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Newspaper clipping, Las Vegas Valley water withdrawal keeps even, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July, 21 1948
Residents of the Las Vegas Valley were withdrawing water at the same rate as was being recharged.
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Newspaper clipping, County approves petition for Water District, Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 30, 1948
Article describing how the Clark County Commission approved the petition to create a water district and set up plans for an election on the issue.
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Letter from General Manager (Las Vegas) to Kelly Ann Le Blanc (New Iberia, Louisiana), November 18, 1952
Letter written by the General Manager of Las Vegas Land and Water Company to a student in Louisiana who was writing a report on Las Vegas water supply.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), August 26, 1939
Letter confirming details regarding the drilling of a new well at the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Work order authority for extensions and additions to existing property, September 6, 1939
Engineering department work order detailing work to be done and estimate for new well on the Las Vegas Ranch.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. R. McNamee (Los Angeles), August 14, 1913
Bracken wrote to the company lawyer to find a permanent solution to a yearly problem of gate vandalism at the Stewart burial plot.
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Letter from James M. Montgomery (Pasadena) to Thomas A. Campbell (Las Vegas), March 23, 1954
Mr. Montgomery, a consulting engineer, recommends that Mr. Campbell, president of the Las Vegas Valley Water District, authorizes the Las Vegas Land and Water Company to develop and acquire new water facilities to meet community water supply needs.
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Letter from Franklin T. Hamilton (Los Angeles) to Thomas A. Campbell (Las Vegas), October 21, 1955
Discussion of the courts holding the water district to the Anti-metering law.
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Letter from A. M. Folger to L. A. Barnes (Omaha), October 19, 1949
Letter from Folger comparing Lake Mead recharge rate estimate to water usage in the Las Vegas Valley. State Engineer compiled data showing that residents were using far more water than the recharge rate. The water company was only responsible for 11 of the 400 wells in the valley.
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Letter from W. H. Johnson (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt (Los Angeles), December 17, 1951
Letter discussing the leasing of water and how all involved parties were optimistic about the deal.
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