The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-08-07
NEW LIGHTING CONTRACT
viii Be Considered at Special Trus
tee Meeting Aug. 10.

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considering the new proposed con-
tract for street lighting. Residents
of the village are requested to be
present at this meeting and to offer
any suggestions they may have in
mind and to make any criticism that
may seem pertinent.
The proposed contract is as fol
lows:
Articles of Agreement, made and
coniluded this first day of July A. d.
1914, by and between the Village of
bennington, body corporate and
polite situate in the County of Ben
nington, and the State of Vermont,
hereinafter for convenience called the
Village, as party of the first part, and
the Twin State Gas & Electric Com
pany, its successors or assigns, a
corporation created, organized, exist
ing and doing business under and by
virtue of the laws of the State of
Connecticut, owning and GENERATING
the gas and electric plants at Ben
nington, County of Bennington, State
of Vermont, hereinafter for conven-
fence called the Company, as party
OF the second part.
Witnesseth That, whereas tile in
habitants of said Village, who are its
legal voters, did by majority vote at
the Village meeting held on the
Gnranfnonfh Of nfor A 1914
notice of which meeting vas daily and
legally given vote to instruct the
Village Trustees to renew the street
lighting contract with the Twin State
Gas G. Electric Company, for period
of not more than five co years.
Now Therefore, it is mutually I'M
derstood and agreed by and between
the parties hereto, that both parties
shall and hereby do enter into and
are bound by the following agree
ment for period OF five years from
the first day of July A. d. 1919.
Item l. The Village agrees to and
hereby does grant to the Company
the right to erect And maintain all
the necessary poles. guys, wires, fix
lures, structures and appliances, in
the public streets, alleys and byways,
necessary for the execution and com.
plete fulfilment of this contract.
Item 2. The Company agrees to
maintain and operate the present sys.
tenn of street lighting, consisting of
40 arc lamps and 109 incandescent
lamps, located according to accom-
panying list, for the som of $575.O0
per annum.
Item 8. All street lights to be
lighted and kept burning from one
half hour after sunset to one-half
hour before sunrise, each and every
night during the year.
II the Company, through accident,
neglect or otherwise. fails to have
lighted the street lights herein con.
tracted for, upon each and every 1
night when under the terms of this /
the streets should be light Il
ed, the Village may deduct such pro-
portionate sum from the payment to
be made to the Company, as the mum.
Der of nights during which no light Is
bears to the number of
nights during which light should be
The Village grants the Company
permission to change the present
system of street light to what Is |
ihown as the alternating series con-
itant current system, changing all arc
amps to the &c amperc Series En-
,losed Alternating Current Arc
Lamps.
Item T. The Company agrees to
'hange any portion of the street
lighting SO ordered by the Trustees
within two years from the date of the
execution of this contract, to Series
Tungsten Incandcscent lamps. and TO
i'd any lamps ordered by the Trus-
ees. provided such additions are not
more than five hundred feet from the
1ompany's present lines, without ex-
lensc to the Village.
Additions to the system, ordered by
he Village on or after July /. 1916,
will be done by the Company. the Vii
age hereby agreeing to pay one
ourth of the cost of fixtures. lamps
md wire necessary to make the ad
litions.
Additions made TO the system by or
Ter OF the Village on or after July l,
9l7. will be done by the Company, the
Village hereby agreeing to pay ono
lalf of the cost of fixtures, lamps and
wire necessary to make the installa-
ion, IL being understood that any
ruch payments made by the Village
or additions to the street lighting
system shall be refunded, IL this con-
ract should be extended for another
period of FIVE OF ten years, after July
|, 1919.
Any changes in the location OF
street lamps and poles as now locat-
d, ordered by the Village on or after
he FIRST day OF September 1914, will
be done by the Company at the ex-
Dense OF the Village.
Item 5. The Company hereby |
agrees to and does. give the Village
he privilege OF attaching the Village
ire alarm and other Village signal
wires to all the poles. the property Of
he Company. during the term Of
has contract. provided such attach
a