Letter regarding two plans for providing water service to industrial properties along Main Street in Las Vegas. The letter mentions installation of a pipeline along the southern border of the railroad property and the installation of a lateral line by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company within the city limits . Letter was accompanied by two maps referenced below,
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Discussion of transferring the pipeline to the Industrial Unit No. 1 from railroad books to that of the water company. Date stamped L.A. & S.L. R.R. Office of Industrial Engineer, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Month by month comparison of 1935 and 1936 water usage in Las Vegas.
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Letter referring to water received by the Stewart family from the Union Pacific Railroad.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from handwritten text on letter: "May 1st, 1940 - Placed dam in ditch to divert all water to Burial Plot; May 27 - 2 1/2'' on weir, 8'' around weir. At Steward fence, water 3'' deep, 10'' wide."
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Bracken informing McNamee of the solution to the water delivery problem to the Stewart burial plot.
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Bracken informs the company lawyer that the Las Vegas Land and Water Company has installed a weir to enable measurement of water currently being delivered to the Las Vegas Ranch, and recommends the removal of all references to all amounts of promised water in the lease.
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Mr. Johnson informing the city attorney that the land causing the mosquito problem was the four acre Stewart burial plot, and referred him to the Stewart heirs.
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Excerpt of agreement between the Stewart family and Clark guaranteeing 4 miner's inches of water for the Stewart burial plot. Original date of deed was December 8. 1902. Excerpt was dated June 16, 1939.
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Bracken stated that water from reservoir and spring was flowing, but was being absorbed into the ground as it flowed through a bed of tuilleries. In order for water to reach the Stewart burial plot and avoid a lawsuit threatened by Stewart heirs, Bracken recommended that the company dredge the ditch from the Main Street bridge to weir at dam.
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The Water District advised that they did not have the facilities to supply enough water to Las Vegas and would not object to the Union Pacific Railroad providing water from its shop well.
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