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Newspaper clipping, Water wrangle solution?, Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 17, 1944
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Archival Collection
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Lorenzi recommending a pipeline from Lake Mead to supply water to Las Vegas to guarantee future development in the Las Vegas Valley.
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Letter from Howard W. Cannon (Las Vegas) to W. H. Johnson (Las Vegas), April 17, 1951
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Archival Collection
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The irrigation practices on the Las Vegas Ranch were being blamed for the mosquito problem in Las Vegas, and the Las Vegas Land and Water Company was being asked to address it.
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Newspaper clipping, Water level decline shown, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 15, 1945
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Archival Collection
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Newspaper article summarizing a 1945 U.S. Geological Survey report of a sharp water level decline in the Las Vegas artesian basin.
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Correspondence from L. A. Barnes (Las Vegas) to W. H. Hulsizer (Omaha), October 12, 1949
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Archival Collection
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Summary notes of a meeting between the Las Vegas Valley Water District and the Las Vegas Land and Water Company regarding the possible sale of water production to the district.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to C. C. Barry (Los Angeles), February 7, 1930
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Archival Collection
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Response for request for information needed to report to the Nevada Public Service Commission regarding electricity used and details of water users and sales in 1929.
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Report on Las Vegas water situation from C. E. Swann (Rock Springs, Wyoming) to George B. Pryde, May 29, 1936
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Archival Collection
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Report on water supply and use in Las Vegas. C. E. Swann, one of the authors of the report was Chief Engineer of the Union Pacific Coal Company. The addressee, Mr. George B. Pryde was Vice President of the Union Pacific Coal Company. The coal company was located in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Document includes water consumption data.
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Letter from H. C. Mann (Omaha) to W. M. Jeffers, November,12, 1935
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Archival Collection
Description
Letter from H. C. Mann discussing Walter Bracken's recommendation to drill a new well to guarantee water for irrigation on the Las Vegas Ranch. Bracken's letter is referenced below.
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Letter from Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas) to E. E. Bennett, October 18, 1934
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Archival Collection
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The city could purchase the water company, but not by condemnation except for cause.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong, October 26, 1945
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Archival Collection
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Bracken stating that water from company wells should not be used for irrigation until metering can be instituted. The formation of a water district at this time was not desirable for the Union Pacific Railroad.
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Report of Las Vegas water during fourteen years, 1957
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Archival Collection
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Overview of fourteen years of water use in the Las Vegas Valley showing water sales and consumption in gallons.
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