The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-02-24
THE DEERFlELp POWER
Mr. Hunt Thinks State Has Given
Away Rights

the burlington free FreSs.
Your issue Of the 10th contains an
except from the Bennington BBanner
headed electricity for Burlington
7 ha opening sentence reads THE
development Of the power plants in
the DeerAeld valley has had a far
reaching effect than most people
think"
That's true Host people do not
TANK at all That's why the feN
who do think get most of the money
and the many who do not think do
most Of the work. 1t was the Leg
islature of 19OS--one of the legisla-
tors that did not think-that gave
the power trust this imperial gift Of
the whole Deerneld water shed, and
Il WAS the supreme court that did not
think to much purpose as will later
appear, that afterward confirmed the
gift forever.
Consider first what this gift was
wcrth--1O0,O0O horsepower soon to
be developed to 100000. How much
is horsepower worth per year?
lat depends, ad it win vary like
the price of other commodities
The chief factor viii be the ability
Of the trust to mcnopolizc the sup.
ply; and Of all sources Of power
this tends itself most easily TO mono
pclistic control As a rough osti
mate, suppose we call a horsepower
worth twenty-five dollars Q year
That would make tic 100000 worth
Two millions and O half. and the 2o0,-
000 seven millions. Another way to
&C. at It would be to consider the
price Of the coal that would be re-
quired to Develop an equal amount Of
power The article from the Banner
states that lin the current year Il Is
estimated tina. 225.000 tons Of coal
VII be replaced by this source OF
power That coal would COS. proba-
by q million and a half dollars, and
this Is only the beginning Probably
only small fraction OF the available
power has been utilized during the
c,,rre,t yo,- Cr,st7or. ~ ,,a -
ter the plant Is once established the
Running expenses are extremely light
This IS enough to show that our gift
:, IA - ha nig ~ ,' S., stanSa-s o,i
people and the Morgonheimers DO not
bother with small things.
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