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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), October 25, 1919

Date

1919-10-25

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken asking Clark how to proceed since a man had offered to buy a small plot of land near the Las Vegas Springs who had promised not to drill a well. Bracken recommended to not allow it.

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Letter from J. G. Scrugham (Carson City) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 30 1922

Date

1923-02-04

Archival Collection

Description

The present water system of Las Vegas furnished cheap and seemingly satisfactory service, yet in order to bring in new businesses or agriculture, new sources of water would need to be found.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. T. Whyte (San Francisco), February 4, 1923

Date

1923-03-13

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken demanding that the fruit company do something about its water waste.

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Letter from E. C. Adams (San Francisco) to Al Folger (Las Vegas), July 15, 1949

Date

1949-07-15

Archival Collection

Description

Letter accompanying a report from the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific for Las Vegas.

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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to E. W. Cragin (Las Vegas), October 18, 1948

Date

1948-10-18

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas Land and Water Company firmly refuses to extend water lines past Las Vegas city limits for fire protection due to insufficient amounts of water in the artesian channel

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Chart showing population, water revenue, and service connections increases, circa January 1943

Date

1943-01

Archival Collection

Description

Comparison of population, water revenue, and service connections for 1941 and 1942

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Letter from J. Ross Clark to R. E. Wells, April 19, 1912

Date

1912-04-19

Archival Collection

Description

Clark suggests that if the horse patrol was to continue, the company should buy their own horse to save money. Additionally, the long time between patrols would still afford many opportunities for a saboteur or striker to damage the water facilities.

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Letter from J. Ross Clark to H. C. Nutt (Los Angeles), August 29, 1913

Date

1913-08-29

Archival Collection

Description

Despite the fact that people were beginning to drill their own wells in the area, it was not worth buying up land to prevent others from drilling while land prices were high.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. R. McNamee (Los Angeles), August 14, 1913

Date

1913-08-14

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken wrote to the company lawyer to find a permanent solution to a yearly problem of gate vandalism at the Stewart burial plot.

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Press release about proposed expenditures from bond issue, Clark County, Nevada, 1953

Date

1953

Archival Collection

Description

News announcement release of the Las Vegas Valley Water District's spending plans for money raised from a $8,700,000 bond issue. The list was compiled by the district consulting engineer, James M. Montgomery and included improvement projects and their estimated cost. A document which detailed the voter registration process for the bond election is referenced below.

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