs not receiving 4 inches of water they are entitled to from LVCreek: We now have apparently good flow from reservoir and Open Spring in Creek as far as Main Street bridge, but from there to delivery weir distance of possible 1000 feet water flows thru dense bed of tuilleries, percolating into ground and none reaches p o i n t required in contract. Impos-sible clean this ditch by hand labor, and in order avoid suit threatened by Stewart heirs we should immediately secure services ditch from Main Street bridge to weir at dam. This should be handled at once while we still Please advise. B-2 Walter R. Bracken 430PM Confirmation By Mail.