Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-05-27

SO'u interest on an investment OF five
hundred dollars per horse power
The Deerfield a Flekle River.
Among rivers the Deerfeld is bv COM
mon consent most tickle 1t is known as
the thunder brook stream. II fills IN
from a single thunder shower, and in "a
hours is down again. Herein lies the
merit of the Wilmington valley storage
plan. This fickleness has prevented much
use OF the Deerfield for power purposes
during the days OF water wheels, and be-
fore the incoming of electricity. Its de-
scent is extraordinarily rapid, popularity
estimated at As feet to the mile in the re-
gion Of the Hoosac tunnel. When the
state bored that great hole through the
mountain wall, it acquired the water
rights from Monroe Bridge, five miles
above the tunnel entrance, to the tunnel.
and used the power thus DEVELOPED in
COMPRISING air to drive the drills II
bought 30 acres Of forest land nearby to
furnish the timber for the dam proper-
ties which descended to the Fitchburg
Railroad company, and have been. in part,
at least, recently disposed of to the COM
pany which has this larger project under
way.
This is the same concern-Chace q Har-
riman by name-which has made the de-
| velopment at Vernon, the power from
which is already being distributed as far
sou'h as worcester ana springfield. be-
SUES 10 hunperless OF the smaller fac
loIE cities OF the northern part Of the
state, like Gardner, Ashburnham and
oii'iiiS'cl' us promoters maintain that
| they are putting power into Worcester on
| the basis Of $3.50 coal, and that by rea
| son Of this they have saved to the city
one INDUSTRY employing 5000 men which
""u o'nei wise plahheu 10 migrate to re-
gion Of cheaper power in the West.
| Ultimate Aims OF Promoters
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1T "',' " MN III longer
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fau ~, -, - az 'aiiui,S VI u,'s RIVER :
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an 49,, ,e e.'ae C"llt 'hroueh me
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| r,ia.esl,s ~ "ue .'' uePoS'.S Oh tHe
80 80. 9'on a,,u 'S C'eoIrIcIS
| So, ~ ny ""'N' Gus VI 'H' SleIr d
,,a'r, 1@ II 10" priced power rms
nrat,,. - .'., n1s .o"s .lau reaS-
| ,.n.,1,s e'.,'P Luv! suppl dI'noush one
| -, Nle"'''S nan MAJ "IlIcH
irr, ,'a,, al '''S coal pei. VI 'ile MISSES
~ ''it ~ oHuCIns .o"I Is now
11,,.1, 60 90 VI We id'sTst buyers IN
90 ". So d .u"' - IN hroCktoh ana
80 =" N'hou'"' \ doi'a' OF advance
,,,i', ,,. "DI'u e'n mu''uIg Gus Oh water
mo eNIs'eh'e' Cor
l-t''p o',u'lslS uIop III coai prices woulo
,i'0-'' d Nu'e'uS' II li t"e Ptosress oil
I.,ei.,lon some way CouIu ne devised toT
much energy as now comes. such as many
people seem to think is now on the tapis
our water power would again be RELOCATED
10 me rear JUST as IN the period when tho
coming OF cheap coal displaced the old
"ater-"heei'
Elect1clty' by means OF which power
Sould oe carried from the place OF pro-
uueuoh 10 the spot where 1t was needed
opened new career for the water wheel
ana Ieu 10 some extraordinary develop
menus out even now coal under steam
DoiIer Is a very cheap producer OF power
10 compete with 1t electrical installations
must earn interest on an expensive plant
Ihey must earn interest on the auxiliary
service whlch Is usually necessary wher
'he Water-po"er runs low ana they must
pay Tor expensive distribution. The cleo
lTlcal power Is usually sold cheaper thar
'he steam produced so That when the
company nave TO resort to coal they are
seIllhg thelr product at a loss which eats
up much OF the proht OF falr weather.
ana sun many people see IN the run
ming water OF the berkshire nils power
iui any Tor New England industries. They
oeleVe 1t means the Teopening OF a new era
OF our industrial history, ana particularly
rehascence Tor that hitherto unfolded
part OF the state. And Of these develop
mehts that mere at Zoar is the most in
terestlhg
Possible Purchasers OF this Power.
mt. A..
ne nIst patron IN slght LOT so extern
80 " P c," ueNeiUPilleht Moulu obviously
US tie rtSnpuIs ulNlsioh oI 'he Boston q
I'm oau' ~ an eauy mas Pianheu