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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Comstock (Los Angeles), June 17, 1922

Date

1922-08-08

Archival Collection

Description

LVL&WC executives had been called to a meeting with the Utilities Commission about water shortages, and W. H. Comstock was seeing if they could quickly increase capacity before the meeting.

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Telegram from A. Maguire (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 19, 1924

Date

1924-10-14

Archival Collection

Description

The new well of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company was throwing sand. The author believed the problem would correct itself in a few days, but if not, they Company might need to construct a settling pond.

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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) to F. E. Pettit, Jr., August 16, 1924

Date

1924-10-30

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of what measures should be taken to control the flow from the new artesian well near the Las Vegas Springs.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Fred Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), October 14, 1924

Date

1924-11-15

Archival Collection

Description

The temporary expedients they used to bring the new well into production, like the makeshift settling pond, needed to be permanently settled before the state and county health authorities got involved. The office of Mr. Osborne and Engineer McKee is mentioned.

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Letter enclosing report on Las Vegas water supply from Henry Albert (Reno) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) postmarked May 26, 1925

Date

1926-01-21

Archival Collection

Description

Enclosed report entitled Investigation of the water supply of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada. On April 24, 1925, by Dr. Henry Albert, Director State Hygienic Laboratory, and Associate Sanitary Engineer, Isadore W. Mendelsohn, U.S. Public Health Service. Date stamp from the Las Vegas Land and Water Company

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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), March 6, 1929

Date

1929-03-07

Archival Collection

Description

Knickerbocker was asking Bracken to investigate the Winterwood property as the president of the Railroad company was interested in properties that they had not yet managed to acquire.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), March 7, 1929

Date

1929-03-09

Archival Collection

Description

Walter Bracken reporting to Fred Knickerbocker on the water situation on properties recently purchased by T. J. Lawrence.

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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker to A. L. Coey, June 6, 1933

Date

1933-06-06

Archival Collection

Description

After the discovery of a dead man in a swimming hole on Union Pacific property, the removal of the swimming hole was suggested.

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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker(Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 14, 1934

Date

1934-06-14

Archival Collection

Description

Arrangments to pay the security guard contracted to protect the Las Vegas Springs and Reservoir.

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