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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. M. Jeffers (Omaha) May 20, 1942
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Archival Collection
Description
Bracken's response to Jeffers who had asked about accounting problems. Las Vegas was undergoing a massive boom, and the urban growth represented the difference in numbers.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. M. Jeffers, May 20, 1942
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Explanation of why Las Vegas Land and Water Company had undercharged users by almost $900 the previous year.
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Chart showing population, water revenue, and service connections increases, circa January 1943
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Comparison of population, water revenue, and service connections for 1941 and 1942
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Report, Las Vegas water supply recommendations, March 31, 1942
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Report describing the origins of the Las Vegas Land and Water Co., including recommendations that the Union Pacific Railroad keep title to water bearing lands, and that the company not sell out to the city.
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Letter from W. H. Hulsizer (Omaha) to G. F. Ashby (Omaha), May 7, 1942
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Hulsizer enumerated the many financial and political reasons that the water producing lands controlled by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company should be sold to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company.
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Charts, Comparative statements per capita water consumption, Las Vegas, 1941-1942
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Archival Collection
Description
Two charts comparing the water consumption in Las Vegas. The handwritten chart documents a ten month period (January-October) in 1941 and 1942. The typewritten chart documents a four month period (January-April) in 1941 and 1942.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Guild comparing water consumption between July 1941 and 1942, August 3, 1942
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter indicating that July 1942 was the highest water consumption month in Las Vegas history. Stapled to a comparative statement of per capita water usage.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Guild comparing water consumption for August 1941 and 1942, September 1, 1942
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter comparing Las Vegas water usage in August in 1941 and 1942.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Guild comparing water consumption for September 1941 and September 1942, October 8, 1942
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter comparing Las Vegas water usage in September 1941 and 1942.
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Letter from W. H. Guild (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), October 14, 1942
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Guild expressed confusion for the very high usage compared to the year before, and posited that the previous year's readings were false.
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