The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-03-28
100000 POWER PLANT.
To Be Built at Vernon.

Full detsils are now available in
regard to the proposed dam across
the Connecticut river, six miles
south of Brattleboro, the construc-
ton of which was assured by the
passing of an act amending the char
ter of the Connecticut River Power
Co.. by the New Hampshire legisla-
ture, as told in The Messenger last
week.
The dam will be constructed Of
crushed stone and cement and will
be located at what is known as
Cooper's point between Vernon and
Hinsdale, n. HI. A bend in the
river at that point makes neck of
lard, and it has been decided to cut
canal across the neck of the land
and to construct the dam at the YER
non end of the canal and an electric
power station at the Hinsdale end.
In this way considerable extra fall
will be gained, making total fall of
26 feet. The site has several advan-
ia 3es over the site formerly selected
directly opposite Brattleboro, not
the least of which is that the found
alton is of solid rock, whereas at the
former proposed site behring's were
made to depth of over 80 feet
without striking rock.
The dam will have a roll-way of
800 feet. Careful estimates fix the
amount of power which the 26-foot
fall will develop at 5000 horse pow
er continuously and 10000 horse
power for ten hours a day The
water was set back as far as the sus-
pension bridge two miles north of
Brattleboro village, and it will flow
many farms on both sides of the riv-
er besides twenty-five acres of the
Brattleboro Retreat meadow. Most
of the land which will be flowed has
been acquired, but in three or four
instances condemnation proceedings
have been begun.
The expenditure on the dam, pow
er plant, and equipment will aggre-
gate $1,000,0OO. The money will
be furnished largely by New York
capitalists represented by NJ G.,
Chase of Providence, R. l., and
Henry l. Hartman, of Hyde Park,
Mass both of whom are financially
interested. The charter is held by
| the Connecticut River Power Co
md under the terms by which out
side capital will build the dam a Ger
tain amount of power will be held in
reserve for specified time for the
needs of Brattleboro, Vernon, and
Hinsdale, n H and all the power
possible will be disposed of in those
| towns.
In the towns mentioned power
will be furnished at $25 a year per
horse power, ten hours a day, in
units of 100 horse power or more
AS this is about half the cost of
steam power it should attract indus
tries and result, as it is confidently
expected it will, in the greatest in
dustrial development these towns
have ever known.
The corporators of the Conn cti-
cut River Power Co. in Brattleboro
are William H. Vinton, Charles W.
Durham, Charles A. Harris, J.
Gray Estey, Charles r. Crosby,
MILFORD II. Bracket, aud Clarke
G. Fits. The New Hampshire
corporators are E c. Robertson, of
Hinsdale, 0. E. Randall and Fred
Harris, of Chesterfield, Willard Bills,
Jr., of Westmoreland, W. HI. Good
now, of Keene, and j. Fl. Kimball,
of Marlboro
The committee which has handled
the laboring oar in bringing the en-
terprise to its present state is made
up of Charles W. Durham, Charles
A. Harris, and William H. Vinton,
and the greatest amount of credit
for pushing the matter through is
accorded to Clarke G Fits.
Work on the dam will be begun
as soon as possible, probably within
two months, and it is expected that
power will be furnished by the end
of the present year.