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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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