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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to E. E. Calvin (Los Angeles), May 15, 1924
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Archival Collection
Description
With the completion of a new well near the springs, the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. was going to use the water from one of the springs for irrigation.
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Telegram from N. A. Williams (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 5, 1924
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The water shortage was causing concern for the railroad because low water levels caused the well to spew sand which was very bad for the trains. A new well was needed to increase supply of water.
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Letter from W. D. Johnston (Los Angeles) to A. Maguire, regarding water supply at Las Vegas, June 12, 1924
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Details some of the struggles the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. was having in an attempt to increase production in the midst of a water shortage.
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Letter from A. S. Halsted (Los Angeles) to Mr. Knickerbocker, June 11, 1924
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The Las Vegas Land and Water Co. had drilled a new well but they had not filed the paperwork to legally appropriate the water.
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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 12, 1924
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Archival Collection
Description
Knickerbocker asks Bracken how much water the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. could use from the new artesian well to make sure they are qualified to appropriate all the water from it.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Comstock (Los Angeles), June 17, 1922
Date
Archival Collection
Description
LVL&WC executives had been called to a meeting with the Utilities Commission about water shortages, and W. H. Comstock was seeing if they could quickly increase capacity before the meeting.
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