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Letter from Robert E. Jones (Las Vegas) to Las Vegas Land and Water Company (Las Vegas), January 18, 1949

Date

1949-01-18

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas Valley Water District lawyers broaching the subject of purchasing the Las Vegas Land and Water Company

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. C. Nutt (Los Angeles), December 31, 1916

Date

1916-12-31

Archival Collection

Description

Letter stating that damage to the pipeline was causing damage at the rail yard, and repair work should be undertaken immediately instead of waiting for scheduled maintenance.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. R. McNamee (Los Angeles), November 20, 1912

Date

1912-11-20

Archival Collection

Description

Workers installing sewer lines disturbed the water mains, which would cause many future problems, and Bracken was asking the company lawyer how to proceed.

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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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Letter from W. W. White (Reno) to Senator Pat A. McCarran (Washington, D.C.), September 22, 1943

Date

1943-09-22

Archival Collection

Description

Letter written by the Director of Nevada's Division of Public Health Engineering to Senator McCarran informing of sewerage problems in Reno and the Nevada statutes regulating metering of water in larger Nevada towns like Las Vegas and Reno.

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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 A. M. Folger to Walter R. Bracken, May 7, 1945

Date

1945-05-07

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of the ramifications of withdrawing the Las Vegas Land and Water Company's protest to the proposed Griffith well.

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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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