Putnam patriot., 1912-09-13
Report of Special committee

To the honorable Superior court, the undersigned respectfully report
 That on the fourth day of April ,l9i2, they were appointed by the Honorable William II. Williams, a judge of the Superior court, a committee, under the i provisions of an act or the general as sembly entitled, An act provided foi the supply of pure and wholesome water in the city of Putnam, Approv- ed June 29th, 1905, and published in l Volume h of the special laws of Con- necticut, and were instructed that after giving the parties an opportunity to be them whether the real and personal ! property, including rights and ease ments contained in the two schedules set forth in the petition in the above entitled action belonged to the plant 1 described therein and should be sold by said water company and purchased by said city of Putnam, and what the time, price, and other conditions of sale and delivery should be; and said | committee were further instructed to report their doings to the Superior ] Court for Windham county.
 That, having been duly sworn, the committee after due notice, heard the parties through their counsel and wit. nesses; and, having viewed the prem ises and considered all the evinence in the case and the arguments of counsel the committee hereby adiudicates: First: That of all the property con. | tained in said schedules and described with more detail in the schedules set out in the defendants exhibit 35 be- long to the water plant of said Putnam Water Company and should be sold by said water company and purchased by the city of Putnam.
 Second: That any property in the nature of supplies or piping acquired by the company since January lst, | 1912, on hand or in use at the date Of the sale shall, persuant to 3 stipulation of counsel covering as well the value | and the amount thereof, be reckoned as part of the property of said plant, to be sold by the defendant and pur- chased by the plaintiff at a valua- tion thus determined.
 Third: The value placed by the com mittee upon the property to be sold by said Putnam Water Company and pur- chased by the City of Putnam is two hundred and forty thousand dollars, plus such sum as shall be determined to be the value of the supplies and piping, to be fixed by stipulation of counsel as hereinbefore set forth.
 Fourth: In reaching said valuation the committee has considered the character and location of the plant, the community served by it's distribu- ton system, the value of the lands, the value of the site for the proposed stor- age reservoir, the value of the build ings, the value of it's dam and it's sys- tenn of filters, the value of the machin- ery and ali apparatus and means for storing water, the' distribution system of the plant, the present condition Of the buildings, machinery and distfibu- ton system, the changes needed for their reasonable improvement, and the probable results of said changes; and also considered the expense of opera ton, and the opinions of the experts who testified.
 Fifth: The committee has heard and considered evidence concerning the &C., tua cost of the plant, and concerning the cost of reproduction of the plant at the present time, and has also eonsid- cred that the plant is going concern and that the distribution of wates aas
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