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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), August 2, 1939
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Archival Collection
Description
Bracken stated that water from reservoir and spring was flowing, but was being absorbed into the ground as it flowed through a bed of tuilleries. In order for water to reach the Stewart burial plot and avoid a lawsuit threatened by Stewart heirs, Bracken recommended that the company dredge the ditch from the Main Street bridge to weir at dam.
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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to Walter Bracken (Las Vegas), December 19, 1939
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Archival Collection
Description
Letter from the Union Pacific Railroad Co. lawyer recommending that the company not provide a settlement with the Stewart family, but to move forward with supplying water.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. A. Shamberger (Carson City), July 7, 1941
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Archival Collection
Description
Letter in which Bracken requests a definition of a miner's inch from the State Engineer's office.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from handwritten text on letter: "Request of Frank Strong"
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Leo A. McNamee, July 8, 1943
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Archival Collection
Description
Bracken informs the company lawyer that the Las Vegas Land and Water Company has installed a weir to enable measurement of water currently being delivered to the Las Vegas Ranch, and recommends the removal of all references to all amounts of promised water in the lease.
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Letter including ad for the Las Vegas Review-Journal from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to A. E. Cahlan (Las Vegas), March 25, 1938
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Archival Collection
Description
Text of a notice to be printed in the Las Vegas Review-Journal announcing a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for damage to the cover to the Big Spring.
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Chart, Comparative statement of water produced at Las Vegas for June and July in years between 1931 and 1938, June 9, 1938
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Archival Collection
Description
Water production from five months between 1931 and 1938
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Memo about weir water measurements from Las Vegas springs and wells, May 18, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A delegation from the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and local and state agencies was present to take weir water measurements from Las Vegas springs and wells.
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Letter from Major Robert Montana (San Francisco) to A. T. Folger (Las Vegas), August 11, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
The commander general of the U. S. Sixth Army requesting a map of Las Vegas showing potable water facilities.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Guild comparing water consumption for September 1941 and September 1942, October 8, 1942
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter comparing Las Vegas water usage in September 1941 and 1942.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Guild comparing water consumption for November 1941 and 1942, December 2, 1942
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Archival Collection
Description
Letter comparing Las Vegas water usage in November in 1941 and 1942.
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