Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-03
SPECIAL CHARTER
FOR BALTIC WATER COMPANY
The Case Presented to the Joint Com
mittee on interpretations.
Especial to The Bulletin.)

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Hartford. Feb willis A. Bris-
coe OF y Norwich presented to the joint
committee of interpretations this aft
ernoon the case of the gentlemen who
are endeavoring to get a special char
ter for the Baltic Water company of
that place. which is to take over the
water plant of the Baltic Mills COM
pany and conduct it as a separate
concern. He was accompanied by John
Eccles and William Z. Peck of the
Baltic company, but neither of these
gentlemen found it necessary to say
anything to the committee.
In graphic way Mr.. BriScoe de-
scrioed the situation of the village of
Baltic, which is without fire protec-
tion and would have lost its entire
business center in a recent fire but for
the aid of the Baltic company and
expressed the feeling OF the people
of Baltic that there should be public
water service. The company has
some IS tenants, he said, and feels
itself interested from their standpoint
1t has a good sized reservoir which
will hold some eight or nine million
gallons of water, and is situated 500 or
so feet above the village, so as to give
a good pressure of water This. with
such mains and pipes and other pos
sessions go with the water plant the
mills company is very ready to turn
over to an Independent water COM
pany operating under a special char
ter, being itself neither desirous nor
able. under its charter to supply wa
ter to the village.
Senator Bafnum, senate chairman of
the committee, asked if there was any
other charter for a water company
which covered this territory, and Mr..
Briscoe replied that there was none
and no other company had shown any
desire to operate there. House Chair
man Parker asked what was the gem
eraI feeling in the town, and Mr.. Bris-
coe asked Representative and First
Selectman Jodoin to state as to this.
Mr.. JOdoin said that there was the
greatest desire in the world for this
water service, as he had ascertained
by personal calls on numerous tax
payers. The village has no fire pro-
lection now and would consider a. wa
ter service a godsend, as indeed it
proved at the time of the fire men
toned by Mr.. Briscoe
He answered Mr.. Parker's question
by saying that there was no objec-
tion to the company's tearing up
streets to lay pipes which he had
heard of, and on behalf of the town
government offered to do anything
reasonable for the new company if
the legislature would charter it.
The committee seemed to take the
entire matter with some show of favor
and took the papers for consideration
i'll executive session after Mr. Briscoe
had made a minor change in the word
ing of the resolution 50 that its pro-
visions as to issuance of stock and
bonds would stand independently Of
the general law.
The incorporators of the Baltic Wa
ter company, which is chartered to do
a general business of water supply in
the town of Sprague. according to the
resolution. are John Eccles, Frederick
c. Sayles, Robert w. Sayles, C. Fl.
Newell and William E. Peck. There
is given TO the concern the right to
condemn land within the town for it's
purposes if it is unable to arrive at
an agreement with an owner -