Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-02-24

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passed and adoptee the following resolution:
STATE JoF WISCONSIN. Villas COUNTY,
TOWN OF EAGLE RIVERS.
WHEREAS the town of Eagle River,
Villas County. Wisconsin, IS duly authorized by
Ghapter 1873 of the General La ws of the State
of isconsin for the year 1905. to build and
maintain Il dam across the Wisconsin River in
said town, for public uses and purposes and TO
obtain hydraulic power for generating cleo
tricity for lighting the streets. bridges and
public buildings of the unincorporated Village
OF Eagle River in said town and to furnish
electric light TO the inhabitants thereon and
to obtain hydraulic power for operating water
works for the purpose OF supplying the village
and the inhabitants thereof with W tier and to
Obtain hydraulic power to be used tor any
other lgy !. municipal purpose; and n.l,a p;re
! la said Chapter 1873 of the General Laws OF
the State of Wisconsin for the year 1903 fur
Their authorized in case the said dam as SO con
/ structed and maintained shall make available
for use any electrical power which shall not
be continuously needed and used Tor the pur-
poses aforementioned, the said towns author
lied and empowered to let, lease or rent the
same for use for any lawful private purpose,
such lease, however, not to De Tor longer
term than twenty years. and
WHEREAS, S. S, Van Nostrand and John
j. Klein have submitted TO the Town Board OF
the said rown OF Eagle River and filed with
[ the Town Clerk of Sald town a proposition IN
writing of the following tenor to-wit
, To the Town Board of Supervisors of the
Town of Eagle River, Villas County, Wiscon-
! sin.
Gentlemen
The undersigned, John j. Klein and s. s.
Van Nostrand, pursuant to requests OF the
citizens of said Town OF Eagle River, respect
fully submit the following proposition and re-
marks explanatory thereof:
AT the urgent requests OF a large number OF
| the citizens of the town of Eagle River and In
good faith relying upon the representations
made us by such citizens and upon the aSsur-
! anceS given US by your honorable body, we
came to Eagle River on the second day OF
October, 1908 for the purpose of equipping
and opera ting a factory for the manufacture
| OF articles from aluminium. tin and other
metals.
the second day of October 1908, expended
| for labor and material in arranging the upper
room OF the Eagle River Light x Water COM
pany'S building for u factory the sum OF more
| than 100000; we have also purchased and in
stalled machinery and materials in said build
ing which with the labor for the setting and
| placing of said machinery, has cost over the
sum OF So 100000.
! The above are facts which we can and will
| be pleased to prove to the satlsrac ION OF any
person who is interested and who is willing 10
| come to the factory. inspect the machinery
| and examine the vouchers
| Among the representations made and assur-
anceS given by the citizens OF Eagle River and
| your honorable body was the assurance that
we could have SUFFICIENT power furnlshed Dv
the pow err plant OF the town to run our factory
now and in the future as the plant grew and
| the business developed. The time has come
when it is necessary that we know definitely
| Until this is done we do not feel justified In
going to further expense in the matter. The
time has also come Wnen we reel thaJ Ihe
citizens should be fully informed as to- what we
require and for such purposes We submit the
following proposition:
no make, execute and deliver, in duplicate,
a contract with the said Town OF Eagle River,
whenever the town board OF said town is duly
and legally authorized and directed so to do by
the electors of said town. at special town
meeting and election, at which the question OF
the making orrejecting of said contract shall
| nave been duly andlegally submitted, said con
tract to be OF the following tenor, to-Wlt:
Memorandum OF Agreement made in dupli-
cate this day Of I909. by and be-
tween the Town of Eagle River. Villas County.
Wisconsin, ltssuccessors ana assigns, party OF
the IfSt part, and ). ,. Van Nostrand ana
John j. Klein. their heirs, executors. ADMINS
| traitors and assigns. parties OF the second part:
WE iGSSEfH That the PARTY OF the drst
part, for and in consideration of the payment
10 it by the parties OF The second part OF one
Dollar per year, payable ON the Hrst day or
july i'll each year, and OF he mutual covenants
hereinafter expressed hereby leases to >. ).
Van Nostrand and JOIN j. Klein. their heirs.
executors, administrators and assigns, for
period OF fifteen Year, from ana after the date
81 this agreement sixty morse power OF TIDE
surplas electrical power now owned by sad
drst party anu generated at the Otter Rapids
dam III said town. to be delivered u the second
parties from The power house OF first party IN
the village of Eagle River, ia said town.
1.-The surplus electrical power above men,
ii 1neu Is unusrstOOd to mean that part of the
electrical power now owned generated anu
transmitted by the first party to its power
house in the village of Eagle iiyer, and being in
excess OF the amount required for its munich
pal purposes or now under contract to other
parties.
Nostrand and John J. Klein, for and in con-
sderation OF the foregoing covenants, and OF
the mutual covenants herein contained, do
hereby agree and bind themselves to equip,
operate aud maintain in the village OF Eagle
River. in said town, during the period OF fifteen
years before mentioned. plant for the manu-
q
other metals, and to use said power so furnish
ed by said first party in the operation of said
plant.
''rhe parties of the second part further
agree to furnish and install, at their
pense, az appliances and machinery necessary
for the transmission of said sixty horse power
from said place of delivery to their plant; and
further agree and bind themselves to employ
IN the operation of said plant, on an average,
not less than one person for every three horse
power used in operating the same.
1T is further mutually covenanted and
agreed by and between the parties hereto. that
in case the said second parties shall, at any
time after three months from the date hereof,
and during the said period of fifteen years, fail
to operate said plant and to employ said num-
Der of persons, as hereinDefOre set FORTH for a
continuous period of ninety days or more.
then all the rights and privileges granted to said
second parties under the terms of this agree
ment shall Immediately become void and of no
effect, without notice from action on the
that any delay or interruption in the operation
of said plant caused by fires, accidents. strikes
injunctions. or other causes beyond the con-
troll OF said second parties, shall not be COM
puted as any part OF said ninety day period.
1T is further covenanted and agreed by and
between the parties hereto that the said second
parties, S. 5. Van Nostrand and John j. Klein,
shall have the option at any time within three
years from the date hereof. to use, during said
period OF fifteen years, and under the same
terms the sixty horse power hereinbeforc
mentioned. additional electrical power to be
produced at sand Otter Rapids dam to the
amount of one hundred and ninety horse pow
en- upon the express condition that said second
parties. before becoming entitled to said addi-
tional power. shall install and equip one of the
wheel pits and the power house at said dam
with all necessary machinery and appliances
sufficient to develop and transmit to said vii
!age of Eagle River. power equal in amount to
that generated and transmitted by said town
at the date of this agreement, and shall SO
transmit said power All expense of develop
ing and transmitting said additional power
shall be borne by said second pal ties, and all
machinery and appliances so installed by said
second parties shall, from the time of the in
Stallation of the same, be owned by and be the
property of said Town of Eagle River.
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