News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-09-13
The Barre Leader says


One Of the eDterprising villages Of the State |
il Morrisville. 1t doesn't owe cent, has
money in the bank and has just made arrange
ments for new water supply and electric
light plant. In addition to these evidences of
push the business men have organized for the
purnOse of Introducing new industry in the
shape Of a granite plant. Good for Morris
willie.
DEDICATED.
Somewhat suddenly and ahead of
schedule time came the formal dedica-
tiOn of the new lookup on Saturday
evening. Just as the cleaning was
beginning to gloam Officer Town was
called to the Darling place up by the
Tenney bridge and there found those
two noble specimens of mauly man.
hood, Henry of the house of Sweetzer
and David his son, one considerably
fabricated by intoXicants and the
other having in his possession a huge
jug of fpoor alcohol. These two then
were destined to open the season in
the "Hotel de Corporation" which
was none too soon completed for this
initial event. A tinge of pride gilded
their Grecian features as they entered
for the first time the magnificent cor
ridOrs and found that they would
have their choice in rooms. Sunday
was spent in quiet meditation, the
prisoners reading choice selections
from Hume's History of England
and Pilgrims Progress. Monday
they we're brought into court in a
very cheerful frame of mind and were
allowed to "chip up" combined sum
of about $37, which amount was
paid by sympathetic relatives.
ELECTRICAL SPARKS.
The special electric committee hav-
ing secured the water power and site
they were after at Cady's Falls, i'm
mediately closed contracts for the
construction of the entire plant. Mr..
Jones, the water man" representing
the Victor Water Wheel Co., has the
contract to tear out the present dam
and build much more substantial
two feet higher, build all the
necessary stone work leading to the
steel tube or fume, the power house
or basement, set the large double
wheel all ready to belt ETC., including
many specifications not necessary to
enumerate here. The water will pass
to the wheel through a steel tube X
feet in diameter and 165 feet long.
The electrical portion of the outfit is
contracted for with Almon & Sargent
of Boston, who will put in the "T. &
H. system" This company build the
station, which will be a substantial
brxk building, with a steel roof and
steel shutters, and the business will
be started with an 100 incandescent
light machine and a 30 arc light ma
= chine. Without doubt 1900 incan
descents could be wired for with the
one machine, as it is the general ex
perience that at no time will there bt
three, quarters of the entire number
in use at one time. The contract calls
for 8 arc lights for ourstreets, which
will give Morrisville an illumination
ahead of any town in Vermont. The
poles and wiring for both arc and in
candesCent lights will be included il
this contract. The route determined
upon for the poles from the station
f to the village will come distance o
one mile and quarter to the frs
arc light, at the junction of Bridge
street and Brooklyn ave, or "Bowen's
: corner" Men are already on tn,
grounds to commence work upon th'
, dam. Mr.. Jones assures the commit
r tee that, if hindered by nothing lik'
high water, ETC., his part of the jot
will be completed in sixty days, anC
the whole plant is expected to be il
operation inside of 100 days. Thii
certainly looks like business and nov
Morrisville waits with eager expecta
,, tion for that glad day to come wher
: she can press the button and her owl
electrical dynamo, sheltered by he
own building on her own ground anC
, driven by her own water power, will
do the rest.