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STATEMENT QFWALTER R . BRAOCEB My same If Walter B. Brackan, Vies President of tha Las Vega a Land and later Oo,, with offices at 401 South Second Street, Las Vegas, Nevada. My first service with the Union Pacific Railroad was in June 1900, when I was employed as instrument- wan under Locating Aegises? Carl Stradley, surveying the Oak!ey-to-Colby Branch in Kanses. From there, the party of 16 men was removed to Milford, Utah, for surveying work of the Railroad right-of-way from Calienta to Cruoero. I arrived In Las Vegas in June 1901, and have bean a resident thereof ever since. In 1904, I m a pi- cad In charge of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company Ranch, known as the Old Stewart Ranch, where the town*s first Post Office was established,' and served as Postmaster fra® 1904 until 1914, In 1905, f was appointed General Manager of the new water system being installed to serve the new tewnsite of Las Vegas, In March 1911, I conferred with H. I, Bettis, then Vic® President and Auditor of the LTLAfCo., regarding the necessity for constructing a large Company house for the accommodation of Railroad employes, similar to one which I had visited on the Southern Pacific at Gila Bend. My attention had been directed to the. need for such a Stampany house by Master Mechanic Rogers. I wrote Mr, Bettis on this subject March a, 1911 (Fl ic W' 18-4), I was advised that the subject had been under discussion by officers of the Railroad Company, and under date of March 15, 1911, was advised by J. Rosa Clark, Vice President of the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, that plans and estimates had been prepared to cover the construction of 4© sleeping rooms, 4 baths and a large reading na pool roam at a cost of §37,600. My latter to Mr* Bettis under date of July 37, 1911 (File 1 18-4) indicates actual construction of the Company rooming house was started on that date. The rooming house was in operation prior to Sept. .1, 1913, and at that time was occupied mostly by shop employees,' In August 1930, I suggested to my superior officers that an extension of some nature would be in order, to take care of additional sm-loyess, a# there had been no vacancies in ?'he rooming house for a year or two.. This first suggestion was to build a shed or dormitory in rear of Company rooslng-houee, with beds for occupants.