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Telegram from W. M. Jeffers (Omaha) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 18, 1938
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Archival Collection
Description
Jeffers, having read a Las Vegas Review-Journal article about the water shortage in Las Vegas, asks Bracken to advise on possible rates revisions for those using evaporative water coolers.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Hulsizer (Omaha, Neb.), July 16, 1940
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Table showing gallons and percentage of water used by The Las Vegas Land & Water Co. in Las Vegas, and used and sold by the Union Pacific Railroad Co. in 1937, 1938, and 1939.
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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong, November 6, 1947
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Report of the discussion regarding the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District at a Rotary meeting.
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Newspaper clipping, Las Vegas Valley water withdrawal keeps even, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July, 21 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Residents of the Las Vegas Valley were withdrawing water at the same rate as was being recharged.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Will Wittwer (Las Vegas), September 8, 1939
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter informing Wittwer that he was responsible for laying pipe to direct the new water from the new well.
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Work order authority for extensions and additions to existing property, September 6, 1939
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Engineering department work order detailing work to be done and estimate for new well on the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), February 6, 1940
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter referring to water received by the Stewart family from the Union Pacific Railroad.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from handwritten text on letter: "May 1st, 1940 - Placed dam in ditch to divert all water to Burial Plot; May 27 - 2 1/2'' on weir, 8'' around weir. At Steward fence, water 3'' deep, 10'' wide."
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), April 1, 1942
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken informing McNamee of the solution to the water delivery problem to the Stewart burial plot.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), October 25, 1919
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken asking Clark how to proceed since a man had offered to buy a small plot of land near the Las Vegas Springs who had promised not to drill a well. Bracken recommended to not allow it.
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