Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-03-16
BRATTLEB0R0 LOCAL NEWS
OFFER WAS REJECTED
Mr.. CroweII Would Not Accept
$3.50, 1000 for System
Hooker saturday-Water Board Met
Monday Evening.

REFUSAL TO Accept received Dy SeleCtmdn
Hooker saturday-Water Board Met
Monday Evening.
The proposition of the village water
board to George E. Crowell, president OF
the Chestnut Hill Reservoir company
and of the Sunset Lake Water company
Offering him $3.50, 900 for the two systems
for which he asked $345, OO0 provided he
would meet certain requirements, was re-
jected Saturday The proposition was
published in The Phoenix March 2. Fol-
lowing is the text of the letter declining
the offer:
Brattleboro, VT.
March 10, 1906.
James F. Hooker, Esq,
Chairman Village Water Committee.
Dear Sir:
We regret that we are unable to ac-
cept the proposition made by your COM
mittee relative to the purchase of the sys-
TENS Of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir Co.
and the Sunset Lake Water Co.
(Signed) GEORGE E. CROWELL,
President Chestnut Hill Reservoir Co.
and Sunset Lake Water Co.
On receipt of the letter Mr.. Hooker
stated that the board would meet Monday
night and that while he could not fore
tell what action 1t would take, so far as
he personally was concerned he should not
rather would favor going ahead imme-
diately with the work of establishing an
Independent system.
The board met Monday night, Engineer
w. H. Brainerd being present. What
action was taken has not been given out,
but it is known that some Of the members
feel that under the vote of the village
nothing is left for them to do except
proceed with an Independent system in
view. The source favored by the board
is the Halliday brook. Engineer Brainerd
began surveying on this brook Tuesday.
He will prepare maps aand plans called
for by the state board Of health in its
report published in The Phoenix March 2.
Mr. Crowell sent to DR.. Henry Tucker,
health officer, this week a letter correct
ing a misunderstanding about the sample
of water taken by DR.. Tucker at r. c.
Bacon's house recently, the analysis of
which was published in The Phoenix last
week, also suggesting that representa-
tives both of the Crowell systems and of
the water board be present hereafter
when samples of water are taken for
analysis. The text of that letter is as
follows:
Brattleboro, VT
March IL, 1906.
Dr. Henry Tucker.
Bratteboro, VT.
Dear Sir:
1 notice your letter published in both
the local papers of last week. 1t seems
from that and what has heretofore tram
spired that unfortunate misunderstanding
arises by reason of the parties not I'M
Outstanding when and where samples of
water for analysis are being taken in the
work that is now going on for furnishing
a water supply for Brattleboro. l note
your reference to sample taken from Mr..
Bacons house on Western avenue. You
probably didn't understand, but the fact
is that Mr.. Bacon's supply doesn't come
from Pleasant Valley or from anywhere
near that, but from an independent pipe
supply running into the reservoir, existing
for 20 years or so. Therefore, the analysis
you report on that water has nothing
whatever to do with the Pleasant Valley
water.
That there may be no misunderstanding
in the future regarding places where water
is taken, and the time when and conditions
under which it is taken, suggest that
hereafter when either party purposes to
take water for analysis on Stickney brook
or Pleasant Valley or Marlboro North
pond, the other party be notified, so that
a representative OF both parties may be
present and know where the water is
taken and when and under what condi-
tions. 1 will be ready to furnish a repre-
sentative at any time on reasonable notice,
and will give you all the notice you may
reasonably require of when we propose
to take samples.
Kindly advise If this arrangement will
be satisfactory to you.
Yours very truly,
GEORGE E. CROWELL.