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Deed for a parcel of land, Union Pacific Railroad Company to the Las Vegas Valley Water District, UPRR Audit #LS 2311, June 1, 1954

Date

1954-06-01

Archival Collection

Description

Deed of the land sold to the Las Vegas Valley Water District from the Union Pacific Railroad. Notarized by Louis Scholnick in Douglas County, Nebraska on June 3, 1954.

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Bill of Sale, Las Vegas Land and Water Company (Las Vegas, Nev.), Audit No. 5355, June 1, 1954

Date

1954-06-01

Archival Collection

Description

Bill of sale for pipelines and wire lines from the Las Vegas Land and Water Company to the Las Vegas Valley Water District.

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Bill granting to Las Vegas Valley Water District right of way to certain public lands and access to Basic Management, Inc., April, 1954

Date

1954-04

Archival Collection

Description

Legislative bill to grant right-of-way to the Las Vegas Valley Water District to lands between Lake Mead, Henderson, and Las Vegas. It also grants access to Basic Management Inc. to allow for the conveyance and distribution of water.

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Press release from office of Senator Pat McCarran about bills granting rights-of-way for water lines, April 15, 1954

Date

1954-04-15

Archival Collection

Description

Press release from Senator McCarran's office stating that the senator had sent letters to expedite the passing of two bills. One bill would grant Basic Management Inc. rights-of-way for water lines for the Lake Mead - Henderson line. The other bill would grant rights-of-way to the Las Vegas Valley Water District for the diversion line to Las Vegas.

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Senate Bill 3332, 83rd Congress, 2nd Session, April 21, 1954

Date

1954-04-21

Archival Collection

Description

Bill to grant right-of-way to the Las Vegas Valley Water District to lands between Lake Mead and Henderson, and to Basic Management Inc. to allow for the conveyance and distribution of water.

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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to W. R. Rouse, April 26, 1954

Date

1954-04-26

Archival Collection

Description

The Department of the Interior was demanding three million gallons of water a day in return for approval to operate a pipeline from Lake Mead to Basic Management Inc.

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Letter including legal opinion from Franklin T. Hamilton (Los Angeles) to Thomas A. Campbell (Las Vegas), February 24, 1954

Date

1954-02-24

Archival Collection

Description

Mr. Hamilton, as representative of the law offices of O'Melveny & Myers addresses Mr. Campbell, president of the Las Vegas Valley Water District, outlining facts about the Las Vegas Valley Water District, Basic Management Inc., history of land and water rights, and the issuance of bonds.

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Copy of Letter from Pat McCarran (Washington D. C.) to Harry E. Miller (Las Vegas), April 14, 1954

Date

1954-04-14

Archival Collection

Description

Senator McCarran states he will introduce two right-of-way bills and warns the language of the bills may be considered too broad by the Senate committee.

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Letter from Franklin T. Hamilton (Los Angeles) to Thomas A. Campbell (Las Vegas), April 22, 1954

Date

1954-04-22

Archival Collection

Description

Letter addresses pending federal legislation's possible influence on the water district's selling of bonds.

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Newspaper clipping, Vegas urged to resume water ration, Reno Evening Gazette, April 21, 1954

Date

1954-04-21

Archival Collection

Description

The article includes the Las Vegas Valley Water District's proposal to drill two new wells to augment the water supply and the Union Pacific Railroad's request that the Las Vegas city commissioners reinstate water rationing. The piece of paper to which the newspaper clipping is attached has a dated stamp from the law department of the Union Pacific Railroad Company.

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