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Proposed improvements and costs of Las Vegas Valley Water District listed by James M. Montgomery (Pasadena, California), August 19, 1953
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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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History of major floods in Moapa valley and adjacent washes, after 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
List of the major floods in the Moapa Valley with map to show locations of the floods.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) regarding water service for industrial sites, June 4, 1931
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Archival Collection
Description
Since the water company could not meter the water, Bracken would conduct a survey of the new users to try and determine how much water each will require so they could establish rates for them.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Dentner (Las Vegas), March 26, 1923
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Archival Collection
Description
A letter to the Las Vegas mayor and city commissioners explaining that the water company wasn't interested in expanding their water system because of problems they had experienced the previous summer.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to C. C. Barry (Los Angeles), February 7, 1930
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Response for request for information needed to report to the Nevada Public Service Commission regarding electricity used and details of water users and sales in 1929.
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Letter from H. C. Mann (Omaha) to W. M. Jeffers, November,12, 1935
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter from H. C. Mann discussing Walter Bracken's recommendation to drill a new well to guarantee water for irrigation on the Las Vegas Ranch. Bracken's letter is referenced below.
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Letter from A. M. Folger to Howard Mount (Kennewick, Washington), January 21, 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter from Folger to a student who was writing a paper on water in Las Vegas containing a brief overview of the topic.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), July 27, 1939
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken recommended to Strong that the company perform some maintenance work to avoid a lawsuit with the Stewart family.
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Letter from H. C. Nutt (Salt Lake City) to J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), September 16, 1913
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Nutt and Bancroft agreed that it was not necessary to purchase more land to protect the Las Vegas Springs area.
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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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