Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-03-19

General Laws Of the said State of Wis
consin for the year 1905 further author
| ICED in case the said dam as so con-
structed and maintained shall make
available for use any electrical power
which shall not be continuously need
ed and used for the purposes aforemen-
toned, the said town is authorized and
empowered to let, lease or rent the
same for use for any lawful private
| purpose, such lease, however, not to be
| for a longer term than twenty years;
and
Whereas, James Langill has sub
! mitted to the Town Board OF said
| Town of Eagle River, and filed with
the Town Clerk of said town propo-
sition in writing Of the following ten
or, tO-wit:
To the Town Board of Supervisors,
Town of Eagle River, Villas County,
| Wisconsin:
Gentemen:-
The undersi gned, James Langill
respectfully makes application for a
lease of thirty horse power of the sur
plus electrical power owned by said
town to operate q planning mill and
other wood working plant in the vii
lage of Eagle River in said town for a
y
ton of said time as said James Ian
gill, his heirs, executors. administra-
tors and assigns shall continue to OPP
crate said planning mill and other wood
working plant.
That there is no planning mill in said
village of Eagle River and in view Of
of the fact that the operation of such
plant will be Of material benefit not
only to the residents of the village but
to the people of the community who
have lumber to be surfaced and Will
give labor to number of employees.
Therefore, I respectfully ask that
the power be leased at nominal con-
sideration Of say One Dollar per year,
payable on the first day of July on
each and every year. [ further agree
to make, execute and deliver, in dup
llcate, contract with the said town OF
Eagle River whenever the Town Board
of said town is duly and legally author
lied so to do by the electors of said
town at an annual or special town
meeting or election at which time the
question of making or re jecting of said
contract shall have been duly and leg
ally submitted, said contract to be OF
the following tenor. tOwit:
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
made in duplicate this .....day off,. ....
1909. by and between the Town of Gag
lie River, Villas County, Wisconsin, it's
successors and assigns, party OF the
first part, and James Langill. his heirs.
executors, administrators and assigns:
party of the second part:
WIT NESS ETH, That the party Of
the first part for, and in consideration
of the payment to it by the party OF
the second part, of One Dollar per
year, payable on the first day Of July
in each year, and of the mutual cove
nants hereinafter expressed are TO
lease to James Langill, his heirs, exc
cutOrs, administrators and assigns, for
period of fifteen years from and after
the date Of this agreement, thirty
horse power of the surplus electrical
power now owned by said first party
and generated at the OttOr Rapids
dam, in said town, to be delivered to
the second party from the power house
Of the rst party in the village of
Eagle River, in said town, the surplus
electrical power before mentioned is
understood to mean that part Of the
electrical power now owned, genera
ted and transmitted to the first party
to its power house in the village Of
Eagle River and being in excess of the
amount required for it's municipal pur-
poses or now under contract to other
parties.
The party Of the second part. James
Langill, for and in consideration of
the foregoing covenants and the NUT
ual covenants herein contained, agrees |
and binds himself to equip, operate
and maintain in the village Of Eagle
River in said town, during the per
i0d OF fifteen years a planning mill or
other wood working plant and to use
said power so furnished by said party
ia the operation Of said plant
The party Of the second part fur
ther agrees to furnish and install at
his own expense all appliances and
machinery necessary for the transmits
sion Of said Thirty Horse Power from
said place Of delivery to his manufact-
uring plant and further agrees and
binds himself to employ in the opera
tiOn of said manufacturing plant, on an
average, not less than one person for
every three horse power used in oper-
ating the same.
1t is further mutually agreed by and
between the parties that the SAID Sc
cond party hereby agrees and binds
himself, his heirs, executors, admins.
traitors and assigns, to do custom plan-
ing mill work for any and all parties
| bringing lumber to said mill. Said
work to consist of the doing OF any and
all work Of which said mill is capable
of doing. at any and all reasonable
| times. Provided however the said
party of the second part shall have the
right to charge for and receive a rea-
sonaole compensation for the doing of
said planning mill work
1t is further mutually coyenanted
and agreed by and between the par
ties hereto that in case the said second
party shall at any time after six
months from the date hereof and dur
ing the said period of fifteen years
aforesaid fail to operate said plant and
to employ said number of persons
hereinbefOre stated for continuous
/ period of ninety DAYS or more, then all