Morning journal and courier., 1892-11-16
ACTION DEFERRED.

The Matter of Lighting Springside
Farm by Electricity Goes Over I'm
til Next Week-The Meeting of the |
Selectmen Unusually Lively-Other |
Business. |
The meeting of the board of selectmen
last evening was more than usually lively
and for time 1t looked as though more or
less bad feeling would be engendered, but
the matter was finally smoothed over and
the meeting finally broke up peacefully.
The trouble began when Town Agent
Clarity, for the committee on construction
Of the board, reported in reference to the
matter of lighting Springside farm with
electricity. He stated that the committee
on construction had secured bids and that
the proposed electric plant would cost
| 81, ZOO or $4,000 without q storage bat
terry, and If the latter was secured 1t would
cost $500 more. The plant figured upon
| is to furnish $50 lights of twenty candle
power each, and Is to be capable of sup
plying 365 lights.
At this point Selectman Hillman wanted
to know who gave the committee on con-
struction authority to advertise for bids.
| He claimed that matters of this nature
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especially where bids for any kind of work
were to be received and he thought the
committee had gone a little beyond it's pow
ers in securing bids without having been
authorized to do so by the board.
Captain Clarity then explained that the
matter had been thoroughly discussed by
the full beard aud had in consequence
reached the ears of electricians and that
three reputable concerns had voluntarily
| Oh Eoo he
work to the committee and the committee
was simply reporting on the work they had
done and recommending that an electric
plant be introduced.
Seleotman Forbes also thought that The
committee had done something more thar
it had been authorised to do, but wanted
at the same time to be understood as being
in favor of the recommendation of thu
committee.
An animated discussion followed be
tween the town agent, Chairman Goodrich
and Selectmen Hillman, Forbes and Pohl
man.
The specifications were then read, afte
which Captain Clarity stated that tn
three bids ranged from about $4,000 t.
So 200, and were from the Denison Electro
company, the Edison Electric company
and Mr.. Butricks, representing a Hart
ford electric company, and that the latte
was the lowest bidder. He also explained
at length that the bid from the Edisol
company had been received voluntarily, ant
that when this one was received he hat
asked the two other bidders to send il
their bids. After this explanation ant
brief further discussion the entire matte
| went over to next week.
:, Engineer Hill submitted plans for tn
proposed fence for the approaches to Tom
linson bridge and said that it would cos
$1,17O. The matter was referred to tn
committee on railroads and bridges, wit
power to act.
Town Agent Clarity reported that h
) had made arrangements with Cox & HEM
to take charge Of the bodies of anyone VIII
might die at the hospital for contagiou
diseases and bury them, and that the fir
would furnish two men who had had tn
disease, and in consequence did not fea
again contracting it, to look after this par
I of the work. He also reported that ther
was no water at the hospital for contagiou
diseases and recommended that half-inc
pipe be run from the almshouse to the hos
! pital in order to remedy this evil. Thi
matter was referred to the committee O.
construction, with power.