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Purchase offer from Las Vegas Valley Water District to purchase all water production lands and facilities owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and subsidiaries, January 31, 1953

Date

1953-01-31

Archival Collection

Description

Offer from the Las Vegas Valley Water District to Union Pacific Railroad Company, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company, and Las Vegas Land and Water Company, to purchase all water production lands and facilities owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and subsidiaries. The offer was sent to the attention of Mr. William Reinhardt, Vice President.

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Draft of Agreement regarding the sale of Las Vegas water facilities and lands to the Las Vegas Valley Water District, March 16, 1953

Date

1953-03-16

Archival Collection

Description

Describes the sale of water facilities and lands by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company to the Las Vegas Valley Water District

Transcribed Notes: Handwritten notes on page 2

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Grant of easement, Las Vegas Valley Water District, regarding railroad property, circa 1953

Date

1953 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Description

Grant of easement for the Las Vegas Valley Water District across railroad property.

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Revised Draft of Agreement regarding the sale of Las Vegas water facilities and lands to the Las Vegas Valley Water District and deed for nine specific parcels of land to the Las Vegas Valley Water District, May 8, 1953

Date

1953-05-08

Archival Collection

Description

Revised Draft of Agreement and deed between the railroad companies and the Las Vegas Valley Water District for the sale of Las Vegas water facilities and lands

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Letter from L. R. Maag (Las Vegas) to Thomas A. Campbell (Las Vegas), June 15, 1953

Date

1953-06-15

Archival Collection

Description

Letter asking for agreement by the Las Vegas Valley Water District to allow the Las Vegas Land and Water Company to add to the purchase price of the water system, the construction costs of water mains and fire hydrants to serve Hyde park. The letter refers to a drawing that is referenced below.

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Press release about proposed expenditures from bond issue, Clark County, Nevada, 1953

Date

1953

Archival Collection

Description

News announcement release of the Las Vegas Valley Water District's spending plans for money raised from a $8,700,000 bond issue. The list was compiled by the district consulting engineer, James M. Montgomery and included improvement projects and their estimated cost. A document which detailed the voter registration process for the bond election is referenced below.

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Notice of special registration for bond election, Clark County, Nevada, 1953

Date

1953

Archival Collection

Description

Notice of the requirement of special registration by property and corporation land owners in Clark County to vote in the 1953 bond issue for the Water District. A list of registrars and registration places included on second page. The bond issue announcement and an itemized list of proposed expenditures to be paid from the bonds are referenced below.

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Bond issue election announcement by Las Vegas Valley Water District to eligible voters within district (Las Vegas), 1953

Date

1953-08
1953-09

Archival Collection

Description

Notice of special election for bond issue for the Water District including the reasons for the issue. Document includes information election date, amount of bond issue, voter eligibility, registration, purposes of bond issue, revenue, expenses, estimated water rates, financing, water consumption, and Lake Mead supply.

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Proposed improvements and costs of Las Vegas Valley Water District listed by James M. Montgomery (Pasadena, California), August 19, 1953

Date

1953-08-19

Archival Collection

Description

Detailed list by a consulting engineer itemizing costs of proposed improvements by the Las Vegas Valley Water District after the change in ownership of the Las Vegas water facilities.

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Letter from W. W. White (Reno) to Senator Pat A. McCarran (Washington, D.C.), September 22, 1943

Date

1943-09-22

Archival Collection

Description

Letter written by the Director of Nevada's Division of Public Health Engineering to Senator McCarran informing of sewerage problems in Reno and the Nevada statutes regulating metering of water in larger Nevada towns like Las Vegas and Reno.

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