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Letter from Thomas A. Campbell (Las Vegas) to Resort Hotel Committee (Las Vegas), September 21, 1953

Date

1953-09-21

Archival Collection

Description

Campbell stating that the rumor that the water district will attempt to cap some wells in the Strip area is absolutely false. Furthermore, if the bond passes, the district plans to install a 15 inch line that would reach the Flamingo. Letter has date stamps from E.E.B. and Wm. R. and U.P. R.R. Co. L.A. Law Department. "80-11" is written in red pencil at the top and there are other pencilled notes.

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Letter from C. M. Bates (Los Angeles) to E. E. Bennett, August 19, 1952

Date

1952-08-19

Archival Collection

Description

In the appraisal of lands for sale to the Las Vegas Valley Water District, certain facts were overlooked regarding some tracts; this letter discusses those oversights

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Letter from E. E. Bennett to Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), November 24, 1952

Date

1952-11-24

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of the changes made to the purchase contract draft to protect railroad company water rights.

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Letter from William Reinhardt (Los Angeles) to A. E. Stoddard, October 6, 1950

Date

1950-10-06

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of the new contract between the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the railroad and the new rate the water company will pay for water, which would likely result in a water rate increase for users.

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Meeting minutes, Committee selected to consider question of Railroad Company obtaining water for railroad facilities at Las Vegas, Nevada, by using shop well, March 4, 1952

Date

1952-03-04

Archival Collection

Description

Minutes of a meeting to discuss whether the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Co. had a vested water right in Well No. 1 and the flow that would be required from the shop well to meet the railroad's requirements.

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Stewart, Helen Jane Wiser, 1854-1926

Helen Jane Wiser Stewart was born in 1854 in Springfield, Illinois. When she was nine years old, the family moved to Nevada, and then to Sacramento, California in 1863. Helen was educated in Sacramento and in 1873 she married Archibald Stewart in Stockton, California.

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