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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.
1953-06-19
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Declaration of the results of the canvass of election returns of the special bond election held September 30, 1953.
1953-10-12
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Discussion of the Railroad developing its own water supply if the sale to the Las Vegas Valley Water District goes through. The shop well never supplied water to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company, so it would not go to the District.
1951-12-21
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The official statement of the Las Vegas Valley Water District prepared to be used in the sale of the $8.7 million bonds described within. Overview description of the area in history, geology, tourism trade, agriculture, industry with appendices in...
1954-04-02
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Signed offer by several officers and directors of the Las Vegas Valley Water District to the Union Pacific and Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Companies and the Las Vegas Land and Water Company to purchase water production facilities and rights...
1952-08-25
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Minutes of a meeting to discuss whether the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Co. had a vested water right in Well No. 1 and the flow that would be required from the shop well to meet the railroad's requirements.
1952-03-04
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Discussion of various points of the drafted purchase contract for water production facilities by the Las Vegas Valley Water District.
1952-09-19
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Detailed discussion of why the purchase price set by the Nevada Public Service Commission for the purchase by the Las Vegas Valley Water District was too low.
1952-08-26
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Summary of the water rights purchased by the Union Pacific Railroad from Helen Stewart to pass to the Las Vegas Valley Water District.
1954-03-19
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Discussion of the defeat of bills to overturn the metering prohibition and efforts to have a future bill passed. "80-8, 83-4, 80-5-Gen" written at head of page in red pencil.
1950-12-22
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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.
1950-10-06
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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
1929-03-30
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The water company needed to take steps to ensure that the one million gallons per day that issued from the new sewage treatment plant would continue to go to the Las Vegas Ranch. Handwritten at bottom "This is very important." Date stamps at top...
1943-11-18
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The Chamber of Commerce agreed that the artesian water in the valley should be reserved for domestic purposes, and Lake Mead water for irrigation, but Bracken wrote that this was academic because Basic Magnesium Inc. had no excess water.
1944-11-13
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Summary of a larger report prepared for the Las Vegas Valley Water District projecting what would happen when the availability of water becomes the biggest limiting factor to the growth of Las Vegas.
1992-11-01
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Plans to control weeds in the Las Vegas Wash; prepared for Las Vegas Wash Coordination Committee
2003-09-13
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Account of a meeting called by the State Engineer to discuss applications to drill wells. The Las Vegas Land and Water Company and Robert Griffith both dropped their objections and both were allowed permits. Those in attendance discussed the...
1945-06-12
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Suggested schedule for deposits for installation of water meters and connection to the railroad pipeline for industrial concerns. Date stamp from W.H.J. Letter has penciled in column titled "City Charge" next to the "Service Charge" column.
1929-03-15
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Knickerbocker directing the drafting of contracts for the sale of water directly from the railroad to industrial users. Date stamp from L.A. & S.L. R.R. Co., Office of Industrial Engineer, Los Angeles, Calif. and from W.H.J.
1929-03-07
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Summary of the lands purchased from the Stewart family by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company.
1929-08-16
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Details of twelve recommendations for the railroad to pursue with regards to water in the Las Vegas area. Drafted March 25, 1942, E. E. Bennett's penciled notes added March 31, 1942. Report has an "E.E.B. MAR 31 1942" date stamp.
1942-03-25
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Directions to obtain information regarding water meters, their purchase prices, and cost of installation to allow the establishment of a flat rate of deposit.
1929-03-13
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Report on water levels and the pressure in artesian wells in Nevada.
2024-11-01
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