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Charts, Comparative statements per capita water consumption, Las Vegas, 1941-1942
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Archival Collection
Description
Two charts comparing the water consumption in Las Vegas. The handwritten chart documents a ten month period (January-October) in 1941 and 1942. The typewritten chart documents a four month period (January-April) in 1941 and 1942.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Guild comparing water consumption between February 1942 and February 1943, March 1, 1943
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter comparing Las Vegas water usage in February in 1942 and 1943.
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Letter from J. Ross Clark to R. E. Wells, February 16, 1912
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of the necessity of someone patrolling the Las Vegas Springs for security.
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Telegram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Comstock and J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), December 8, 1919
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The pipeline burst two weeks before and had flooded the entire rail yard and storehouse. Bracken asked if it could be fixed the same day.
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Telegram from E. E. Cunningham (Los Angeles) to J. P. Mack (Los Angeles) regarding Moapa water supply, June 25, 1930
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The sale of drinking water to one person does not constitute a precedent.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to R. L. Adamson, August 5, 1936
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken had been trying for months to get the roof over a reservoir at the springs repaired, and now a dead rabbit had been found in the pool.
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Chart, Comparative measurements - water production, Las Vegas Springs, circa 1935
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Flow measurements from the Las Vegas Springs and well in July 1931, July 1934, and June 1935.
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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to E. C. Renwick, June 14, 1950
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter from Folger indicating that the Las Vegas Land and Water Company was not limited on the amount of water they could take from the Las Vegas Springs because that was a vested right of the company
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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to Frank Strong, May 4, 1945
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bennett believes that the Las Vegas Land and Water Company should withdraw its opposition to the drilling of Robert Griffith's well.
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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong, June 18, 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Folger would like Strong to grant permission to allow the City of Las Vegas to relocate a small portion of the Las Vegas Creek.
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