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Letter from Frank Strong (Los Angeles) to Leo A. McNamee, May 29, 1945

Date
1945-05-29
Description

Robert Griffith had filed a protest to the water company's drilling of well #11, most likely in response to their protest to his well. Strong recommended contacting Griffith's lawyers and offering to drop their objection in return for him dropping his.

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Letter from Alfred Merritt Smith (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken and Robert B. Griffith (Las Vegas), May 25, 1945

Date
1945-05-25
Description

Notice from the state engineer that Robert B. Griffith and the Las Vegas Land and Water Company were both being called to a hearing to discuss their conflicting applications.

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Newspaper clipping, Water level decline shown, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 15, 1945

Date
1945-03-15
Description

Newspaper article summarizing a 1945 U.S. Geological Survey report of a sharp water level decline in the Las Vegas artesian basin.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to E. E. Bennett, February 26, 1945

Date
1945-02-26
Description

Discussion of a meeting with the chamber of commerce regarding water metering in Las Vegas. The water company asserted that their desire for water meters was solely in the interest of water conservation and not increasing revenues.

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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to E. E. Bennett, September 20, 1948

Date
1948-09-20
Description

Contract negotiations for connecting a new subdivision to the water company mains.

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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt, August 27, 1948

Date
1948-08-27
Description

Discussion of the request to Mayor Cragin to extend water mains south on the Las Vegas Strip for fire protection.

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Letter from Clifford A. Jones to Al Folger (Las Vegas), May 26, 1948

Date
1948-05-26
Description

The lawyer for the Thunderbird Hotel proposing a plan for running a pipeline between a fireplug belonging to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and that property, on terms apparently favorable to the water company.

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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong, March 31, 1948

Date
1948-03-31
Description

Discussion of the necessity of using pumps to ensure adequate water pressure for a new subdivision.

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Letter from J. G. Scrugham (Carson City) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), June 30 1922

Date
1923-02-04
Description

The present water system of Las Vegas furnished cheap and seemingly satisfactory service, yet in order to bring in new businesses or agriculture, new sources of water would need to be found.

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Letter from Robert E. Jones (Las Vegas) to Las Vegas Land and Water Company (Las Vegas), January 18, 1949

Date
1949-01-18
Description

Las Vegas Valley Water District lawyers broaching the subject of purchasing the Las Vegas Land and Water Company

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