Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-09

l in length Tuesday evening at the office of the gas and electrical departrnenf in the Alice building, the gas and eaec- triea4 commissioners deferred Ae- ton upon signing any contract for the city's supply Of electric currnet.
 The meeting was adourn1ed from ten days ago when a contract with the Uncas Power company at the price of II cents per kilowatt for eight years with options of two five years renew als had been under consideration. President James J. Donohue con- ducted the meeting, which was attend ed by all five members of the commits sion. with Secretary A. s. Spaldtng keeping the records.
 After the meeting adjourned Secre- tary Spalding said that their action had been to defer the signing of a con- tract to a meeting to be called at some future date to be determined when several other companies are ready to submit bids. He expected this would be within a short time. There were three or four others, he said, from whom offers were expected but they had not been ready to make dennlte offers Tuesday night. There was one offer from the Shore Line Electric price of 1-4 cents for full and com plete power, but further time was wanted to determine some other mat | ters regarding surplus power and oth- CT Q6Id1lS-
 Who the other offers might be ex- pected from he did not consider it advisable to state now. The chair man, he said, will call a future meet ing when the offers are ready for presentation before the commissioners. Minutes of Previous Meetings. The following are extracts taken 1 from the minutes of the meetings of the gas and electrical commission l I Spalding at the mass meeting in the town hall on Monday evening. They relate to the action taken regarding the proposed contract with the uncas l Power company as follows; z Matter of lease with Uncas Power
 company regarding supply of current | was brought up and Attorney c. W. Constock was sent for and explained ! the matters. Adjourned to meet the following day at p. m.
 i Jan. 2, 1s16.N
 The question of lease was brought up and discussed at length. Motion offered and carried with full afirma-
 tive vote offered by MT. Shea:
 That we tender to the UncAs Power company contract upon basis Of elghi years with privilege of renewal for ter years addition, the first tight veal I period to commence Jan. 1. 1918, tht price to be 1.1c (one and one-tentF cents), and general terms of contrae l to be on the lines of contract as of fered here this day by the Uneas Power company.
 Jan. 5, ,916. I Minutes of two previous meetings Tread and approved with exception ol lresolution as passed in the meeting oi Jan 2, MT. Shea stating his motior should have been as follows:
 l We tender the Uncas Power com pany a contract binding upon botf parties for a term of eight years at z l fixed price of one and one-tenth cent! per kilowatt hour, with the privilege O
 a ten year renewal at the same rate.
 The chairman offered the following telegram directed to the chairman: Boston, Mass, 10.17 a. m., Jan. 1 ! 1915: A contract for eight years at l
 mills approved by board or directors
 Henry N. Sweet, president Uncas Pow
 CT Co.
 The chairman stated we were op
 erating under contract since Jan. ] l1s16, and Mir. Shea doubted the state , ment, saying there was no contract. A. S. Spaiding stated that he hal
 made statement at meeting of Jan. i to the. effect that he would not sigl
 any contract unless all signed (ful board) and if MT: Shea did not pro ] pose to sign contract as had beel . submitted, he desired his signatur taken from document
 A meeting of some length developel and the question of a contract witt Uneas Power company was discusse'
 pro and con-.
 The following motion was offered b.
 MT. Shea, seconded by MT. Whitaker:
 Motion: That we operate our plan |, without a contract with the Unca
 Power company and that both the sig
 natures of D. S. Gilmour and A.
 Spalding be released from the contrac
 as signed. Same declared adopted b.
 the chairman.
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