Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-03-24
WANT LIGHT
Dummerston Men Ask Order
Against Power Company
Latter Not In Retail Business-W Willing
to Furnish Current Under Same Con-
ditions as in Putney.

The public service comsission had
presented to it Wednesday afternoon in
its offices in the Wilder building the
claim of residents of Dummerston that
the Connecticut River Power Company
of New Hampshire should be com
PEELED to furnish electric current for
lighting and power purposes to indi-
viduals. The petitioners claim that
the charter of the company requires
the company to do so when properly
requested. The company asserted that
it is, and has been, ready to furnish
power to citizens of Dummerston
through some association or company.
but is not compelled to retail it and
does not do so anywhere.
These claims were made on a pet1-
ton of citizens of Dummerston asking
the commission to issue an order com
peiling the company to furnish the
power. The petitioners were f. c.
Tenney, w. A. Miller, w. w. Burnett,
B. S. Balestier, Fred F. Miller, George
Armand, w. J. Armand, Carl Z. New
ton, II. II. Miller, E. II. Miller, Adm
+. Miller, c. r. Crosby, /. +. Crosby,
f. II. Brown and Harry r. Brown.
The petition stated that the petit
tioers desired $50 kilowats and Attor.
ncy C. C. Fits for the company re-
ferred to this several times, saying
that all the petitioners had to do was
to guarantee that amount and the
power company would provide some
one who whould build the line. The
company is ready to sell electricity AZ
two and half cents n kilowat.
The petitioners, through Attorney
No ~ 10
antee that amount. They presented a
list of 10 names of citizens who are
ready to take electricity and of five
more who are almost certain prospects
In addition to that the church, the
town hall, the Grange hall and the vii
lage for several street lights are prob
able purchasers. Mr.. Daley main
tanned that under the law the company
| is compelled to furnish electricity to
houses and he asked that the commits
sion make an order to that effect and
| fix the rate to be charged.
Mr.. Fits explained that the over
RleaG charges, il the power company
were to undertake to retail electricity
in Dummerston, would be much
heavier than would be the case if loca
men handled the business. The power
company is ready to lease at nominal
rental all necessary apparatus and sell
at cost price when desired. He ex
planned that copper wire just now II
very expensive and recommended that
nothing more be done at present than
is absolutely necessary because Of the
especially heavy initial expense.
Chairman Robert G. Bacon of the
commission asked Mr.. Daley if the
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tee 500 kilowats month, but Mr.
Daley would go no farther about guar
anteeing than to say that there were
at least 10 residences that would take
electricity at once and probably hall
as many more.
He said that the power company
sells in Putney to the Fall Mountain
company, a subsidiary company of the
Connecticut River Power Co. and that
if the power company could do 1t IL
Putney it could do the same thing II
Dummerston. remark that brought
from Mr. Fits the retort that al
Dummerson had to do was initiate Put
new and it would get electricity.
Mr. Fits pointed out that three meI
in Vernon had formed an association
and buy electricity of the power com
pany and manage the distribution IL
that village. The local organization Il
do electrical business does not neces
sarily have to be corporation.
Mr.. Daley said that no one in Dunn
merston desired to 90 into the cleo
trical business, but they wanted elec
tricity and purposed to find GU
whether they could get it. There TIT
matter rests.
The petition was dated Jan. %, 1916
and was filed with the commission Jan
25. There were two cOntinuanees a.
the request of the parties.