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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Benson Wright (Carson City), August 8, 1922
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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
Date
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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Telegram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to E. E. Calvin (Omaha), July 17, 1923
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Las Vegas was experiencing low water pressure because the fruit company was using full head through a direct 8 in. water main. Their cooling tower was installed, but not in service. Bracken wondered if there was a way to compel them to either use the tower or dig a well.
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Telegram from Chas Rodman (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken, T. W. French, E. Pickles, J. E. Norris, J. M. Heaton, and Mr. Fitzgerald, December 10, 1925
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Notice that the water to the city would be off for a few hours to allow workers to make a connection to the stockyards.
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