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Letter from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to Leo A. McNamee, May 29, 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
Robert Griffith had filed a protest to the water company's drilling of well #11, most likely in response to their protest to his well. Strong recommended contacting Griffith's lawyers and offering to drop their objection in return for him dropping his.
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Letter from Alfred Merritt Smith (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken and Robert B. Griffith (Las Vegas), May 25, 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
Notice from the state engineer that Robert B. Griffith and the Las Vegas Land and Water Company were both being called to a hearing to discuss their conflicting applications.
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Letter from A. M. Folger to Walter R. Bracken, May 7, 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of the ramifications of withdrawing the Las Vegas Land and Water Company's protest to the proposed Griffith well.
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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), May 7, 1945
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bennett proposed that they offer to sell water at a wholesale rate to Robert Griffith to resolve the conflicting applications issue.
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Letter from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to E. E. Bennett, May 5, 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
Strong believed that the water company's protest against Griffith's well was ill-conceived and recommended selling water at wholesale rates to Griffith.
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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to Frank Strong, May 4, 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
Bennett believes that the Las Vegas Land and Water Company should withdraw its opposition to the drilling of Robert Griffith's well.
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Newspaper clipping, Water level decline shown, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 15, 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
Newspaper article summarizing a 1945 U.S. Geological Survey report of a sharp water level decline in the Las Vegas artesian basin.
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Telegram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles), Frank Strong (Los Angeles), and Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), March 7, 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
Coded telegram regarding the proposed water metering law before the Nevada State Legislature.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to E. E. Bennett, February 26, 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of a meeting with the chamber of commerce regarding water metering in Las Vegas. The water company asserted that their desire for water meters was solely in the interest of water conservation and not increasing revenues.
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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to Leo A. McNamee, Including a telegram from R. E. Marks, February 21, 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
The Clark County delegation had yet to introduce the bill to permit the metering of water in Las Vegas. Bennett called on McNamee and Bracken to get Las Vegas residents to pressure the delegation to do so. Includes a telegram from R. E. Marks.
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