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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Hulsizer (Omaha, Neb.), July 16, 1940

Date

1940-07-16

Archival Collection

Description

Table showing gallons and percentage of water used by The Las Vegas Land & Water Co. in Las Vegas, and used and sold by the Union Pacific Railroad Co. in 1937, 1938, and 1939.

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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong, November 6, 1947

Date

1947-11-06

Archival Collection

Description

Report of the discussion regarding the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District at a Rotary meeting.

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Newspaper clipping, Las Vegas Valley water withdrawal keeps even, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July, 21 1948

Date

1948-07-21

Archival Collection

Description

Residents of the Las Vegas Valley were withdrawing water at the same rate as was being recharged.

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Newspaper clipping, County approves petition for Water District, Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 30, 1948

Date

1948-08-30

Archival Collection

Description

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 Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), February 6, 1940

Date

1940-02-06

Archival Collection

Description

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

Date

1942-04-01

Archival Collection

Description

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 R. L. Adamson (Los Angeles), March 11, 1935

Date

1935-03-11

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken calling on the Assistant Chief Engineer to do something about the leaking

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), February 15, 1937

Date

1937-02-15

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken informing Knickerbocker that if repairs are not done soon on their pipeline, it would fail catastrophically. If the water master was busy, he requested the authority to hire a local crew to do the repairs.

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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt, September 11, 1950

Date

1950-09-11

Archival Collection

Description

Officer followed up with owners of coolers not equipped with recirculation pumps and issued citations to those still not in compliance.

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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt, July 19, 1950

Date

1950-07-19

Archival Collection

Description

Folger reporting that he attended a meeting on possible revisions to a water restrictions ordinance, and that he spoke in opposition to it being repealed.

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