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The city could purchase the water company, but not by condemnation except for cause.
1934-10-18
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McNamee states that although the Union Pacific Railroad owns the land that the springs are on and all the land it historically watered, to further protect their water right they should apply for the right to appropriate the water.
1924-05-22
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Comparison of the economic benefit of selling water production and distribution facilities in Las Vegas to the Water District versus donating them.
1950-03-19
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Response for request for information needed to report to the Nevada Public Service Commission regarding electricity used and details of water users and sales in 1929.
1930-02-07
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If the bond issue failed, the public might try and force the railroad to increase water production, so the company should consider transferring all water production to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company who was in a better position to resist...
1953-01-30
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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.
1922-06-30
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Notice that Bracken will inform the industrial users of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company who are outside city limits that the water company will discontinue service as soon as the railroad's pipeline is completed.
1931-05-08
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Bracken informing Knickerbocker that it is not legally possible for the water company to install water meters on the lines going to Industrial Unit No. 1.
1931-06-03
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List of the steps the Union Pacific Railroad Company would follow to switch their industrial users over from their previous water providers to the railroad.
1931-03-21
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Report on whether the Las Vegas Charter and Nevada law allow the city to acquire the water company by condemnation.
1934-11-27
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Letter from the Railroad stating that water meters were necessary to determine what a fair rate would be when the contract between the Railroad and the water company was re-negotiated.
1927-06-10
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Bracken discussing installing a pipeline to Industrial Unit No. 1.
1931-05-07
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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.
1931-06-03
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Since the water company could not meter the water, Bracken would conduct a survey of the new users to try and determine how much water each will require so they could establish rates for them.
1931-06-04
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Discussion of the steps to be taken at the Las Vegas Springs and well field to increase water production.
1927-07-29
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Request for permission to begin construction on a water line to support Industrial Unit No. 1.
1931-04-20
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By virtue of having used it for decades, the Las Vegas Land and Water Company acquired the right to the water it used on the Las Vegas Ranch, independent of any deed.
1935-08-05
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Release of all rights, licenses, leases, contracts, etc., of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company to the Las Vegas Valley Water District. Notarized by Louis Scholnick in Douglas County, Nebraska on June 3, 1954.
1954-06-01
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Contract resolving the issue of final payment to the Union Pacific Railroad for contractually obligated work on the water system after the water district had taken control of the water.
2024-11-01
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The article includes the Las Vegas Valley Water District's proposal to drill two new wells to augment the water supply and the Union Pacific Railroad's request that the Las Vegas city commissioners reinstate water rationing. The piece of paper to...
1954-04-21
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Letter from the Las Vegas Valley Water District's president informing the District's bond underwriters that pending legislation had been defeated. The measures would have affected holders of the $8,700,000 waterworks bonds. Supporting documents...
2024-11-01
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Mr. Hamilton, as representative of the law offices of O'Melveny & Myers addresses Mr. Campbell, president of the Las Vegas Valley Water District, outlining facts about the Las Vegas Valley Water District, Basic Management Inc., history of land and...
1954-02-24
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Mr. Montgomery, a consulting engineer, recommends that Mr. Campbell, president of the Las Vegas Valley Water District, authorizes the Las Vegas Land and Water Company to develop and acquire new water facilities to meet community water supply needs.
1954-03-23
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Bill to grant right-of-way to the Las Vegas Valley Water District to lands between Lake Mead and Henderson, and to Basic Management Inc. to allow for the conveyance and distribution of water.
1954-04-21
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The Department of the Interior was demanding three million gallons of water a day in return for approval to operate a pipeline from Lake Mead to Basic Management Inc.
1954-04-26
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