The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-20
BRICK WORK WILL
BEGIN NEXT WEEK
sapesstrnesaIe Of Power House Well
Under wsy-lIish Tension Line
Being Built Some Farmers
Are Kicking.

Work on the i.oaeI hoase Al the nrH
dam II tho Connetitu, River l'oNer c",,
pany i l,rins rapidly Nshei Ia a r"'i'
plsiian, The cold weather II the lssl la'
weeks has nol ln,eTisIvl IN the Wo'k .,
thls structure Ia the slightest, u u ilis
intention II the uompanss rnslhrvfs v
hcgin tho work at laying the hfteA ia'
tha aalls IT lhis building neat week, lhs
steel suIa TsiturluV II the power holss
Is l1ring plaerd 10 position, ahd Mhri
sn,et.l will IT, hily one iuri high, Ihi'
steel fran. will support III" huge sisel
ginlers which Will form a part oi the iooi'
The oanrntr base Tor the poaefhons,
aud the wheel pils has been completed
and Is practically ready for Tie ins,alla'
tion III the machinery,
Ia aud aloul liraiileboto IA work iof
the company there are 40 mrn employed,
many 81 whom arr engaged ia the work
on the island and GA the work at the
RETREAT meadow The Cvnlral Vermont
erews arr still employed "a the work Of
raising the noadht,i and rails hrlwcvn here
aud Vernon. This work l. being carried
on ia good fashion, but the shorter days
Of the winter season an interfering SOME
what IN all line, Of work.
The work Of erccllng the steel towers
which are Ia carry the high tension witcs
from the dam 10 Elichburg, Mass, -
also being rushed, aud the company /,
agents and workmcn air engaged IN cut
ting wide swaih over the country for
this line. 1hcse towers are Is feet IN
height. with a base u feet square, The
towers nest on four steel RODS, and ihcs.
are interviewer with a steel lattice OF
framework for the support Of the cyliu
drical shaped iron tower which II placed
at the top. These are 10 bc used for the
main lines of the company M place OF the
conventional poles which at present form
the general means OF laying wires through
out the country,
According TO Charles T.. Chamberlain,
chairman OF the board III assessor, Of
Leominstcr, Mass, many OF the farmers
and property owners who have given the
Connecticut River Transmission company
perpetual privilege to erect aud maintain
towers ON their property will send up a
howl OF protest when they understand
that the towers 81 erected Will be taxable
TO the owners OF the property.
Mr.. Chamberlain says that some OF the
farmers who have signed contracts giving
the company a lease OF their property did
not understand that the owners would be
taxed for every tower erected ON their
land, and that when they understand that
tncy VIII ne ldAcu ABOUT - "A war lof
every tower erected on their land they
will begin 10 realize that the contracts
are not a. alluring as they were repre-
sented Ii is estimated. Mr.. Chamberlain
says, that the cost of the towers will be
$ll0, and this means a tax of - year
for every tower erected. These towers,
according TO the decision OF the tax com
missioners, will be taxable to the owner
OF the land instead of to the company.
In addition to this the property owners
will be taxed for the value of the cable
which stretches across their land.
When asked as to whether all the
property owners who gave privileges to
the company were in ignorance as TO their
liability for taxes, Mr.. Chamberlain said:
Some of them, | suppose, knew that they
would be responsible for the taxes | do
not know that the company Intentionally
deceived any of them, but from the con.
versation | have had with some of the
people who gave such privileges and some
who were contemplating it, ! know that
they We're not aware that they would be !
annually responsible for the taxes. In |
order to be sure of our ground we wrote |
to the tax commissioners and they in
formed us that the owners of the property |
who thus gave the privilege would have
to pay for all buildings or Improvements
made on the property"