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Measurement of wells and springs, June 14, 1935
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Archival Collection
Description
Measurement of the flow from the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. wells and springs on June 14, 1935
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Letter from Hugh A. Shamberger (Carson City) to Las Vegas Land and Water Company (Las Vegas), June 21, 1950
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Archival Collection
Description
List of wells owned by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the amount of water granted to each.
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Violation notice of the water waste city ordinance, 1950
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Archival Collection
Description
Violation notice (front and back) informing violators that if they violated the ordinance again they may be arrested (City Ordinance No. 218)
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Letter from Alfred Merritt Smith (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken and Robert B. Griffith (Las Vegas), May 25, 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
Notice from the state engineer that Robert B. Griffith and the Las Vegas Land and Water Company were both being called to a hearing to discuss their conflicting applications.
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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), May 7, 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
Bennett proposed that they offer to sell water at a wholesale rate to Robert Griffith to resolve the conflicting applications issue.
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Letter from E. E. Calvin (Omaha) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), January 21, 1926
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Directions to have the Las Vegas Ranch contour mapped in order to figure out the most efficient irrigation scheme.
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Letter from Mr. Wood (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken, February 13, 1926
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Archival Collection
Description
Suggestions of a few minor changes that would allow the Las Vegas Ranch to become profitable in a few years time, as it has the essential fundamentals.
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Letter from J. T. McWilliams (Good Springs, Nevada) to J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), February 1, 1903
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Archival Collection
Description
McWilliams' handwritten letter in which he explains that the discrepancy in water measurements of the Las Vegas Creek stem from differences in what the surveyors refer to as a miner's inch. Colonel Moore's reply, mentioned in the letter is referenced below.
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Letter from C. O. Whittemore (Salt Lake City) to William McDermott (Las Vegas), December 5, 1902
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Archival Collection
Description
C. O. Whittemore, General Attorney for the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company recommends that if the Creek runs off the ranch property at any time, that the creek either be diverted or piped.
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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to E. E. Bennett, September 20, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
Contract negotiations for connecting a new subdivision to the water company mains.
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