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Photograph of an artesian well at Ernie Cragin Home, circa 1946 |
Ernie Cragin shows Walter Bracken his artesian well at his home in Las Vegas. |
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Letter from William Reinhardt to G.F. Ashby, October 11, 1948 |
Reinhardt recommends that the water company remain non-committal about the creation of a water district in Las Vegas until it is clear how it would affect the interests of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. |
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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt, July 19, 1950 |
Folger reporting that he attended a meeting on possible revisions to a water restrictions ordinance, and that he spoke in opposition to it being repealed. |
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Letter from G. F. Ashby (Omaha) to William Reinhardt, September 12, 1948 |
Ashby agreed with Reinhardt that extending water lines beyond the city limits, even for fire protection, set a dangerous precedent |
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Letter from William Reinhardt (Los Angeles) to G. F. Ashby, September 8, 1948 |
The water company had been requested to extend a pipeline to a new subdivision outside of the Las Vegas city limits for fire protection, but Reinhardt recommended not setting a dangerous precedent. |
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Personal letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to G. F. Ashby, October 11, 1948 |
Folger contacted Mayor Cragin to see, once the water district was created, if there was any way to ensure that the water from the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. springs and well field was not piped beyond the city... |
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Letter from Ernie W. Cragin (Las Vegas) to George F. Ashby (Omaha), October 8, 1948 |
Mayor Cragin asking Ashby if Union Pacific had any ideas on how to ensure that after the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District that water previously controlled by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company remain in the... |
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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt, August 27, 1948 |
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 E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to William Reinhardt, September 3, 1948 |
Las Vegas Mayor E. W. Cragin asked that the Las Vegas Land and Water Company extend pipelines for fire protection down the Strip. Bennett had the opinion that the company could not be legally compelled to do it, and... |
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Letter from T. E. Fennessy (Las Vegas) to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company,... |
Letter written by the Las Vegas City Manager, announcing a meeting on June 14, 1946 to discuss the water situation in the Las Vegas Valley. The letterhead includes a green colored engraving of an artesian well and an irrigation headgate.... |
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Letter from Alfred Merritt Smith (Carson City) to Ernest Cragin (Las Vegas), May 6, 1946 |
Letter written by the Nevada state engineer to the mayor of Las Vegas regarding the water use from the Las Vegas Aquifer, which was roughly equal to the recharge rate. The state engineer recommended that a group of property... |
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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to E. W. Cragin (Las Vegas), October 18,... |
Las Vegas Land and Water Company firmly refuses to extend water lines past Las Vegas city limits for fire protection due to insufficient amounts of water in the artesian channel |
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Las Vegas Land and Water Company report, July 23, 1949 |
Summary of latest water crisis with the recommendations of Commissioner Williams to correct it. |
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Letter from E. W. Cragin (Las Vegas) to A. M. Folger (Las Vegas), August 24,... |
Request from Las Vegas Mayor Cragin to extend company water mains down the Las Vegas Strip solely for fire protection. |