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Telegram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Comstock and C. F. Miller (Los Angeles), June 11, 1921
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Archival Collection
Description
The water situation in Las Vegas was very serious. Water pressure was so low that there was no water in any second story in town.
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Letter from J. G. Scrugham (Carson City) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 30 1922
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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 Benson Wright (Carson City), August 8, 1922
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Strikes were making it impossible for the water company to expand their sources of water.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. T. Whyte (San Francisco), February 4, 1923
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken demanding that the fruit company do something about its water waste.
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Letter from H. T. Whyte (San Francisco) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), February 7, 1923
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The fruit company was planning on installing a water cooling tower which would reduce their water use from 500 to 50 gallons per minute.
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Letter from W. H. Dentner (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), March 20, 1923
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Archival Collection
Description
The mayor pro. tem. of Las Vegas requesting to hear what plans, if any, the water company had to increase supply to meet the needs of the expanding city.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Dentner (Las Vegas), March 26, 1923
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A letter to the Las Vegas mayor and city commissioners explaining that the water company wasn't interested in expanding their water system because of problems they had experienced the previous summer.
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