With the completion of a new well near the springs, the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. was going to use the water from one of the springs for irrigation.
From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Inscription with image reads: "Temporary hospital and the first in Las Vegas erected by the Railroad Company in late 1904, on the site occupied to-day by the Union Plaza Hotel. Tall man to the left is Dr. Halle Hewetson."