The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-03
VERMONT SHOULD
CONSERVE OWN
WATER POWER
Warwick S. Carpenter Advo-
Gates Better State Control
WOULD INCREASE INDUSTRY
Present situation Is Menace to the
Fgture Growth Of Manu-
featuring.
Ea,or Of The Banner:

Elitor al The Banner.
since he adjournment of the legis-
lsfure Or the holiday recess | have
rlven some consideration to other
phases a. the proposed charter oil me
souther Vermont Light and rover
con pany than its effect upon Tue
4whts on the public TO streams and
laker uader the control OF the com
sauy. and have ascertained certain
faets In regard TO power development
4, Vermont generally. with the re-
salt thar ! wish 10 request again Ihe
savnecr ~ your columns.
think that ! may submit without
sesitanry that the potential water
nower q the state OF Neront is lts
rrsAtesf uudeVeloped natural re-
source With the certain failure Oh
m supply OF coal now matter Oh
CON naratively few years, ana al
ready forerhadoN ed by considerable
tucrsass in price. the stratesicdi
poiuts for manufacturing purposes
wiu sh I'd from Pennsylvania and ON
er Goa producing states TO those
where chem water power can De Cd
fafrad In abundance. Vermont is one
"a thcse states Accordingly the eX-
tent 10 which Vermont power Is de-
vslopel viii determine the extent 10
.hich Industries viii locate either in
Vermont or iu the adjoining states
ubere advantages OF Vermont power
ear be obiained
believe that ] can further stA'e'
without fear of contradiction that
Vermont water power viii certainly
be- developed TO meet the demand
That Is the fundamental law OF sup
MY ami demand the world over. The
demand vii come 10 the supply as
me steel Jumps to the magnet Ac-
cordlasly We need not trouble our
selves with the question OF whether
ar not Nermont's wonderful supply OF
white coal" b. to be developed. IL
Ill h. developed by one agency or
another. Just as fast as il can be USED
within its transmission radius. Ao-
cordipgly / submit that the important
lursflons OF policy to be settled by
Vermont are. not whether the power
il o bee developed, but,
ift By whom it is to be develop
-
2rd. How. and under what condt
fions and restrictions il is to- be de
velopsd. controlled and used.
Il A. not my intention in this com
munication to attempt comprehon
sive survey OF all the points involved
The subject is altogether too vast
and far-reaching II is also too i'm
portant TO all the interests OF the
state to be settled without thorongn
A.atatlon and discussion. But discus
a.u II q water power policy is JUS
what we in Vermont have not yet mad
Srch discussion as we have had mas
been almost solely for the purpose o.
convincing ourselves of the obvious
fact that the power should be deVel
onod. and close thinking has extend
ID but little beyond that conclusion
The result has been that severa
ewseping charters covering wide ter
rttor, have been granted to Interest,"
whose plans and policies have beer
perfected for long time, and severa
other charters are apparently about U
be obtained. In connection with ques
ticn one. above. it will be helpful U
get some light on who these Interest,"
are
The incorporators of the proposed
southern Vermont Light and Powe
COMPANY. which seeks to contro
srnctically all the power on the wes'
EN- slope OF the mountains in Ben
uiuEton County, are all local men eN
cent one. +. +. Shaw of Providence
Rhode Island. II was several time
freely admitted by the attorney for tn
CORPORATION. before the House Con
nittee on Corporations, at hearing
acid in Montpelier, during the pas
month. that these local men are nc
the hackers of the enterprise, bu
thai the interest is in reality cente
81 IN Providence. The Attorney sp'
oiary mentioned Mr.. Anderson {
Providence. as the one from whom b
derived his authority, though Mr.. Al
derson is not an incorporation. In AZ
dition to the bill to incorporate TN
con pany, there is another before tn
legislature to incorporate the Gias
snbury Light and Power Company,
operate on the Fayville stream in Bel
nington County Among its incorpo
ators are two OF the incorporators
the Southern Vermont Compan'
Both companies have the same alto
ney, who Is also an incorporation
Ne Glastonbury Company. This
the well known system Of interlool
he. so effective with boards OF dire
torN
At the session Of 1910 the Ffftee
Me Falls Power Company was cha
tered, among its incorporators beir
Malcolm G Chace and Israel P Roun'
81 Providence. All Of the other me
we're Vermonters. except Henry
hartman OF Newton. Mass.
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