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Copy of offer from the Las Vegas Valley Water District to purchase all water production lands, facilities, and rights owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and subsidiaries, August 25, 1952

Date

1952-08-25

Archival Collection

Description

Offer from the Las Vegas Valley Water District to purchase all water production lands and facilities owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and subsidiaries

Transcribed Notes: Handwritten on page 1: including $127600(?) for Hyde Park installation and $40 000 for mis equip

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Notice of special registration for bond election, Clark County, Nevada, 1953

Date

1953

Archival Collection

Description

Notice of the requirement of special registration by property and corporation land owners in Clark County to vote in the 1953 bond issue for the Water District. A list of registrars and registration places included on second page. The bond issue announcement and an itemized list of proposed expenditures to be paid from the bonds are referenced below.

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Comparative statement of meter readings, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1950

Date

1950

Archival Collection

Description

Water meter readings at six locations at many different dates in 1950

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Newspaper clipping, Water report startles, Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 14, 1945

Date

1945-06-14

Archival Collection

Description

Newspaper article about a recently completed report. Author opined that unless something drastic was done soon, water would be the limiting factor on growth in Las Vegas.

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Letter from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to Leo A. McNamee, May 29, 1945

Date

1945-05-29

Archival Collection

Description

Robert Griffith had filed a protest to the water company's drilling of well #11, most likely in response to their protest to his well. Strong recommended contacting Griffith's lawyers and offering to drop their objection in return for him dropping his.

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Letter from Maxwell Kelch (Las Vegas) to W. H. Guild (Los Angeles), October 18, 1944

Date

1944-10-18

Archival Collection

Description

Invitation from the Chamber of Commerce to attend a meeting to discuss the water situation in Las Vegas. Includes an enclosure listing the topic of a meeting held the day before to discuss the same issue.

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Letter from R. L. Adamson (Los Angeles) to F. H. Knickerbocker, August 16, 1929

Date

1929-08-16

Archival Collection

Description

Summary of the lands purchased from the Stewart family by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company.

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Letter from H. T. Coffey (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken, January 3, 1925

Date

1925-05-26

Archival Collection

Description

Coffey recommends not installing a hydropower water wheel on the Las Vegas Creek, but increasing capacity at the Las Vegas Power plant. The higher initial cost would be beneficial in the long run. "W-2-4-2" in pencil in upper right corner, letter also has numerous pencil corrections.

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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong, May 27, 1948

Date

1948-05-27

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of the issues involved with selling water to properties located outside of the Las Vegas city limits.

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Newspaper clipping, Nevada lawmakers study bills to curb operations of agency, Wall Street Journal, March 8, 1957

Date

1957-03-08

Archival Collection

Description

The state legislature was holding hearings on a bill that would replace restrictions on the water district that would endanger their outstanding bond issue.

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