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Work orders for additional pipelines to increase existing water supply line, Las Vegas, April -May 1931

Date

1931-04
1931-05

Archival Collection

Description

The first sheet, form 30, a work order authority for extensions and additions to the water supply line on the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company's property, includes a description of the work and the necessity for the work, with a total estimated expenditure. The second sheet, form 30-1, a work order authority with detailed estimated expenditures, includes an itemized list of the quantity and cost of parts and labor. Forms are accompanied by a map, referenced below, that includes colored outlines of existing and proposed facilities.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), March 3, 1931

Date

1931-03-03

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken asks for advice regarding the Edward Clark Forwarding Company which was going to be connected to railroad water, but was being cut off by their previous provider, thus preventing them from running pipes in their basement and ultimately, endangering their goods.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), May 7, 1931

Date

1931-05-07

Archival Collection

Description

If his proposal to run a pipeline to Industrial Unit No. 1 is approved, Bracken will begin construction immediately.

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Letter from C. R. Gray (Omaha) to W. M. Jeffers (Omaha) and A. S. Halsted (Los Angeles), May 25, 1931

Date

1931-05-25

Archival Collection

Description

The Union Pacific Railroad president directs that the new pipeline to Industrial Unit No. 1 be placed under the ownership of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company as it would be more beneficial for tax purposes.

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Letter from W. R. Armstrong (Los Angeles) to A. L. Coey (Salt Lake City), June 4, 1931

Date

1931-06-04

Archival Collection

Description

Since the Las Vegas Land and Water Company could not legally use water meters, they needed to remove any installed and refund the deposits for others in the Industrial Unit No. 1. Date stamped from L.A. & S.L. R.R. Co. Office of Industrial Engineer, Los Angeles, Calif.

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Report: Valuations of water facilities at Las Vegas, May 10, 1951

Date

1951-05-10

Archival Collection

Description

Value of water production facilities of the railroad the the water company exclusive of land minus depreciation.

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Letter from E. E. Bennett to Colonel H. F. Clark (Las Vegas), January 4, 1952

Date

1952-01-04

Archival Collection

Description

The Nevada state engineer recommended the Las Vegas Valley Water District purchase all 1200 acres from the Las Vegas Land and Water Co., but the District only wanted 679 acres.

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Las Vegas Valley Water District Report on water supply, October 1949

Date

1949-10

Archival Collection

Description

Detailed 76 page report with charts, tables and calculations on the water situation in the Las Vegas Valley.

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Preliminary report, Regional hydrology of a part of Southern Nevada: a reconnaissance, July 1963

Date

1963-07

Description

A geological survey of Southern Nevada hydrology which was prepared on behalf of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Report TEI-833

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Letter from E. E. Bennett to F. H. Knickerbocker, June 27, 1936

Date

1936-06-27

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of another attempt to get the water metering prohibition repealed in the Nevada state legislature. Bennett recognizes that the law was enacted due to abuses by the Reno Power, Light & Water Company.

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