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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to Ray Marks (Reno) regarding Nevada Senate Bill 155, March 9, 1949
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Archival Collection
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Letter from Bennett calling attention to Nevada Senate Bill No. 155. Senate Bill 155 gives the Las Vegas Valley Water District power in levying taxes and issuing bonds in ways contrary to its original act. According to Bennett, it would create an unfair tax burden on the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company and should be defeated. Senate Bill 155 is referenced below.
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Mailgram from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to William Reinhardt, October 20, 1948
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Archival Collection
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Bennett notifying Reinhardt of the results of the election that created the Las Vegas Valley Water District and the names of those elected to serve on the board.
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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to William Reinhardt, September 3, 1948
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Archival Collection
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Las Vegas Mayor E. W. Cragin asked that the Las Vegas Land and Water Company extend pipelines for fire protection down the Strip. Bennett had the opinion that the company could not be legally compelled to do it, and the newly formed water district was a more logical source of water.
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Minutes of Clark County commission meeting, November 1, 1909
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Archival Collection
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Minutes of meeting discussing the granting of a franchise to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company.
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Letter from P. J. Lynch (Omaha) to A. E. Stoddard, March 13, 1952
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Archival Collection
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Lynch brings attention to the issue of the Union Pacific Railroad developing an independent water source. They had a well in the shop yard, but the only vested water right they had was in Well No. 1 near the Las Vegas Springs. The railroad needed a permanent solution.
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Letter from R. L. Adamson (Los Angeles) to William Reinhardt, March 6, 1952
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Archival Collection
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Discussion about transferring the 2.5 CFS granted to the Union Pacific Railroad company from Well No. 1 to the shop well, and increasing the capacity of the well to produce that amount.
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Meeting minutes, Committee selected to consider question of Railroad Company obtaining water for railroad facilities at Las Vegas, Nevada, by using shop well, March 4, 1952
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Archival Collection
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Minutes of a meeting to discuss whether the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Co. had a vested water right in Well No. 1 and the flow that would be required from the shop well to meet the railroad's requirements.
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Letter from William Reinhardt (Los Angeles) to A. E. Stoddard, February 11, 1952
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Archival Collection
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Discussion of the advisability of the railroad developing its own water source if the Water District purchases Las Vegas water production.
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Letter from L. R. Maag (Los Angeles) to William Reinhardt, February 6, 1952
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Archival Collection
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Extended discussion about the Union Pacific Railroad Company's "shop well," including its condition, flow, etc., and recommendations for its future use.
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Letter from E. E. Bennett to Colonel H. F. Clark (Las Vegas), January 4, 1952
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Archival Collection
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The Nevada state engineer recommended the Las Vegas Valley Water District purchase all 1200 acres from the Las Vegas Land and Water Co., but the District only wanted 679 acres.
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