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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Will Wittwer (Las Vegas), September 8, 1939

Date

1939-09-08

Archival Collection

Description

Letter informing Wittwer that he was responsible for laying pipe to direct the new water from the new well.

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Work order authority for extensions and additions to existing property, September 6, 1939

Date

1939-09-06

Archival Collection

Description

Engineering department work order detailing work to be done and estimate for new well on the Las Vegas Ranch.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), April 1, 1942

Date

1942-04-01

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken informing McNamee of the solution to the water delivery problem to the Stewart burial plot.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), October 25, 1919

Date

1919-10-25

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken asking Clark how to proceed since a man had offered to buy a small plot of land near the Las Vegas Springs who had promised not to drill a well. Bracken recommended to not allow it.

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Letter from J. G. Scrugham (Carson City) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 30 1922

Date

1923-02-04

Archival Collection

Description

The present water system of Las Vegas furnished cheap and seemingly satisfactory service, yet in order to bring in new businesses or agriculture, new sources of water would need to be found.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. T. Whyte (San Francisco), February 4, 1923

Date

1923-03-13

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken demanding that the fruit company do something about its water waste.

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Letter from E. C. Adams (San Francisco) to Al Folger (Las Vegas), July 15, 1949

Date

1949-07-15

Archival Collection

Description

Letter accompanying a report from the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific for Las Vegas.

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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to E. W. Cragin (Las Vegas), October 18, 1948

Date

1948-10-18

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas Land and Water Company firmly refuses to extend water lines past Las Vegas city limits for fire protection due to insufficient amounts of water in the artesian channel

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Chart showing population, water revenue, and service connections increases, circa January 1943

Date

1943-01

Archival Collection

Description

Comparison of population, water revenue, and service connections for 1941 and 1942

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Letter from J. Ross Clark to R. E. Wells, April 19, 1912

Date

1912-04-19

Archival Collection

Description

Clark suggests that if the horse patrol was to continue, the company should buy their own horse to save money. Additionally, the long time between patrols would still afford many opportunities for a saboteur or striker to damage the water facilities.

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