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Letter from Alfred Merritt Smith (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken and Robert B. Griffith (Las Vegas), May 25, 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
Notice from the state engineer that Robert B. Griffith and the Las Vegas Land and Water Company were both being called to a hearing to discuss their conflicting applications.
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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), May 7, 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
Bennett proposed that they offer to sell water at a wholesale rate to Robert Griffith to resolve the conflicting applications issue.
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Letter from E. E. Calvin (Omaha) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), January 21, 1926
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Archival Collection
Description
Directions to have the Las Vegas Ranch contour mapped in order to figure out the most efficient irrigation scheme.
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Letter from Mr. Wood (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken, February 13, 1926
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Archival Collection
Description
Suggestions of a few minor changes that would allow the Las Vegas Ranch to become profitable in a few years time, as it has the essential fundamentals.
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Letter from J. T. McWilliams (Good Springs, Nevada) to J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), February 1, 1903
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Archival Collection
Description
McWilliams' handwritten letter in which he explains that the discrepancy in water measurements of the Las Vegas Creek stem from differences in what the surveyors refer to as a miner's inch. Colonel Moore's reply, mentioned in the letter is referenced below.
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Letter from C. O. Whittemore (Salt Lake City) to William McDermott (Las Vegas), December 5, 1902
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Archival Collection
Description
C. O. Whittemore, General Attorney for the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company recommends that if the Creek runs off the ranch property at any time, that the creek either be diverted or piped.
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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to E. E. Bennett, September 20, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
Contract negotiations for connecting a new subdivision to the water company mains.
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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt, August 27, 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of the request to Mayor Cragin to extend water mains south on the Las Vegas Strip for fire protection.
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Letter from the Las Vegas Land and Water Company (Las Vegas), March 30, 1940
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Archival Collection
Description
Circular letter from the Las Vegas Land and Water Company endorsing City Ordinance No. 247
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Telegram from A. E. Stoddard (Omaha) to E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles), March 17, 1953
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Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of how Las Vegas Land and Water Company ownership of all water production would affect their tax situation and the pros and cons of the railroad being named a public utility.
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