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Letter from Chief Engineer (Los Angeles) to A. L. Jones (Las Vegas), August 14, 1905
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Archival Collection
Description
Request that if the water supply going to the ice plant was to be turned off for any reason, that the ice plant be given 15 to 20 minutes warning to avoid a possible explosion.
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Letter to W. H. Bancroft and J. Ross Clark, May 18, 1908
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Archival Collection
Description
An inspection of the pipeline showed that in many places, the asphalt was coming off the pipe and there were quite a few leaks. Maintenance would allow it to last perhaps a year longer, but then it would need to be replaced.
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Letter to R. E. Wells, March 19, 1909
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Archival Collection
Description
Letter describing how the pipeline from the Springs should be replaced, and how something needed to be done about the low water pressure experienced by the town when filling trains.
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Letter from J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles) to W. H. Bancroft (Salt Lake City), July 21, 1909
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Clark recommends replacing the sheet metal pipeline with concrete to fix a massive leaking problem.
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Letter from William M. Jeffers (Omaha) to Walter R. Bracken, May 17, 1942
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter from Jeffers calling attention to serious accounting problems with the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and asking for these matters to be investigated and rectified
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. M. Jeffers (Omaha) May 20, 1942
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Archival Collection
Description
Bracken's response to Jeffers who had asked about accounting problems. Las Vegas was undergoing a massive boom, and the urban growth represented the difference in numbers.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. M. Jeffers, May 20, 1942
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Explanation of why Las Vegas Land and Water Company had undercharged users by almost $900 the previous year.
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Chart showing population, water revenue, and service connections increases, circa January 1943
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Archival Collection
Description
Comparison of population, water revenue, and service connections for 1941 and 1942
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Report, Las Vegas water supply recommendations, March 31, 1942
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Report describing the origins of the Las Vegas Land and Water Co., including recommendations that the Union Pacific Railroad keep title to water bearing lands, and that the company not sell out to the city.
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The Virgin River and the Virgin Valley, circa 1945
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Archival Collection
Description
Discussion of changes to the Virgin River bed and irrigation works around Beaver Dam Wash in Arizona and Bunkerville in Nevada.
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