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Photograph of Walter Bracken sitting at a desk in an office, May 1908
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Walter R. Bracken sitting at a roll-top desk in an office, probably inside the Las Vegas Post Office. Bracken served as Las Vegas' postmaster from 1904-1914. The calendar on the wall is for May 1908.
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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker to E .E. Bennett, October 14, 1934
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Archival Collection
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Knickerbocker wanted to know how to proceed if Las Vegas citizens made an attempt to acquire the Las Vegas Land and Water Company through condemnation.
Transcribed Notes: Handwritten at bottom of page: Please check Nevada laws & Pub. Uti ? advise whether a municipality can acquire the property a Pub Utility by condemnation & ?
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Letter from E. E. Bennett to F. H. Knickerbocker, October 20, 1934
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Archival Collection
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Bennett agrees with Knickerbocker and MacNamee that they can do little to prevent Las Vegas citizens from trying to obtain the Las Vegas Land and Water Company through condemnation.
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Letter from E. E. Bennett to F. H. Knickerbocker, June 27, 1936
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Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of another attempt to get the water metering prohibition repealed in the Nevada state legislature. Bennett recognizes that the law was enacted due to abuses by the Reno Power, Light & Water Company.
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Letter from William Reinhardt to G.F. Ashby, October 11, 1948
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Archival Collection
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Reinhardt recommends that the water company remain non-committal about the creation of a water district in Las Vegas until it is clear how it would affect the interests of the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
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Letter from George Wynecook (Bakersfield, Cal.) to E.G. Tilton (Los Angeles), August 29, 1906
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Archival Collection
Description
Request regarding the availability of well drilling contracts in Las Vegas.
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