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