Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-16
NO cur IN GAS RATE
Cost Of Moving Plant Will Pre-
vent Expected Reduction
Railroad Company VIII Enforce Notice
Of October, 191o-Another Indication
that Agreement Has Been Reached.

One of the results of the agreement
between the Central Vermont and Boston
q Maine railroads relative TO railroad
developments in Brattleboro-a result
not forseen by the public in general
will be the indefinite postponement OF a
contemplated reduction in the price of
gas by the Twin state Gas & Electric
company. The Central Vermonts notice
to the Twin State company, served in
October, 1910, to vacate the premises near
Bridge street, between the railroad and
the river and its present insistence upon
its demand that it be given peaceful pos
session of the premises, which comes In
the form of an ejectment writ dated
Jan 30 and served Feb. s, means that
the Twin State company must expend
large sum in securing a new location Tor
its gas plant, and the additional expense
will make IL necessary to defer cut IN
gas prices So far as the ejectment pro-
cess is concerned 1t is merely another
indication of the agreement in the ne
gotiations for an additional track be-
tween this town and South vernon on
the Vermont side of the river along the
lines indicated in The Phoenix of Feb. q.
The reason why the Twin State company
has not already acted upon the notice
given in October, 1910, has been the posi-
bility that nothing would come of the
railroad negotiations and that the com
pany would not be forced to vacate. AS
a matter of form the writ, which was
issued by Attorney A. F. Schwenk and
served by Deputy Sheriff c. 1. Knapp,
places damages at $1,000 Nothing fur
Their has been done in the way of fore
ing the Swift Beef company to vacate
adjoining land
In speaking of the notice to move Man
ager E. NJ. Adds said this week that
upon receiving the writ he sent 1t to the
officials in New York and that any fur
1T ol. at.r1NN IA Aaly hxrf IT
local company would be directed from
that office. The company has not yet
decided where it will move the gas
house. The consumers of gas in Brattle-
boro will be materially affected, as there
will be no reduction in the price of gas
for several years to come although FOL
the past year the company has beer
working along lines that would have
meant a reduction of 10 cents thou
sand feet to the consumer within few
months. The cost of moving the plant
will be in the neighborhood of $4,000 anc
the consumer will be deprived of the
benefit of a reduction until this added
cost has been earned At present tn
consumer is paying $1.60 per thousand
feet.
The Twin State Gas & Electric com
pany is the outgrowth of a company or
ganized in 1858 by Ferdinand Tyler, c. F
Thompson and others. on Oct. Is, 1858. the!
leased from the MaSSacnuSettS " NOrtn
ern Railway for a term of 20 years tn
land now occupied by the gas plant nea
the bridge over the Connecticut river
The lease carried with it the privileg
of leasing for a period of five years a
the expiration of the first lease. TIL
company did business under the name o
the Brattleboro Gaslght company unit
1906 when it came under the control o
the National Light, Heat & Power com
pany corporation with its headquarter
in New York city, of which the Twi,
State company is a branch In 1898 tn
last five-year lease was taken by tn
company. This expired in 1903, and sine
then the property had been leased fror
year to year until Oct. Is, 1910, when tn
railroad company refused to renew tn
lease and notified the gas company t
move
When the Twin State company too
control of the business in 1905 gas wa
$3.50 a thousand feet and there wer
about 1000 consumers. Since then abor
500 more consumers have been connecte
with the company's mains and the prc
has been reduced to $3.50 thousan
feet. In 1905 there were but very few ga
ranges in town; al present there are 4
in use. w. II. Bryant was the first loct
manager, serving in that capacity thre
years, F. P. Woy served about tw
years, and three years ago next May NJ
Adds became manager of the compan!