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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Dentner (Las Vegas), March 26, 1923
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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
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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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Handbill announcing water outage, Las Vegas, December 11, 1925
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Notice that the water would be shut off on 11 December 1925 from 7 to 10 a.m.
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Letter from C. W. McKee (Las Vegas) to J. P. Mack (Los Angeles), March 3, 1927
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Measurements of the output of the Las Vegas springs and well. Letter is signed McFee, but that is a typo and should read McKee.
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Agreement for the delivery of water and power to be sold in Las Vegas, March 22, 1921
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Agreement for the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company to deliver water and power for the Las Vegas Land and Water Company to sell in Las Vegas.
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Letter from F. R. Adamson (Los Angeles) to F. H. Knickerbocker, April 22, 1927
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A suggestion that although the renewal of the agreement between the Railroad and the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. was unimportant, since both were wholly owned by the Union Pacific, they should take the opportunity to use meters to figure out how much water the water company was using.
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Letter from C. W. McKee (Las Vegas) to J. P. Mack (Los Angeles), May 12, 1927
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Detailed measurements of the Las Vegas Springs and Well.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), May 21, 1927
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of running a pipeline from the small spring to the reservoir supplying water to Las Vegas.
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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 10, 1927
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter from the Railroad stating that water meters were necessary to determine what a fair rate would be when the contract between the Railroad and the water company was re-negotiated.
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