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Handbill announcing water outage, Las Vegas, December 11, 1925

Date

1926-02-13

Archival Collection

Description

Notice that the water would be shut off on 11 December 1925 from 7 to 10 a.m.

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Letter from C. W. McKee (Las Vegas) to J. P. Mack (Los Angeles), March 3, 1927

Date

1927-04-22

Archival Collection

Description

Measurements of the output of the Las Vegas springs and well. Letter is signed McFee, but that is a typo and should read McKee.

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Agreement for the delivery of water and power to be sold in Las Vegas, March 22, 1921

Date

1921-06-21

Archival Collection

Description

Agreement for the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company to deliver water and power for the Las Vegas Land and Water Company to sell in Las Vegas.

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Letter from F. R. Adamson (Los Angeles) to F. H. Knickerbocker, April 22, 1927

Date

1927-05-12

Archival Collection

Description

A suggestion that although the renewal of the agreement between the Railroad and the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. was unimportant, since both were wholly owned by the Union Pacific, they should take the opportunity to use meters to figure out how much water the water company was using.

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Letter from C. W. McKee (Las Vegas) to J. P. Mack (Los Angeles), May 12, 1927

Date

1927-06-10

Archival Collection

Description

Detailed measurements of the Las Vegas Springs and Well.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), May 21, 1927

Date

1927-07-29

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of running a pipeline from the small spring to the reservoir supplying water to Las Vegas.

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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 10, 1927

Date

1928-07-25

Archival Collection

Description

Letter from the Railroad stating that water meters were necessary to determine what a fair rate would be when the contract between the Railroad and the water company was re-negotiated.

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Letter from R. L. Adamson (Los Angeles) to F. H. Knickerbocker, July 29, 1927

Date

1928-08-17

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of the steps to be taken at the Las Vegas Springs and well field to increase water production.

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Report, Revenues, expenses and investments on the water system in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 1927

Date

1927-02

Archival Collection

Description

Summary of revenues, expenses, losses, and investment of the water company in Las Vegas comparing the periods January-November 1926 and January 1927

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Letter from R. L. Adamson (Los Angeles) to F. H. Knickerbocker, September 10, 1928

Date

1929-03-06

Archival Collection

Description

Summary of the amount of water used by the railroad, the water company, and for irrigation on the Las Vegas Ranch in 1928 for use in calculating water rates.

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