The Newtown bee., 1905-03-24

ly located, and the writer is enthusi- astic over the proposition. There are two small streams flowing into the res ervoir, while the drainage from the adjacent hills is extensive. The con- tract for the two dams was awarded to the SeymOur-Clark Hills Co.,, of Spring field, Mass, the work being in charge of H. G. Clark, member of the fiji m. The dam has a core of boulder con- crete running through the center, with earthen embankmentS either side. At the west of the dam is a spill-way of B feet in width. Just east of David
 Bacon's barn it was necessary to erect a stone wall and embankment about six feet high and 15o feet in length. The land Tor the lower or distributing reservoir was acquired of Henry Sal mons and George Bacon. This is To- cated on the site of an old pond, the main embark of which still ex- iStS. This floods two and One-half acres of land and has a capacity of 2,O00, 900 gallons of water. The power house was built by w. G. Ward, a ge- nial WOOdbury contractor, who is al- ways huStling somewhere. The con- tract for the mason work for the power house was in the hands of that reliable WOodbury mason, w. w. Welton. The power house is 24x22 feet. The dyna- mos and machinery now in the build ing and in use are first class in every respect. The Warren Electric Manu- nished the electric switch board. It is divided into two parts and is a model of its kind. The Holmes S Blanchard Co. of Rockford, H., furnished the governors. The gate valves were SUD- piled by the Ludlow Valve Manufac- turing Co. of Troy, N. Y. The contract for the poles and wiring was let to Nutting & Goodwin of Litchtield. The fall from the distributing reservoir to the power house is 192 feet, through a 14-inch pipe. The proposition as whole is one that appeals warmly to careful investors in Woodbury, and judging by the values placed on water and electric light stocks in other towns, in two years it will be impossi- ble to buy share of the stock. Local the enterprising men were trying to start the thing, are now quieted. h. stead they are enquiring when they can have a chance of taking a little stock. Already the stock commands &26, 1925 being par value.
 The 1904 report of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows in all 16 cities or towns giving street lighting by electric'incandescent lamps. Eight are city and eight are borough contracts. The cities are not of interest to us in the comparison of prices to the consumer, but from the bOrOughs we may gain enlightenment. The lowest price charged for each light per year for street lighting of the eight towns is Sl6 in Southington, and the highest is Torrington with a charge of S25 per year, with the other six towns all the way between. Some of the towns do not run later than i o'clock. The rent charged by the WoOdbury Electric Light Co. for sim liar service is only $9 per year and that, too, for an all-Dight service. The people of Woodbury are to be congrat- ulated for having such a plant, so com plete in every part, and controlled by local parties who are willing to make such reasonable prices that no one may refuse to make use of the light on ac- count of expense, and the citizens of the town should bestir themselves to see that the ownership and control of the stock does .not get into outside hands, lest the price be doubled. The plant will soon be paving proposition