The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-01

~, Tam Stale ia. A El.fitir rompany
To-day answer ihr uliimainm gwen Il ~
ihr board Il trade abeui r. days sso AZ
that iiuis ihe osmiany uas informed, Ia
A. diplomatic language a. commercial rufs
fv.is1hdsnor uiil l~rmfi, that the hoari II
trade desired 81 knUA the lowest ilAi rats
the company could aud would make iur
rlssinr rufrni Tor rnmmrrial lighting
Not only did lhr bosul 81 trade in'isi
ulnn having this information, hut i "a
sisted upon having d not later than April
/. The reason iaf asking the Information
On that date Was that i Il Wa bot sail.
factory ah article Uuuld h. inserted "a the
warrant for the annual village meeting "a
~, whether the voter Will vote q huild a
municipal rlrriiir plant The company
was asp advised that u the rate made hy
n tli not conform ta the rate recon-
mendci by Alton y adams, the expert
electrical engineer ~ hl. report Ia the
village haihns and the loard oi trade on
he conditions governing the lighting pi
the village .uth an article would be- IN
SERTED ~ the warrant
Mr. Addi- In reply 90 the communicl
iiun received itom the board OF trade has
written that organization that following
cat the intention of the company, which
was reached several months ago, the Apul
rate. Tor lighting will hc ~ ccnts for the
hr.i - kiloWattr. eight cents for the sec
0nd " kilowait-. and ,iX cents tof all N
excess vi In lll0Walts. This l. a rcdnc'
ion from the March rate If H. nine aud
seven cents for corresponding quantities.
MIR Adds said Yesterday afternoon that
while be- was making a reply 10 the com.
municatiou received from the board OF
trade hc did not relish answering ultima
iums and the Twin state Gas 4 Electric
company did not acknowledge that the
hoard OF trade had any authority TO make
a demand for a rate or demand for any
information lie said that while the let
ter received from the board Of trade stat
el that unless his rate coniormcd 20 that
recommended an article would be Inserted
Ia the village meeting warrant. he could
not understand how he was expected TO
conform 10 recommendations OF which hc
had no official knowledge. Mr. Adds SAID
be- understood that the engineer recon-
mended fiat rate Of seven cents a kilo.
wait. No matter what figure i recon-
mended Mr. Adds saws his company does
not intend to permit the board Of trade
10 dictate how the company shall conduct
~ business. lie SAYS that since Jan.
hi. company has reduced IL rates third
and that the amount Of new business or
the increase in current used has been 50
small A. not 10 warrant mentioning lie
,aid that II municipal plant Is built the
Twin State company will endeavor To-
serve it, patrons at the rates it has named
today and that when il comes to competl'
tion his company viii do business at a loss
II necessary
Mr.. Adds said that he has made the
following figures to both the seleetmen
and the board OF bailiff, for lighting the
streets: Forty cande-power incandesccnt
lamps to burn all night and every night,
Sl7 a year The rate now paid by the
village and town for such lights Is S2i
year. For allnight and every night arc
lights a rate of $50 year Is made instead
OF 500 as now charged For arc lights
which are extiuglished at midnight rate
of S62 50 is made instead of SIS, which Is
now prevailing. The 40 candle power in
candescents which burn until midnight are
to be reduced from sl7 to Sl5 a year Mr.
Adds ascribed the difference in the price
charged for current used in arc lights and
that used in the incandescent street lights
to the fact that the breakage of incandes-
cents is large item. He said that every
tungsten lamp broken costs the company
81 .25 and that the number broken mali
ciously and by accident every year makes
a material addition to the cost OF main
tainisg an incandcscent lighting circuit.
The contract made with the town ex-
pires this month, while that made with
the village expires in August.