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In the matter of discontinuance of water service to Wardie Addition by the South Nevada Land and Development Company, November 1, 1932
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Notice of a hearing about the legal ramifications to cutting off the water for Wardie Addition.
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Letter from George O. Treem (Las Vegas) to A. M. Folger (Las Vegas), November 29, 1949
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Treem, the City of Las Vegas Manager, requesting to borrow six water meters to check usage throughout the city.
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Telegram from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to George F. Ashby (Omaha) and William Reinhardt (Los Angeles), October 20, 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Telegram to railroad officials informing them of the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District.
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Letter from A. M. Folger to L. A. Barnes (Omaha), October 19, 1949
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter from Folger comparing Lake Mead recharge rate estimate to water usage in the Las Vegas Valley. State Engineer compiled data showing that residents were using far more water than the recharge rate. The water company was only responsible for 11 of the 400 wells in the valley.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to E. E. Calvin (Omaha), November 2, 1921
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Details about a new well on Union Pacific Railroad property.
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Telegram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Comstock and C. F. Miller (Los Angeles), June 16, 1922
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of installing a small pump to keep up sufficient pressure in the system
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Telegram from A. Maguire (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 19, 1924
Date
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 Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 14, 1934
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Arrangments to pay the security guard contracted to protect the Las Vegas Springs and Reservoir.
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Telegram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. H. Larson and J. P. Mack (Los Angeles), June 11, 1939
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Since the Union Pacific maintenance crew had not fixed the leaks in the pipeline, and the level in the reservoir was five feet and falling, Bracken had dispatched men to repair the pipeline.
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Charts, Comparative statements per capita water consumption, Las Vegas, 1941-1942
Date
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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