St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-29
THE OTHER SIDE.

vi course Jntlt are Two sizes 10 IlllS
affair, and Mr.. Mcleod has IA statement
and claims to make. He says the in
junction was served upon him about
eight o'clock, but the bond was not
filed until about ten, so he did not quit
work in obedience to the injunction
until the bond was filed. Hooker then
set the men to work on the same Job,
as both he and the First National bank
are Interested as much as Mcleod and
circuit. The rock was about all re
moved before the second injunction
was served they had intended finish
ing that day, any way. Mcleod then
went on to say that in 1876 he sold the
village shares, or fOur-forticths, of
the water. Two bulkhcadS were then
in on the north side of the river, of
which Randall's was the highest, and
McLcod's and PaddOck's were nearly
on level. The village put in Il bulk
head, putting it down Il inches lower
than any of the others. No objections
were made to that, since Mcleod did
did not think he had any right to oh
iect. That summer he saw he had Il
chance to 90 ID or % inches lower
without blasting and with little eX-
pensc that left Buzzelfs bulkhead up
Il inches. Mcleod invited Buzzell to
go down ut the same time, but the lat
ter said he could not afford to do it.
The same fall the village paid 300 for
building new bulkhcad on the north
side of the river, and it was put down
20 inches lower than the old one, Ran
dall's being done away with altogether.
Since then, Mcleod claims, he has
been unable to run more than one
wheel while the village run one wheel,
although he owns % shares more than
the village owns. The Buzzcll humc,
he says, was entirely dry for weeks at
could run their wheel right along.
slowly. There were two days last
summer when Mcleod controlled &c
shares of the water, but during that
time he had to shut down entirely and
let the village and Paddock run. This
summer Mcleod tore away Buzzell',
bulkhead, with his own and Rockers
with the intention of putting in on,
for the whole, and putting it dow
where it belonged. He meant to BIAS
rock enough out so he could get his 10
shares of water. He told the villag,
he was willing tn put his bulkhead OF
IA level with theirs if they would fur
nish him room so that his bulkheaC
would be as wide as theirs proportion
ately theirs being 10 feet wide for fOu
shares, his would he Asa feet wide
but it would he impracticable to Gu
off of the dam and make bulkheat
of it. Mcleod is putting in six new
Risden wheels, blasting out his vince
pit, and building new fumes. for tn,
purpose of saving all the water he can
He is willing To have the water divide,
among the users, and says this can b,
done for about fifty dollars apiece. II,
claims that the pipe which the villag,
has laid across the river, and tn,
wooden piers of the small bridge. ar,
distractions to his getting the water
He wants only his rights and will TT,
hard to get them. He owns I34 share
of the water, the bank on that sid
and u on the other side of the river
Orcutt and Pinard one share, the vii
lage 1, Randall /, Rollins 3, j. II. Pad
. dock ) shares.
1t is a matter of regret that an
complication has arisen. There i
fault somewhere, but just where tn
| blame lies is uncertain as yet. w
hope the matter will be adjusted speed
: lily, though both sides appear just no.