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Newspaper clipping, County approves petition for Water District, Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 30, 1948
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Archival Collection
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Article describing how the Clark County Commission approved the petition to create a water district and set up plans for an election on the issue.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Will Wittwer (Las Vegas), September 8, 1939
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Archival Collection
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Letter informing Wittwer that he was responsible for laying pipe to direct the new water from the new well.
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Work order authority for extensions and additions to existing property, September 6, 1939
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Archival Collection
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Engineering department work order detailing work to be done and estimate for new well on the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), February 6, 1940
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Archival Collection
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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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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), April 1, 1942
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Archival Collection
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Bracken informing McNamee of the solution to the water delivery problem to the Stewart burial plot.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), October 25, 1919
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Archival Collection
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Bracken asking Clark how to proceed since a man had offered to buy a small plot of land near the Las Vegas Springs who had promised not to drill a well. Bracken recommended to not allow it.
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Letter from J. G. Scrugham (Carson City) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 30 1922
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Archival Collection
Description
The present water system of Las Vegas furnished cheap and seemingly satisfactory service, yet in order to bring in new businesses or agriculture, new sources of water would need to be found.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Benson Wright (Carson City), August 8, 1922
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Archival Collection
Description
Strikes were making it impossible for the water company to expand their sources of water.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. T. Whyte (San Francisco), February 4, 1923
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Archival Collection
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Bracken demanding that the fruit company do something about its water waste.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), April 26, 1933
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Archival Collection
Description
Recommendation to place additional bands on the pipeline since loose bands and certain repairs cause leaking in new locations.
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