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Las Vegas Valley Water District Report on water supply, October 1949
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Archival Collection
Description
Detailed 76 page report with charts, tables and calculations on the water situation in the Las Vegas Valley.
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Letter from W. H. Johnson (Las Vegas) to Howard W. Cannon (Las Vegas), May 4, 1951
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Mr. Johnson informing the city attorney that the land causing the mosquito problem was the four acre Stewart burial plot, and referred him to the Stewart heirs.
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Letter from E. E. Bennett to F. H. Knickerbocker, June 27, 1936
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Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of another attempt to get the water metering prohibition repealed in the Nevada state legislature.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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Violation notice of the water waste city ordinance, 1950
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Archival Collection
Description
Violation notice (front and back) informing violators that if they violated the ordinance again they may be arrested (City Ordinance No. 218)
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Report about flood control in Virgin and Moapa Valleys
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Narrative that describes nineteen elements of the flood control program in the Virgin and Moapa Valleys.
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Letter from Roscoe Moss (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 13, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The decrease in flow from Well No. 2 was likely due to the high lime content of the water forming scales over the perforations in the pipe, and Moss recommended enlarging the holes.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles), June 18, 1938
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken requesting that a contract be prepared for work on increasing the flow of Well No. 2.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt (Los Angeles), March 28, 1941
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Table showing meter readings of gallons of water used during a twenty-day period in March 1941. Bracken states the meters are manufactured by Sparling, and suggests they are over-registering.
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Letter from General Manager (Las Vegas) to Kelly Ann Le Blanc (New Iberia, Louisiana), November 18, 1952
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter written by the General Manager of Las Vegas Land and Water Company to a student in Louisiana who was writing a report on Las Vegas water supply.
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Letter from Las Vegas Land and Water Company (Las Vegas) to Mr. Rex N. Moss (Las Vegas), October 23, 1952
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter regarding the installation of new water lines for a new subdivision in Las Vegas.
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