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Letter from E. E. Bennett to F. H. Knickerbocker, October 20, 1934
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Archival Collection
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Bennett agrees with Knickerbocker and MacNamee that they can do little to prevent Las Vegas citizens from trying to obtain the Las Vegas Land and Water Company through condemnation.
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Letter from E. E. Bennett to F. H. Knickerbocker, June 27, 1936
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Archival Collection
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Discussion of another attempt to get the water metering prohibition repealed in the Nevada state legislature. Bennett recognizes that the law was enacted due to abuses by the Reno Power, Light & Water Company.
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Letter from William Reinhardt to G.F. Ashby, October 11, 1948
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Archival Collection
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Reinhardt recommends that the water company remain non-committal about the creation of a water district in Las Vegas until it is clear how it would affect the interests of the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
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Letter from George Wynecook (Bakersfield, Cal.) to E.G. Tilton (Los Angeles), August 29, 1906
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Archival Collection
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Request regarding the availability of well drilling contracts in Las Vegas.
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Letter from E. G. Tilton (Los Angeles) to George Wynecook (Bakersfield, Cal.), August 31, 1906
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Archival Collection
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E.G. Tilton, Chief Engineer of the The San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, replies that the railroad company has no intention of drilling any wells in Las Vegas because of the abundance of spring water in the area.
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Proposal submitted to the delegates representing the States of California and Nevada in reference to the development of the Colorado River
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Proposal submitted to the delegates representing the States of California and Nevada in reference to the development of the Colorado River
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Las Vegas, Nevada : center and county seat of Clark County, Nevada, gateway of the great Boulder Dam project
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Cover title.
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Views of Boulder Dam and Las Vegas, Nevada
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"N.E. Johnson, photographer and publisher." Booklet consists primarily of photographs of the Colorado River in Black Canyon, prior to the construction of Hoover (Boulder) Dam, and photographs of people and businesses in early 20th-century Las Vegas.
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Letter from William Reinhardt (Los Angeles) to A. E. Stoddard, October 6, 1950
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Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of the new contract between the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the railroad and the new rate the water company will pay for water, which would likely result in a water rate increase for users.
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