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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Hulsizer (Omaha, Neb.), July 16, 1940

Date
1940-07-16
Description

Table showing gallons and percentage of water used by The Las Vegas Land & Water Co. in Las Vegas, and used and sold by the Union Pacific Railroad Co. in 1937, 1938, and 1939.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), May 21, 1927

Date
1927-07-29
Description

Discussion of running a pipeline from the small spring to the reservoir supplying water to Las Vegas.

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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas, full view of high school, southwest direction, 1930

Date
1930
Description

Aerial view of Las Vegas in 1930

Transcribed Notes: Notes on back of duplicate photo: Aerial view of Las Vegas w/ new high school on bottom left, c. 1933; Notes on photo sleeve: Aerial view of Las Vegas taken in the winter of 1930 (same day as #0123 002) in clip wing Jenny. Shows railroad and main street - essentially shows the whole city. (Credit: W.A. Davis)

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Letter from R. E. Wells (Los Angeles) to W. H. Bancroft, February 23, 1912

Date
1912-02-23
Description

Wells expressed his opinion that it was not a good time to discontinue having someone patrol the pipeline and springs.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to William M. Jeffers (Omaha, Nebraska), December 17, 1939

Date
1939-12-17
Description

Bracken telling Jeffers that the Stewarts were seeking financial gain from the railroad company, yet something needed be done to supply them with water. He gave three possible solutions. A copy of Stewart heirs' letter is referenced below.

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Letter from Calvin M. Cory (Las Vegas) to Edward C. Renwick, December 20, 1952

Date
1952-12-20
Description

Cory expresses the legal opinion that in an artesian basin, if you have a water right then the point of diversion makes no difference.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken to C. O. Whittemore (Los Angeles), January 17, 1908

Date
1908-01-17
Description

Letter to the president of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company complaining of the railroad pumping oil from a sump into Las Vegas Creek.

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Letter from F. R. McNamee (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 27, 1913

Date
1913-08-27
Description

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.

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Letter from L. R. Maag (Los Angeles) to William Reinhardt, February 6, 1952

Date
1952-02-06
Description

Extended discussion about the Union Pacific Railroad Company's "shop well," including its condition, flow, etc., and recommendations for its future use.

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Letter from W. R. Armstrong (Los Angeles) to A. L. Coey (Salt Lake City), June 4, 1931

Date
1931-06-04
Description

Since the Las Vegas Land and Water Company could not legally use water meters, they needed to remove any installed and refund the deposits for others in the Industrial Unit No. 1. Date stamped from L.A. & S.L. R.R. Co. Office of Industrial Engineer, Los Angeles, Calif.

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