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Letter from J. M. Murphy (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), February 18, 1948

Date

1948-02-18

Archival Collection

Description

The Las Vegas City Manager informs Union Pacific Railroad that it would no longer be providing the one million gallons of effluent to the Las Vegas Ranch for use in irrigation.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), May 21, 1927

Date

1927-07-29

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of running a pipeline from the small spring to the reservoir supplying water to Las Vegas.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to William M. Jeffers (Omaha, Nebraska), December 17, 1939

Date

1939-12-17

Archival Collection

Description

Bracken telling Jeffers that the Stewarts were seeking financial gain from the railroad company, yet something needed be done to supply them with water. He gave three possible solutions. A copy of Stewart heirs' letter is referenced below.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Hulsizer (Omaha, Neb.), July 16, 1940

Date

1940-07-16

Archival Collection

Description

Table showing gallons and percentage of water used by The Las Vegas Land & Water Co. in Las Vegas, and used and sold by the Union Pacific Railroad Co. in 1937, 1938, and 1939.

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Letter from General Counsel (Las Vegas) to H. I. Bettis regarding Las Vegas water system maintenance, Dec. 11, 1906

Date

1906-12-11

Archival Collection

Description

General Counsel recommends an examination of the water rights and water properties embraced in the mortgage, and an examination of the title deeds before the railroad company makes any real estate decisions.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to C. O. Whittemore (Los Angeles), January 17, 1908

Date

1908-01-17

Description

Letter to the president of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company complaining of the railroad pumping oil from a sump into Las Vegas Creek.

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Letter from Calvin M. Cory (Las Vegas) to Edward C. Renwick, December 20, 1952

Date

1952-12-20

Archival Collection

Description

Cory expresses the legal opinion that in an artesian basin, if you have a water right then the point of diversion makes no difference.

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Letter from W. R. Armstrong (Los Angeles) to A. L. Coey (Salt Lake City), June 4, 1931

Date

1931-06-04

Archival Collection

Description

Since the Las Vegas Land and Water Company could not legally use water meters, they needed to remove any installed and refund the deposits for others in the Industrial Unit No. 1. Date stamped from L.A. & S.L. R.R. Co. Office of Industrial Engineer, Los Angeles, Calif.

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Report on the water supply in Las Vegas, March 25, 1942

Date

1942-03-25

Archival Collection

Description

Brief history of water in Las Vegas and overview of the water situation

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Letter from E. E. Bennett to Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), November 24, 1952

Date

1952-11-24

Archival Collection

Description

Discussion of the changes made to the purchase contract draft to protect railroad company water rights.

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