Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal
Search Results
Photograph of various railroad depots, circa 1908
Image
Extract of minutes of special meeting of board of directors of Las Vegas Land and Water Company, held June 29, 1953
Extract of meeting notes where the water company board approved of its sale to the water district. Document has embossed seal of Las Vegas Land and Water Company at the bottom.
Text
Letter from William Reinhardt (Los Angeles) to A. E. Stoddard, October 6, 1950
Discussion of the new contract between the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the railroad and the new rate the water company will pay for water, which would likely result in a water rate increase for users.
Text
Letter from L. R. Maag (Los Angeles) to William Reinhardt, June 5, 1952
Letter explaining the proposed relocation of water pipelines and powerlines off railroad land before the sale to the water district to enable future development of land. Reference to map shown below.
Text
Letter from F. R. McNamee to A. S. Halsted, June 3, 1931, regarding extension of franchise, Las Vegas, Land & Water Company to cover Industrial district No. 1
The franchise granted the water company would not need to be extended for them to take over the pipeline to the Industrial Unit No. 1. Letter has a date stamp from the L.A. & S.L. R.R. Co., Office of the Industrial Engineer, Los Angeles, Calif.
Text
Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Los Angeles) to E. E. Calvin (Los Angeles), March 9, 1926
Letter to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company president about the cost of turning the Las Vegas Ranch into a demonstration ranch. The letter makes it very clear that the primary motivation in creating a demonstration ranch is the protection of their water rights.
Text
Report, Water facilities at Las Vegas: reproduction costs, May 9, 1951
Value of water production facilities of the railroad and the water company minus depreciation as of December 31, 1950.
Text
Film transparency showing the Union Pacific Station in Las Vegas, circa 1940s
Image
Contract synposis between Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad and Las Vegas Land and Water Company regarding the water supply, March 30, 1929
Contract for the railroad to supply water to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company. Contract Audit Number 7322 by Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company
Text
Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), regarding water from well and springs, August 8, 1934.
Walter Bracken asking for permission to fill in the swimming pool and use the company drag line to clean out the ditch to the Las Vegas Ranch so overflow could be used by the lesee rather than go to waste.
Text