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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker to A. L. Coey, June 6, 1933

Date

1933-06-06

Archival Collection

Description

After the discovery of a dead man in a swimming hole on Union Pacific property, the removal of the swimming hole was suggested.

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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker(Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 14, 1934

Date

1934-06-14

Archival Collection

Description

Arrangments to pay the security guard contracted to protect the Las Vegas Springs and Reservoir.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), regarding water from well and springs, August 8, 1934.

Date

1934-08-08

Archival Collection

Description

Walter Bracken asking for permission to fill in the swimming pool and use the company drag line to clean out the ditch to the Las Vegas Ranch so overflow could be used by the lesee rather than go to waste.

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Report on total measurements of all water available in Las Vegas, 1934

Date

1934

Archival Collection

Description

Report showing the decreased amount of water available from the Las Vegas Springs from 1931 to 1934. R-11 written in red at head of report.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to R. L. Adamson (Los Angeles), March 11, 1935

Date

1935-03-11

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken calling on the Assistant Chief Engineer to do something about the leaking

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to R. L. Adamson (Los Angeles), June 2, 1936

Date

1936-06-02

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken requesting six oversized ''no trespassing'' signs for posting around the Las Vegas Springs and wells.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), February 15, 1937

Date

1937-02-15

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken informing Knickerbocker that if repairs are not done soon on their pipeline, it would fail catastrophically. If the water master was busy, he requested the authority to hire a local crew to do the repairs.

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Telegram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to J. P. Mack (Los Angeles), March 11, 1939

Date

1939-03-11

Archival Collection

Description

Walter Bracken urging the Union Pacific Railroad Company that serious maintenance needs to be made to a wooden pipeline which was leaking badly in numerous places with summer quickly approaching.

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Telegram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to J. P. Mack (Los Angeles), June 10, 1939

Date

1939-06-10

Archival Collection

Description

Walter Bracken urging the Union Pacific Railroad to pay serious attention to maintaining a wooden pipeline, which was leaking badly in numerous places in summer. The reservoir level was at seven feet and falling.

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Telegram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. H. Larson and J. P. Mack (Los Angeles), June 11, 1939

Date

1939-06-11

Archival Collection

Description

Since the Union Pacific maintenance crew had not fixed the leaks in the pipeline, and the level in the reservoir was five feet and falling, Bracken had dispatched men to repair the pipeline.

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