Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-09
TO BUY FOR $275,OOO
Agreement Between George E.
CroweI and the Water Board
Special Village Meeting Monday Night,
Nov. 10, to Vote on the Question Of
Ratification.

Special Village Meeting Monday Night,
Nov. 10, to Vote on the Question Of
Ratification.
Brattleboros water war is in a fair way
to be settled without resort to arms. If
present plans. made in good faith by the
leaders on both sides of the question, are
carried out there will be no Independent
system, there will be no arbitra ton as
to the price and there will be no contest
in the legislature. Instead of this the
village will buy the existing systems at
a price already agreed upon, subject to
ratification by the voters. and a section
covering i'm detail the conditions imposed
will be inserted In the bill now before the
House of Representatives providing for
an amendment to the village charter The
agreement as to the final outcome of this
much mooted question was reached Mon
day forenoon, as a result of the wording
of influences for harmony and the bust
ness welfare of the town. The influences
began to work Saturday and kept Mt 1t
until both sides were brought together.
In brief the agreement is this: The
village will buy the two water systems
owned by the Chestnut Hill Reservoir
company and the Sunset Lake Water
company. OF which George Il. Crowell is
president paying therefore 1870 900. In
addition to this the village will cancel its
charge against Mr. Crowell for construct
ing the Vernon street pipe line. which
amounts 20 $4,000, and will pay the actual
cost of pipe and labor on the Frost street
and Flat street line. now being laid Mr..
Crowell will turn over the systems free
of incumbrance in the way of damages
for water rights. etc. and the consumma-
ton of the deal will be brought about on
or before Jan. l, 1907,
As before stated. this is subject to rat
i1cation by the voters. For this purpose
a special village meeting has been called
for a week from next Monday night
Nov. 10. in Festival hall and in order
that an intelligent decision may be arrived
at with respect to matters involved in
the bill for amending the village charter
the hearing before the committees on
municipal corporations. set for Wednes-
day of this week, has been continued
until the Wednesday following the special
meeting. Following is the text of the call
for the village meeting:
To the Bailins of the Village Of Brattle-
boro, Vermont.
We. the undersigned citizens. voters
and taxpayers of the village of Brattle-
boro. hereby request that your honorable
board at once call a meeting of the vot-
ers of the village of Brattleboro, TO act
upon the following business:
Article 1. To see IL the village will in
struct its water board to contract for the
Chestnut Hill Reservoir company and the
Sunset Lake Water company, and pay
therefor the sum of two hundred and
seventy thousand dollars ($270 .0OO), and
cancel the debt and obligation Of George
E. Crowell and the Chestnut Hill Reser-
voir company to the village on account OF
Of the Vernon street pipe line and 10
pay actual cost for the pipe and labor ex-
pended on the new ten-inch pipe main
being laid through Frost and Flat streets
and, IL so voted, to instruct the town rep
resentative TO procure an amendment to
the village charter to carry this into
| effect
Dated at Brattleboro, Vermont. Nov
| s. 1906.
Signed by James F. Hooker. Ly-
man f. Holden. NJ. ]. Moran, Linn d
Taylor, F. A. Thompson, w II. Brackett
Joseph A. Taylor, l. F. Adams. G. f
Warner, H. 8. Goodenough. w. G. Rock
well. Charles d. Whitaker Albert w
Rockwell George l.. Durham, II. p.
| Wellman, E. E. Perry.