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Petition by property owners to create the Las Vegas Valley Water District addressed to the Board of Commissioners, Clark County, Nevada, after 1947
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Archival Collection
Description
Text of the petition circulated to real property owners within Clark County to create the Las Vegas Valley Water District. Also included is a map of the area to be supplied with water, which is marked with the proposed boundaries of seven divisions.
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Letter from William Reinhardt (Los Angeles) to G. F. Ashby, September 8, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
The water company had been requested to extend a pipeline to a new subdivision outside of the Las Vegas city limits for fire protection, but Reinhardt recommended not setting a dangerous precedent.
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Letter from G. F. Ashby (Omaha) to William Reinhardt, September 12, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
Ashby agreed with Reinhardt that extending water lines beyond the city limits, even for fire protection, set a dangerous precedent
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Newspaper clipping, October 19 set for water district vote, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 16, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
Clark County Commission set October 19, 1948 as the date for a vote on the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District
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Letter including map from William Reinhardt (Los Angeles) to G. F. Ashby regarding proposed Las Vegas Valley Water District, September 20, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
Map of the proposed Las Vegas Valley Water District with introductory letter.
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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt, September 27, 1948, and newspaper clipping, From where I sit, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 26, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
In the enclosed editorial sent with correspondence, Cahlan expressed a concern that if the water district were created, they would begin to get their water from Lake Mead, which of necessity would be chlorinated.
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Transcript of meeting regarding the Las Vegas Valley Water District, held under the auspices of Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, October 1, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
Transcript of a meeting to discuss the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District
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Letter from Ernie W. Cragin (Las Vegas) to George F. Ashby (Omaha), October 8, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
Mayor Cragin asking Ashby if Union Pacific had any ideas on how to ensure that after the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District that water previously controlled by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company remain in the boundaries of Las Vegas proper
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Telegram from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt (Los Angeles), October 10, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
The Chamber of Commerce had been trying to push people into voting for the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District, but considerable opposition had been forming. Folger asks for permission to present true facts about the issue to people through radio and the press.
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Personal letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to G. F. Ashby, October 11, 1948
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Archival Collection
Description
Folger contacted Mayor Cragin to see, once the water district was created, if there was any way to ensure that the water from the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. springs and well field was not piped beyond the city limits.
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