The pipeline between the springs and the shops had burst. Two weeks had passed and still the water service was not working on it. Bracken requested that it be fixed immediately.

Bracken flooded the town with posters warning residents that in order to repair a burst pipeline from the springs to the town, water service, including that for fire protection, would be off for 24 hours.

The water situation in Las Vegas was very serious. Water pressure was so low that there was no water in any second story in town.

The present water system of Las Vegas furnished cheap and seemingly satisfactory service, yet in order to bring in new businesses or agriculture, new sources of water would need to be found.

Bracken demanding that the fruit company do something about its water waste.

The fruit company was planning on installing a water cooling tower which would reduce their water use from 500 to 50 gallons per minute.

A letter to the Las Vegas mayor and city commissioners explaining that the water company wasn't interested in expanding their water system because of problems they had experienced the previous summer.