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Photograph of flooding on road in Vegas Heights, Nevada, 1964
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Archival Collection
Description
Flooding at Revere and Hart Streets in the newly annexed Vegas Heights. There is residue on top border of photo.
Transcribed Notes: Notes on attached sheet: Vegas Heights (1964) - Revere & Hart Streets. Newly annexed part of Las Vegas - no sewers or proper drainage.
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Violation notice of the water waste city ordinance, 1950
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Violation notice (front and back) informing violators that if they violated the ordinance again they may be arrested (City Ordinance No. 218)
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Photograph of Midway Casino and other buildings, Pittman, Nevada, April 27, 1944
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Midway Well and Casino containing public eating house with kitchen opening onto basement which flooded with sewage. Restroom structure in center and BMI vehicle number 429 on right side of photo. Patches of sewer seepage are visible in lower right corner and in front of vehicle.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), December 11, 1919
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken flooded the town with posters warning residents that in order to repair a burst pipeline from the springs to the town, water service, including that for fire protection, would be off for 24 hours.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), December 11, 1919
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken informing Clark of the steps he had taken to prepare the railroad and the city of Las Vegas for the 24 hours without water that would be required to fix the damaged pipeline.
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Newspaper clipping, Install meters to check water wastage, Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 22, 1949
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The City of Las Vegas is installing water meters throughout the city to check usage. The meters are only for statistical usage and will be removed when the tests are done. Newpaper clipping is attached to plain paper with "Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 22, 1949" typewritten on it and "80-" written in red pencil. Paper has 3 date stamps "E.E.B. Nov 25 1949," "H.E.D. Nov 25 1949" and "U.P. R.R. CO. Law Department L.A. Nov 25 1949." Additionally, "Mr. E. E. Bennett Los Angeles" is handwritten and a date stamp "E.E.B. Nov 25 1949" are sideways on an attached paper label.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to F. H. Knickerbocker (Los Angeles), March 3, 1931
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken asks for advice regarding the Edward Clark Forwarding Company which was going to be connected to railroad water, but was being cut off by their previous provider, thus preventing them from running pipes in their basement and ultimately, endangering their goods.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken and Al M. Folger (Las Vegas) to Mayor J. L. Russell and City Commissioners (Las Vegas), March 30, 1940
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The Las Vegas Land and Water Company informs the mayor of Las Vegas of their efforts to promote Emergency Ordinance No. 247 and of the improvements they have made to the water system to increase capacity. J. L. Russell was Mayor of Las Vegas at that time.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to J. Ross Clark (Los Angeles), June 21, 1921
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Bracken appraising Clark of a complaint by the City Commission to the Nevada Public Service Commission and its resolution.
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Letter from Arthur Maguire (Los Angeles) to W. H. Comstock, March 9, 1918
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter describing how the company had spent nearly $4000 on pipeline maintenance and still it leaked badly. Maguire recommends replacing 4000 feet of pipeline.
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