Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-02-08
NEW WATER SYSTEM.
A $4,000 BOND ISSUE AUTHORIZED
FOR PURPOSE.

nal Committee and Wtil Begin at Once
Local Labor to BENEFIT.
The village meeting, to take action
relative to the new system of water sup
ply, was held agreeable to the call in the
town hall Monday evening at O'Clock.
In spite of the storm nearly all the voters
were present. The utmost harmony pre-
vailed, all the measures being voted
unanimously. The careful attention
given to every detail showed that the
people are alive to the importance of
having the purest water obtainahle and
the best plant that can possibly be con-
structed. Bonds were authorized to the
amount of $4,000. The committee of
nine, who have made so thorough an in
veStigation of the sources of supply and
the ways for bringing the water to the
| village, are to have the entire charge of
the matter of construction, and it is GER
tain that the work will be well done.
! Moderator Frank A Bond called the
meeting TO order, and his conduct of
affairs proved him to be the right man in
the right place. The call was read by j.
NJ. Burke, village clerk. On motion of
w. II. Bliss it was voted to reconsider
the vote adopting the last clause of the
resolution passed at the NEE tting of Oct.
- last, which clause is as follows:
Further, that the voters are notified
to meet on the first Monday in
the -ssonth of March next at 80
m, to decide which source of supply
on the mountain shall be used 70 furnish
the water for said village" 1t was
also voted that the same be rescinded
and that said clause be not adopted. II
was also voted to instruct the clerk to
record in full the printed report of the
committee of nine made to said meeting of
Oct. % last. Mr.. Bliss said he did not wish
to be taken as being the only person pres
ent, hut that at the request of many citi
zens he had prepared several resolutions
and would offer them. He said the gen
eral opinion was that the Little Notch
and Lathrop Brook in Bristol was the
best source of supply, and that Joseph
Battell had bought 400 acres of wood
land, needed for water shed, for a low
figure, $1,000 and was ready toiturn this
purchase oyer to the village for the same
sum. Mr.. Battell has made this pur-
chase so that an eXOrbilant price could
not be charged for the land Wh"n it was
seen that the village must have it in or
der to protect the water supply. if the
Little Notch source We're decided upon.
Mr. Battell explained that there was
upon the property water power and
saw mill which could be disposed Of for
nearly as much as the land cost Mr..
Iattall'- nd I =
were loudly applauded.
Mr. Bliss said there were two ways TO
acquire the springs needed. one by pur-
chase, and this failing the springs could
be taken and damages assessed by Two
supreme court judges. a is done when
land is condemned for highway pur-
poses Furthermore the farmers along
the proposed line of the water system
were inclined TO be liberal in the matter
The following resolution was adopted /:
Resolved, That the village supply of water
he taken from Little Notch in Bristol; that
the capacity of the reservoir be l,Oo0,OOO gal.
Ions and that the same be located on Chip
man Hill.
Resolved. That the source of supply of
water, with so much of the adjacent wood
lands as is necessary or expedlent to be pre-.
served II protect such sources uf supply, be
acquired by the village of Mlddlebury in fee
simple, if II can be done at IL reasonable ex.
pense.
Mr. Bliss explained that we had had an
experience with the Peck water power
which had been acquired in such way
as to revert to the heirs of Mrs. G. C..
Peck whenever the village ceased to use
the power for water supply. The follow
ing resolution presented by w. IL Bliss
was adopted:
Resolved. That the committee of nine
chosen at the village meeting of September
"a, 1900, be continued in office ana that said
committee be, and they hereby are, further
empowered to acquire ttle for and in the
name of the Village of MiddlebuIy to the
sources of water supply and the adjacent
lands mentioned in the two next preceding
resolutions and to the required acqueduct,
and TO the site for the reservoir on Chapman
Hill, re sorting if necessary, in acquiring such
titles or any part thereof, to the power con
feIred on said village by No. s. of the acts of
the Legislature of 1890; also to take full
charge of the enterprise of putting in the ne "
water system, locating the source or sources
of supply at said Little Notch, locating and
building the reservoir on Chipman Hin, lay
ing all pipes, connec ing the reservoir with
the present village system, ana doing all
and every the matters ana things conn ted
tneIcWltni lncluulng the purchase or AL re
quired materials, and the payment for al
said matte rs and things with funds to be sup
piled to them by the treasurer of the village
of Midtilehury on orders drawn 10y the village
board of trustees; they being instruct ed
h wever, to employ home labor, both of meI
and teams, so tar as reasonably possible. an
in the purchase of m tterials in the village o
Middlebury, to give notice of each Intended
purchase of any considerable amount to al
dealers in such goods in said village. tina
they may bid prices thereon in sealed bids
to he opened in the presents of all bidders
and to purchase of the bidder Offering III,
most favorable terms; providing that if two
or more bids shall be substantially alike o
nearly so, the purchase may be divided
, among the several bidders in equal shares a
, the lowest price offered, the right to reJec
any and all bids being always reserved by tn,
| committee
e George Hammond offered as an amend
ment to the above resolution that tn,
trustees be substituted for the committee