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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to A. L. Coey (Los Angeles), January 28, 1933
Bracken providing details for a possible agreement to sell water to the Railroad Pass Casino and asking if Coey approves of the deal.
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Letter from R. L. Adamson (Los Angeles) to William Reinhardt, March 6, 1952
Discussion about transferring the 2.5 CFS granted to the Union Pacific Railroad company from Well No. 1 to the shop well, and increasing the capacity of the well to produce that amount.
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Letter from G. T. Wickstrom (Omaha) to E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles), October 9, 1953
The contract between the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the Las Vegas Valley Water District said that all material and equipment used for business would go to the District. Wickstrom is requesting to know what to do with pipe belonging to the Union Pacific Railroad but intended for the Las Vegas Land and Water Co.
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Report: Valuations of water facilities at Las Vegas, May 10, 1951
Value of water production facilities of the railroad the the water company exclusive of land minus depreciation.
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Letter from F. H. Knickerbocker to W. R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 4, 1931
Knickerbocker giving the water company authority to operate the pipeline to Industrial Unit No. 1. Letter has a date stamp from the L.A. & S.L. R.R. Office of Industrial Engineer, Los Angeles, Calif. Also has a W.H. date stamp at the bottom.
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Telegram from Edward C. Renwick (Los Angeles) to G. A. Cunningham (Salt Lake City), April 30, 1959
The Water District advised that they did not have the facilities to supply enough water to Las Vegas and would not object to the Union Pacific Railroad providing water from its shop well.
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Telegram from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 19, 1939
Telegram informing Bracken that Union Pacific Railroad President Jeffers had approved the drilling of a well on the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Letter from H. H. Larson (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 26, 1938
Larson asking Bracken if it was still the policy of the company to not sell water to an institution like the Railroad Pass Casino.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Hulsizer (Omaha), March 24, 1938
Letter from Bracken includes a chart showing water used in 1933-36 by the water company and the railroad.
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Telegram from A. E. Stoddard (Omaha) to William Reinhardt (Los Angeles), October 16, 1952
Question of whether mineral rights to the land should be reserved when Union Pacific sells the water producing lands to the Las Vegas Valley Water District.
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