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Letter from Howard W. Cannon (Las Vegas) to Nevada Public Service Commission (Carson City), August 10, 1950
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Archival Collection
Description
The Las Vegas City Commission instructed the city attorney to demand that the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. proceed immediately to augment the present water supply.
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Public service announcement by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company about avoiding water waste, KRAM Radio, 1950
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Archival Collection
Description
Transcript of a radio public service announcement reminding people to turn off their sprinklers at midnight and leave them off until 5 am or risk a citation from the police.
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Newspaper clipping, Water waste is prohibited by law, April 28, 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
Newspaper clipping from unknown source reminding readers of the city ordinance forbidding the waste of water.
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Letter from D. F. Wengert (Los Angeles) to W. C. Perkins, April 5, 1950
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter indicating that the State Engineer may soon require the metering of the wells and springs in Las Vegas.
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Telegram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles), Frank Strong (Los Angeles), and Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), March 7, 1945
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Coded telegram regarding the proposed water metering law before the Nevada State Legislature.
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Memo from Walter R. Bracken to E. E. Bennett about Lake Mead and Basic Magnesium, Inc., November 18, 1944
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken recommending that if Las Vegas was successful in getting water from Lake Mead through Basic Magnesium Incorporated that the artesian water be used for domestic purposes exclusively and the other for irrigation.
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Chart of Las Vegas water consumption in 1940, circa 1941
Date
Archival Collection
Description
1940 Las Vegas water consumption by month.
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Chart of Las Vegas water consumption in 1941, circa 1942
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Archival Collection
Description
1941 Las Vegas water consumption by month.
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Letter from [A. M. Folger] to Hugh A. Shamberger (Carson City), August 23, 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Request to the state engineer to expedite their permit to drill a well since the period for people to object had expired.
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Estimate of cost to extend water main to Govt. Lot 1, Section 2, East Charleston Blvd., August 18, 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Details of materials and prices needed to extend the water main to a new subdivision.
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