Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-12-08
MAJORITY REPORT
Of Committee Appointed 10
Investigate the Water
Supply.
FAVOR VILLAGE OWNERSHIP
Believe Chestnut Hill System
Worth No More Than Compa-
ny's Actual Indebtedness.
FOUR MEMBERS SIGN REPORT.
Various Sources Investigated by En-
oineer Discussed Briefy-Rearet
That Marlboro South Pond Was not
More Carefully Considered.


To the citizens of the village of Brat
tleboro.- .,
THE committee elected to invest-
gate the condition of the present wa
ter system of the village OF Brattie-
boro. and possible available supples'
in case the same were deemed neces-
sary. and the ACCESSIBILITY OF the OWL
ership and control of the water system
nv the village. and the means ana
methods of acquiring the saiiie' SUI
init the following report:
On the recommendation OF some
members of the COMMITTEES, who were
acquainted with his work. the com,
mittee employed as engineer MI n
a Davis of Northampton, Massachu-
sets Realizing that the report or the
engineer would be the general basis Oh
future consideration the report has
been published. so that IL can pe
carefully read by the citizens OF the
village. 4, ,n
n,,ed with water for fire and domestic
purnoses by the Chestnut Hill Reser-
voir company, a corporation in wnlch
George q. Crowell holds the controii-
ing interest. and by several aqueduct
comnanies. each supplying numper
of shareholders. The main supply Is
that of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir
company which furnishes. under con-
tract with the village, water FOR nre
purposes ,..o all tho
The engineers report gives al .ne
details of the makeup OF TINS sys'eni
and fnll information in regard to II.
We therefore refer to the repoi' 0i
particular details.
# is evident that the engineer mas
the nresent system is not adequate 10
furnish a sufficient supply OF water "
the village of Brattleboro Tor ootl
fire and domestic purposes. inc mains
orc foo small and we think not all lalo
at sufficient derth to prevent ire ,',,
inc. as shown by past experience. Ine
pressure for fire purposes Is hot sum
Client owing in part TO the sinai atHe
of the pipes. The system requires anu
expenditure of a large sum OF money
80 If in good condition Even then,
with nossible improvements reailZea,
sufIicient pressure cannot be obtalheo
without abandoning the present res
arvoir II is of vital Importance lot
the protection of property that we
have a system capable of FURNISHING
suitable working pressure when usIns
at least six streams of water. lns
nressure with thirteen feet Oh wac.
in the reservoir is now 80 POUNDS az
the Town hall, when using IN me "
Unity If one cubic foot per second.
The pressure should pc IVY a a,,h;c
the Town hall when using five CUBIC
feet ner second. The present system
cannot furnish a sufficient supply N
tha emergency of a large fire TO 90 lne
work which the safety of the properly
of our citizens demands. AS u iiiattei
of fact. at the present time the rese
voir is only partly filled and the VII
Iage has been left many times without
adequate fire protection
The engineers report shows tha'
the village is supplied with forty ny
drants with an average OF ABOUT l'V'
feet of service mains to each hydrant
The rule of the National Board of Un-
derwriters requires at least one n.y.
drant to every 500 feet of service
mains. This would give the village OF
Rrattleboro 1876 MIGRANTS where IL no"
has 40 An increase in the NUMBER o.
hvdrants to this number is absolute
Nv necessary for safe fire protectioil::
The quality of water for domesti'
nurnoses for the northern part OF I'M
Town is fair. The quality OF Watel
supplied the southern part OF the Town.
from Aldrich farm. is unfit for domes
tic purposes, and the use OF II caiii'o
be too strongly condemned.
The engineer investigated fourtee,
possible available supplies. Referring
to these possible supplies, as take
from his report and emitting details
we find as follows:
No. THE Development Of the Pres
ent Sources and System.
The nresent system, with the excep
ton of the pumping station, is devei
oped to its full practicable capaci,s
An additional supply of water may
obtained from brooks, but no ilicreas ,
of pressure would result. Inc wan
the southern end of the reservoir ca
be built so as to increase its o"p". 90
about 100000 gallons. making Cd
nacitv of 7.25O,O0O. The system ca
he f,lrther improved by dupllcato
of the pump and boiler at the pumpin
station, This, however, would not CIV
more working pressure than the pres
ent reservoir gives when full, put
more reliable supply for domestic pun
noses The present system. by IN
use of the present reservoir. cannon
so developed as to be Satisfactory
your committee are of the opinlo
that the purchase of the Crowell sys
tenn, providing it could nave peen d.
uuired at reasonable price, pIe'io ~
to connection being made with tt
Id w
nerhans have been advisable in We
of the fact that the purchase Woul
have removed any competition. IL
should develop that the supply 1ul
nished by the Sunset Lake Wat'
company is good water and abundal
in quantity, the village. can, OF cours
consider the purchase OF that sys,e,
in connection with the chestnut M
Reservoir company, commonly knoM
the Crowell system, the village wou
immediately have sufficient incon
from rentals to pay running expense
and would secure the removal OF al
connection. If the village builds
complete new system, ii must COZ,
for a time at least in direct compel
ton with the present system in III
nishing water for domestic purpose
About August /. Mr.. Crowell can
as requested before your COMMIT.
and stated to us that he had area,
made arrangements to develop Z
North pond. Stickney brook propos
ton. and that he expected to cor
mence work September l. In answ
TO a question relative to the price
the system including all water rlgn
then owned or controlled by him. a
which are now controlled by the gu
set Lake Water company, realizl
that we had no power TO treat WI
him. he gave us to understand IN
his price would be in the neighpo
hood of $500, 10000. To the enginee
estimate of sS2,439. should be aoo
the value of the water rights abo
mentioned. leaving a difference !
tween his valuation and the engl
GERS of approximately 100000.
No. 2-North Pond.
II is possible to use the water
Marlboro North pond. but owing TO