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Telegram from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Comstock and C. F. Miller (Los Angeles), June 11, 1921

Information

Creator
Creator: Bracken, Walter R., 1870-1950, Esq.
Date
1921-11-02
Description

The water situation in Las Vegas was very serious. Water pressure was so low that there was no water in any second story in town.

Digital ID
hln000852
Physical Identifier
Box 13 Folder W23-3-3 LVL&WC (Report of R. G. Greene, Geologist)(re: water situation in LV Valley)
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1th8fn0d
Details
Subject
Water-supply
Waiters
Water levels
Water-pipes--Maintenance and repair
Time Period
1920s (1920 - 1929)
Place
Clark County
Resource Type
Text
Material Type
correspondence
telegrams
Digital Project
The Historic Landscape of Nevada: Development, Water and Natural Environment
Citation

hln000852. Union Pacific Railroad Collection, 1828-1995. MS-00397. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1th8fn0d

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Digital Processing Note
Manual transcription
Language

English

Format
application/pdf

S A L T L A K E R O U T E . Las Vegas,Nevada. June, 11th, 1921. Joint. W. H. Comstock C. F. Miller, Los Angeles,Cal. We positively must have some relief on the water situation at once to avoid trouble here. Heaton advises that at ten o'clock today no one had been over the pipe line. No water in any second story building in town. Walter R. Bracken