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Letter from H. I. Bettis (Los Angeles) to A. S. Halsted, January 9, 1910

Date
1910-01-09
Description

The county received a preferred water rate. At Block 20, they had 12 taps, and rather than install 12 meters, they paid a flat rate. They now wanted to pay for one tap. Bettis was asking if the Las Vegas Land and Water Company could cut out the other taps and meter the remaining one.

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Letter from L. R. Maag (Las Vegas) to Thomas A. Campbell (Las Vegas), June 15, 1953

Date
1953-06-15
Description

Letter asking for agreement by the Las Vegas Valley Water District to allow the Las Vegas Land and Water Company to add to the purchase price of the water system, the construction costs of water mains and fire hydrants to serve Hyde park. The letter refers to a drawing that is referenced below.

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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), May 7, 1945

Date
1945-05-07
Description

Bennett proposed that they offer to sell water at a wholesale rate to Robert Griffith to resolve the conflicting applications issue.

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Newspaper clipping, Water wrangle solution?, Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 17, 1944

Date
1944-11-17
Description

Lorenzi recommending a pipeline from Lake Mead to supply water to Las Vegas to guarantee future development in the Las Vegas Valley.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Guild and Frank Strong, January 7, 1942

Date
1942-01-07
Description

Discussion of the perception that many Las Vegas residents had that the water and power company were trying to prevent growth in the Las Vegas Valley.

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Letter from J. T. McWilliams (Good Springs, Nevada) to J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), February 1, 1903

Date
1903-02-01
Description

McWilliams' handwritten letter in which he explains that the discrepancy in water measurements of the Las Vegas Creek stem from differences in what the surveyors refer to as a miner's inch. Colonel Moore's reply, mentioned in the letter is referenced below.

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Letter from C. W. McKee (Las Vegas) to J. P. Mack (Los Angeles), March 3, 1927

Date
1927-04-22
Description

Measurements of the output of the Las Vegas springs and well. Letter is signed McFee, but that is a typo and should read McKee.

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Memo about supplying water to the Las Vegas Gunnery School, June 19, 1947

Date
1947-06-19
Description

Discussion of the alternatives of supplying water to the Las Vegas Gunnery School (now a part of Nellis Air Force Base).

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Newspaper clipping, October 19 set for water district vote, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 16, 1948

Date
1948-09-16
Description

Clark County Commission set October 19, 1948 as the date for a vote on the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District

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Telegram from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt (Los Angeles), October 10, 1948

Date
1948-10-10
Description

The Chamber of Commerce had been trying to push people into voting for the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District, but considerable opposition had been forming. Folger asks for permission to present true facts about the issue to people through radio and the press.

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