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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. I. Bettis (Los Angeles), January 17, 1908

Date

1908-01-17

Description

Bracken informing the Las Vegas Land and Water Company Vice-President that unless the railroad stopped pumping oil from their sump into the creek, he would terminate his lease on the Las Vegas Ranch.

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Newspaper clipping, Protest emergency water ordinance 247, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 26, 1939

Date

1939-07-26

Description

Lorenzi urging people to protest the passage of City Ordinance No. 247, because it creates the impression to possible future residents that Las Vegas does not have enough water.

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Letter from Harold J. Stocker (Clark County, Nevada) to Harold L. Ickes (Washington, D.C.) February 26, 1940

Date

1940-02-26

Description

Clark County commissioner asking the Secretary of the Interior to use some of the funds from the Arid Lands Fund to create a drinking water system in the Moapa Valley.

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Letter from the Las Vegas Land and Water Company (Las Vegas), March 30, 1940

Date

1940-03-30

Description

Circular letter from the Las Vegas Land and Water Company endorsing City Ordinance No. 247

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken and Al M. Folger (Las Vegas) to Mayor J. L. Russell and City Commissioners (Las Vegas), March 30, 1940

Date

1940-03-30

Description

The Las Vegas Land and Water Company informs the mayor of Las Vegas of their efforts to promote Emergency Ordinance No. 247 and of the improvements they have made to the water system to increase capacity. J. L. Russell was Mayor of Las Vegas at that time.

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Resolution by Board of Commissioners (Las Vegas) to support Harold J. Stocker's letter, circa February 26, 1940

Date

1940-02-26 (approximate)

Description

Resolution to support Harold J. Stocker's letter requesting funds from the Arid Lands Fund for improvement of the domestic water supply for the Moapa Valley. Link to actual letter located in Relations field.

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Petition by citizens of Las Vegas to Board of City Commissioners (Las Vegas) requesting adequate water supply, filed July 7, 1927

Date

1927-07-07

Description

Petition signed by citizens and taxpayers of the city of Las Vegas requesting the Board of City Commissioners of Las Vegas to take action to secure an adequate water supply for the residents of the Original Townsite of Las Vegas. Document lists 29 signatures and is stamped with a filing date of July 7, 1927.

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Letter from Bertha Witmer (Las Vegas) to Mayor J. L. Russell and the City Council (Las Vegas), July 24, 1939

Date

1939-07-24

Description

Letter from a citizen to the Las Vegas City Commission protesting Ordinance No. 247. Left to Right: Asst. Commissioner of Reclamation N. B. Bennett, Jr., Master of Ceremonies; U.S. Senator Alan Bible; Regional Director A.B. West of the Bureau of Reclamation's Region 3. Handwritten text, transcribed by cataloger. Also, J. L. Russell was Mayor of Las Vegas at that time.

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Application for permit to use Las Vegas streets and alleys for water mains and pipe lines, November 1929

Date

1929-11

Description

Original application by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company submitted to the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas for permit to use the city streets and alleys for water mains and pipe lines. Date on cover is November 11, 1929. Signed and dated by F. H. Knickerbocker, vice president of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company on November 23, 1929.

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Letter from F. R. McNamee (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 27, 1913

Date

1913-08-27

Archival Collection

Description

McNamee asking for information regarding the Buol well and discussing the possibility of the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. buying land in the vicinity of the Las Vegas Springs to protect their water rights and prevent litigation.

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