Image
Copyright & Fair-use Agreement
UNLV Special Collections provides copies of materials to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. Material not in the public domain may be used according to fair use of copyrighted materials as defined by copyright law. Please cite us.
Please note that UNLV may not own the copyright to these materials and cannot provide permission to publish or distribute materials when UNLV is not the copyright holder. The user is solely responsible for determining the copyright status of materials and obtaining permission to use material from the copyright holder and for determining whether any permissions relating to any other rights are necessary for the intended use, and for obtaining all required permissions beyond that allowed by fair use.
Read more about our reproduction and use policy.
I agree.Information
Digital ID
Permalink
Details
More Info
Rights
Digital Provenance
Publisher
Transcription
(COPY) LETTERHEAD OF BASIC MAGNESIUM INCORPORATED P.O.Box 1160 Las Vegas, Nevada March 10, 1943 Hr. E. E. Bennett General Solicitor Union Pacific RR. Co. Los Angeles, Calif. Dear Mr. Bennett; This refers to your letter of February 8th, regarding certain statistics in connection with your Water Company facilities at Las Vegas, involving the housing situation here at our plant. While these statistics were being prepared, I learned that our Mr. J. D. Sehulman wrote to your Mr. Walter R. Bracken at Las Vegas on February 20th, as per copy of letter attached which appears to cover questions numbers one and two in your letter of February 8th. Answering the remaining three questions In your letter, we advise as follows: -3- Number of BMI employes at present - 4300. -4- Approximate number of permanent BMI employes upon completion of plant - 5800. -5- Estimated number of BMI employes living in; Basic Townsite 680 Trailer Park 270 Anderson's Camp 1800 Boulder City 450 Midway - Pittman 300 Las Vegas 800 I sincerely regret the delay which occurred in furnishing you this information, due in part to ay absence from the office for a period of ten days, and trust that the information will be of assistance to you in solving your problem. With kindest personal regards, X am Very truly yours, BASIC MAGNESIUM, INCORPORATED James J. Bros Traffic Supervisor