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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. M. Jeffers (Omaha, Neb.), July 28, 1941
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Archival Collection
Description
Comparison of weir measurements between May 28, 1941 and July 26, 1941 at the Las Vegas springs and wells.
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Deed excerpt from Helen J. Stewart and heirs (Las Vegas) to William A. Clark, December 8, 1902
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Archival Collection
Description
Excerpt of agreement between the Stewart family and Clark guaranteeing 4 miner's inches of water for the Stewart burial plot. Original date of deed was December 8. 1902. Excerpt was dated June 16, 1939.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), August 2, 1939
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Archival Collection
Description
Bracken stated that water from reservoir and spring was flowing, but was being absorbed into the ground as it flowed through a bed of tuilleries. In order for water to reach the Stewart burial plot and avoid a lawsuit threatened by Stewart heirs, Bracken recommended that the company dredge the ditch from the Main Street bridge to weir at dam.
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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to Walter Bracken (Las Vegas), December 19, 1939
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter from the Union Pacific Railroad Co. lawyer recommending that the company not provide a settlement with the Stewart family, but to move forward with supplying water.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. A. Shamberger (Carson City), July 7, 1941
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter in which Bracken requests a definition of a miner's inch from the State Engineer's office.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from handwritten text on letter: "Request of Frank Strong"
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Leo A. McNamee, July 8, 1943
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken informs the company lawyer that the Las Vegas Land and Water Company has installed a weir to enable measurement of water currently being delivered to the Las Vegas Ranch, and recommends the removal of all references to all amounts of promised water in the lease.
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Letter including ad for the Las Vegas Review-Journal from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to A. E. Cahlan (Las Vegas), March 25, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Text of a notice to be printed in the Las Vegas Review-Journal announcing a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for damage to the cover to the Big Spring.
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