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Las Vegas water supply in 1936, circa 1937
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Archival Collection
Description
Report of the output of the Las Vegas Springs and well, and Las Vegas water consumption for 1936.
Transcribed Notes: handwritten corrections in pencil
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Notice of special registration for bond election, Clark County, Nevada, 1953
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Notice of the requirement of special registration by property and corporation land owners in Clark County to vote in the 1953 bond issue for the Water District. A list of registrars and registration places included on second page. The bond issue announcement and an itemized list of proposed expenditures to be paid from the bonds are referenced below.
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Letter from W. W. White (Reno) to Senator Pat A. McCarran (Washington, D.C.), September 22, 1943
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Archival Collection
Description
Letter written by the Director of Nevada's Division of Public Health Engineering to Senator McCarran informing of sewerage problems in Reno and the Nevada statutes regulating metering of water in larger Nevada towns like Las Vegas and Reno.
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Newspaper clipping, Nevada lawmakers study bills to curb operations of agency, Wall Street Journal, March 8, 1957
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Archival Collection
Description
The state legislature was holding hearings on a bill that would replace restrictions on the water district that would endanger their outstanding bond issue.
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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
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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Copy of Letter from Pat McCarran (Washington D. C.) to Harry E. Miller (Las Vegas), April 14, 1954
Date
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 Thomas A. Campbell (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt (Los Angeles), April 7, 1954
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Archival Collection
Description
Campbell outlines the need to increase the Las Vegas water supply before summer. He refers to a forthcoming report by J. M. Montgomery, district engineer. Time constraints require an increase in water pumped rather than an increase in reservoir capacity.
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Letter from Robert J. Moore to Pat McCarran (Washington D. C.), March 18, 1954
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter summarizing the issues surrounding the Las Vegas Valley Water District trying to obtain passage of a bill allowing them right-of-way across federal land.
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Letter from Thomas A. Campbell (Las Vegas) to Resort Hotel Committee (Las Vegas), September 21, 1953
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Campbell stating that the rumor that the water district will attempt to cap some wells in the Strip area is absolutely false. Furthermore, if the bond passes, the district plans to install a 15 inch line that would reach the Flamingo. Letter has date stamps from E.E.B. and Wm. R. and U.P. R.R. Co. L.A. Law Department. "80-11" is written in red pencil at the top and there are other pencilled notes.
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Letter from Hugh A. Shamberger (Carson City) to Colonel H. F. Clark (Las Vegas), December 11, 1951
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Shamberger advised the Water District to purchase the lands surrounding the Las Vegas Springs as well as other springs and wells in the area to protect its water sources in the future.
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