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Letter from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to E. E. Bennett, May 5, 1945

Date

1945-05-05

Archival Collection

Description

Strong believed that the water company's protest against Griffith's well was ill-conceived and recommended selling water at wholesale rates to Griffith.

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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to Frank Strong, May 4, 1945

Date

1945-05-04

Archival Collection

Description

Bennett believes that the Las Vegas Land and Water Company should withdraw its opposition to the drilling of Robert Griffith's well.

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Newspaper clipping, Water level decline shown, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 15, 1945

Date

1945-03-15

Archival Collection

Description

Newspaper article summarizing a 1945 U.S. Geological Survey report of a sharp water level decline in the Las Vegas artesian basin.

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Telegram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles), Frank Strong (Los Angeles), and Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), March 7, 1945

Date

1945-03-07

Archival Collection

Description

Coded telegram regarding the proposed water metering law before the Nevada State Legislature.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to E. E. Bennett, February 26, 1945

Date

1945-02-26

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of a meeting with the chamber of commerce regarding water metering in Las Vegas. The water company asserted that their desire for water meters was solely in the interest of water conservation and not increasing revenues.

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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to Leo A. McNamee, Including a telegram from R. E. Marks, February 21, 1945

Date

1945-02-21

Archival Collection

Description

The Clark County delegation had yet to introduce the bill to permit the metering of water in Las Vegas. Bennett called on McNamee and Bracken to get Las Vegas residents to pressure the delegation to do so. Includes a telegram from R. E. Marks.

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