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Extract of minutes of special meeting of board of directors of Las Vegas Land and Water Company, held June 29, 1953
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Archival Collection
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Extract of meeting notes where the water company board approved of its sale to the water district. Document has embossed seal of Las Vegas Land and Water Company at the bottom.
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Letter from L. R. Maag (Los Angeles) to William Reinhardt, June 5, 1952
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Archival Collection
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Letter explaining the proposed relocation of water pipelines and powerlines off railroad land before the sale to the water district to enable future development of land. Reference to map shown below.
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Film transparency showing the Union Pacific Station in Las Vegas, circa 1940s
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Archival Collection
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Los Angeles) to E. E. Calvin (Los Angeles), March 9, 1926
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Archival Collection
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Letter to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company president about the cost of turning the Las Vegas Ranch into a demonstration ranch. The letter makes it very clear that the primary motivation in creating a demonstration ranch is the protection of their water rights.
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Letter from F. R. McNamee to A. S. Halsted, June 3, 1931, regarding extension of franchise, Las Vegas, Land & Water Company to cover Industrial district No. 1
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Archival Collection
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The franchise granted the water company would not need to be extended for them to take over the pipeline to the Industrial Unit No. 1. Letter has a date stamp from the L.A. & S.L. R.R. Co., Office of the Industrial Engineer, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Report, Water facilities at Las Vegas: reproduction costs, May 9, 1951
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Archival Collection
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Value of water production facilities of the railroad and the water company minus depreciation as of December 31, 1950.
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Contract synposis between Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad and Las Vegas Land and Water Company regarding the water supply, March 30, 1929
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Archival Collection
Description
Contract for the railroad to supply water to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company. Contract Audit Number 7322 by Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company
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Photograph of mail carrier train, (Nev.), 1926-1940
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Archival Collection
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), regarding water from well and springs, August 8, 1934.
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Archival Collection
Description
Walter Bracken asking for permission to fill in the swimming pool and use the company drag line to clean out the ditch to the Las Vegas Ranch so overflow could be used by the lesee rather than go to waste.
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Midway Ore Station at Tonopah and Tidewater: photograph
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Archival Collection
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