Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-31
Notice by Town Board of
Proposition to be Voted on
at Annual Town Meeting.

consin. on the 9th day Of March. 1909 duly
passed and adopted the following resolution:
State of Wisconsin. Villas County, Town of
Eagle River ~.
Whereas Che Town of Eagle River, Villas
county Wisconsin, i, duly authorized by Chap
ter 4S3 of the General Laws OF the State of
Wisconsin for the year LAOS, to build and
maintain dam across the Wisconsin river in
said town, for public uses md purposes and TO
tain 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 lights to the inhabitants thereof and
to obtain hydraulic power foropefatng water
works for the purpose of supplying the village
and the inhabitants thereof with water and TO
obtain h ydraulc power TO be used for any
other lawful municipal purposes; and
Whereas, the said Town of Eagle River is in
said Chapter 4S3 of the General Laws OF the
said State of Wisconsin for the year 9o5
further authorized in case the said dam as 50
constructed and maintained shall make avali-
able for use any electrical power which shall
not be continuously needed and used for the
purposes aforementioned, the said town is au-
thorized ana empowered to let, lease or rent
the same for for any lawful private pur-
pose such lease, however. not to be for lon
ger term than twenty years and
Whereas James Langill has submitted to
the Town Board of said Town of Eagle River.
and fled with the Town Clerk of said town a
proposition in writing of the following tenor,
I tO-wit:
To the Town Board OF Supervisors, Town of
Eagle River, Villas County Wisconsin,,
Gentlemen:
The undersigned James Langil. respect
fully makes application for a lease of thirty
horse power of the surplus electrical power
owned by said town to operate planning mill
and other wood working plant in the village OF
Eagle River in said town for a period offifteen
years or for such portion of said time as said
James Langill, his heirs executors adminiStra-
tors and assigns shall continue to operate said
planning mill and other wood working plant.
That there rs no planning mill in said village
of Eagle River and IN view 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 a
number of employees
Therefore, respectfully ask that the power
be leased at IL nominal consideration or 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 duplI-
cate. q contract with the said town or tag lie
River whenever the Town Beard OF said town
Is duly and legally authorized so to 90 by the
electors of said town at an annual or special
town meeting or election al which time the
question of making or rejecting OF said con-
tract shall have been duly and legally submit
ted said contract to be of the following
tenor, to-wit:
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made in
dunlicate This day OF - 1909 by and
hatwaan the Town ~ Eaole River Was
county WISCONSIN its successors and assigns
ma rtv of the firsr Oart and James I,angill his
bo;rS avacrtors administra tore and assigns
party of the second part:
w nm FSSETR chat the marty of the first
mart for and In consideration of the payment
70 II nv the marty If the SECOND nart az One
Dnliar ner year p;yable on the first day of
INV in each wear and of the mutual covenants
hereinafter expressed are TO lease to James
Ianpill his heirs executors administrators
and assipns for period of fifteen wears from
and after the DAFT, of This agreement thirty
horst. mower of the surplus electrical power
now owned nv said first party and generated
nj tho Otter Ranids dam in said town to be
delivered 10 the second marty from the mower
honse of the first party in the village of Eagle
mower before mentioned is understood to
mean that mart of the electrical power now
owned penerated and transmitted to the first
,ar.U 70 . ;ts nower bonSa in the village OF
iragi ti,,ar ard haino II, q K cess ri The amount
ren,iired for it's rnunicipaI purposes or now
untSer contract 10 other narties
The t,arty M the second mart James IanrIl
s,- md j.. ooneider,tion Of the forepninp
1.1,ra,,1,+u and rho n,utnal covenants herein
,,S,,t a;raG arraes aud minds himself 70 e1ujn,
onarate and 17naintain in the villara of Eagle
River in said town during The perjod of fifteen
wear. a NAMING min or other wood working