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Press release about invitation for farmers to submit water use bids, Las Vegas, November 5, 1943

Date

1943-11-05

Archival Collection

Description

Copy of a press release to be printed in the Las Vegas Evening Review Journal. It stated that the Board of City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas was taking bids to use the water from a new disposal plant. Bids were accepted up to and including November 16, 1943. Document has stamp of the Union Pacific Rail Road's law department dated November 20, 1943.

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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt (Los Angeles), October 20, 1948

Date

1948-10-20

Archival Collection

Description

List of the directors elected for each district within the Las Vegas Valley Water District. Earl, Ira J. (Ira Joseph) is son of Earl, Joseph Ira.

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Letter from Calvin M. Cory (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt, January 25, 1949

Date

1949-01-25

Archival Collection

Description

Request for directions on how to proceed with the Las Vegas Valley Water District's proposal to buy the Las Vegas Land and Water Company

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Letter, handwritten notes, and sketches from Division Engineer C. Miller (Los Angeles) to Chief Engineer (Los Angeles), April 25, 1917

Date

1917-04-25

Archival Collection

Description

Details of pipeline maintenance including sketches of the work to be done in Las Vegas

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Letter from Chief Engineer (Los Angeles) to A. L. Jones (Las Vegas), August 14, 1905

Date

1905-08-14

Archival Collection

Description

Request that if the water supply going to the ice plant was to be turned off for any reason, that the ice plant be given 15 to 20 minutes warning to avoid a possible explosion.

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Letter from William M. Jeffers (Omaha) to Walter R. Bracken, May 17, 1942

Date

1942-05-17

Archival Collection

Description

Letter from Jeffers calling attention to serious accounting problems with the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and asking for these matters to be investigated and rectified

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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) to F. E. Pettit, Jr., August 16, 1924

Date

1924-10-30

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of what measures should be taken to control the flow from the new artesian well near the Las Vegas Springs.

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Letter from R. E. Wells (Los Angeles) to W. H. Bancroft, February 23, 1912

Date

1912-02-23

Archival Collection

Description

Wells expressed his opinion that it was not a good time to discontinue having someone patrol the pipeline and springs.

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Letter from H. C. Nutt (Salt Lake City) to J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), September 16, 1913

Date

1913-09-16

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 A. L. Coey (Los Angeles), January 28, 1933

Date

1933-01-28

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken providing details for a possible agreement to sell water to the Railroad Pass Casino and asking if Coey approves of the deal.

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