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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt, July 19, 1950

Date

1950-07-19

Archival Collection

Description

Folger reporting that he attended a meeting on possible revisions to a water restrictions ordinance, and that he spoke in opposition to it being repealed.

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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), May 7, 1945

Date

1945-05-07

Archival Collection

Description

Bennett proposed that they offer to sell water at a wholesale rate to Robert Griffith to resolve the conflicting applications issue.

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Letter from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to E. E. Bennett, May 5, 1945

Date

1945-05-05

Archival Collection

Description

Strong believed that the water company's protest against Griffith's well was ill-conceived and recommended selling water at wholesale rates to Griffith.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), May 7, 1931

Date

1931-05-07

Archival Collection

Description

If his proposal to run a pipeline to Industrial Unit No. 1 is approved, Bracken will begin construction immediately.

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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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Press release about proposed expenditures from bond issue, Clark County, Nevada, 1953

Date

1953

Archival Collection

Description

News announcement release of the Las Vegas Valley Water District's spending plans for money raised from a $8,700,000 bond issue. The list was compiled by the district consulting engineer, James M. Montgomery and included improvement projects and their estimated cost. A document which detailed the voter registration process for the bond election is referenced below.

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Comparative statement of water sales: First eleven months of 1935 and 1936

Date

1936-12-10

Archival Collection

Description

Month by month comparison of 1935 and 1936 water usage in Las Vegas.

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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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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 Leo A. McNamee, July 8, 1943

Date

1943-06-08

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken informs the company lawyer that the Las Vegas Land and Water Company has installed a weir to enable measurement of water currently being delivered to the Las Vegas Ranch, and recommends the removal of all references to all amounts of promised water in the lease.

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