The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-31

gard to the conservation OF the
water power in Bennington County.
h. T.. Healy attorney for the
Southern Vermont Light and Power
Company presented map and speci-
fications showing the water and also
read the bill that he was intending
to present to the legislature to Sc
cure a charter for the Company.
The Board of Directors passed the
following resolutions:
That ii is the sense of this Board
that our representative in the Gener-
al Assebly be asked to introduce a
bill to incorporate the Southern Yer
mont Light and Power Company.
The Board not committing itself to
said bill but reserving the right to
oppose the same in specific particu-
lars if it be determined that the bill
should be opposed in the interests of
our village or any of the Citizens Of
the town.
A Committee composed of John
Nash H. B. Barden and D. a. Guilt
nan, attorney for the Board of Trade
was appointed to look up the provis-
ions of the charter and TO prepare
the necessary amendments should
any be required
This bill is now in the hands OF the
legislature and we understand that
as it now stands it is satisfactory to
all parties interested in the same
The experience of the Board has
demonstrated the fact that while we
have done the best we could with
our limited means that with the prop
er backing by the town We can make
Bennington eventually the leading
town in the State both as a business
center and summer resort.
During the year we have been in
communication with 81 different CON
Germs that were looking for locations.
The correspondence in many cases
being carried on for several weeks
but in the end we would find that
they either demanded more money
and concessions than We could af-
ford or that they were concerns that
had no standing whatever and were
simply looking for some community
to help them out financially.
Some of the propositions called for
large amounts as high as $4,000 but
with a guarantee to employ from 800
to 500 men. These were too large for
us to handle and they have located
elsewhere. A large number of other
concerns have written to us but their
proposition was turned down by the
Board as being of no value. We have
on the other hand written to large
number of parties in regard to To-
har, hat
Our experience since organization
has demonstrated the fact that II the
people of Bennington will stand to-
gether and stop knocking we can
make Bennington what il should
have been years ago, bigger, broad
er, buster, and better" II you don't
like the officers of the Board of
Trade put them out and put in others
! but look at things in the right light
and don't think that the officers can
do anything with out the co-opera-
ton OF the citizens of the entire COM
munity. We have got along with
very little financial help by holding
meetings in the Office Of the Score
tary and curtailing expenses in every
way possible but with a town OF the
size Of Bennington and the number
OF public spirited citizens that we
have always boosted Of having II
seems to us that money enough
should be subscribed to do the neces-
sary printing Of pamphlets and ad.
vertising to bring Bennington before
the people and induce them to locate
with US for business and as residents.
Emory S. Harris,
Secretary.
I Frank F. Howe. President.
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