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Chart showing water consumption by month in Las Vegas in 1938, circa 1939
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Archival Collection
Description
1938 Las Vegas water consumption by month showing a daily average per month.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten numbers on the sheet
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Letter from Las Vegas Land and Water Company (Las Vegas) to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bernard (Santa Monica, California), November 18, 1952
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Archival Collection
Description
Detailed charges of the Bernard's water service at two locations.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), June 20, 1939
Date
Archival Collection
Description
On a report that the railroad was not fulfilling its duty to supply water to the Stewart burial plot, Bracken and others visited the site and reported on their findings. An excerpt from the original Stewart deed is referenced below.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten note at bottom of letter: "Mrs. Mina Stewart Los Angeles 7/25 talked to M & J. No water on burial plot although reservoir overflowed. 7/25."
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Estimate of cost for drilling well at Las Vegas Ranch, August 26, 1939
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Archival Collection
Description
Cost estimate for a new well on the Las Vegas Ranch.
Transcribed Notes: Page is annotated with additional numbers and calculations
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Letter from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), May 30, 1943
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Strong is reluctant to commit the company to a specific amount of water to be delivered to the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Telegram from A. Maguire (Los Angeles) to W. H. Comstock, May 25, 1920
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Archival Collection
Description
The railroad should consider drilling a well inside the shop grounds in case of serious labor troubles.
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Letter from H. T. Whyte (San Francisco) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), February 7, 1923
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The fruit company was planning on installing a water cooling tower which would reduce their water use from 500 to 50 gallons per minute.
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Letter from W. H. Dentner (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), March 20, 1923
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Archival Collection
Description
The mayor pro. tem. of Las Vegas requesting to hear what plans, if any, the water company had to increase supply to meet the needs of the expanding city.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Leonard L. Arnett (Las Vegas), follow-up to letter with same date, June 20, 1935
Date
Archival Collection
Description
In his report of water production and consumption, Bracken forgot to report carload water sales to Boulder City.
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Letter from Haugh (Los Angeles) to F. H. Knickerbocker and A. S. Halsted, May 14, 1932
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The Las Vegas Land and Water Company was not going to buy the water system for the Wardie Addition, but would offer residents an attractive rate to connect to company lines.
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