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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.

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.

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.

Bracken reporting his visit to Buol's well and recommending a report from an engineer before the Las Vegas Land and Water Company purchases any additional land to protect their water rights.

Request to shut off water to the ice plant or the town while passenger trains are being filled, owing to low water pressure causing departure delays.

Bracken reported that the ice plant had no objection to having their water cut off while passenger trains were filled, but cutting off the town would cause serious trouble and should not be done.

Bracken flooded the town with posters warning residents that in order to repair a burst pipeline from the springs to the town, water service, including that for fire protection, would be off for 24 hours.