The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-31
Harvesting of Streams in
Vermont Neglected
Until Recently
100000 HORSE
POWER AVAILABLE
New Corporation Plans Large Hydro
Electric Development-Few States in
Union Compare with This - Great
Prospects Ahead.

An interesting story on the develop
ment of the water powers of Vermont
is told in the last issue of the United
States Investor, a periodical devoted
to financial news. The article is as
follows:
''It is a fact that the development of
water power i'm the state Of Vermont,
under the modern methods of high ten
sion transmission has been neglected |
to "a greater extent than in any of the !
other New EHglanI states and that it |
| is only recently important steps have |
been taken to remedy this.
cit is well known. also, that the |
! state of Vermont is peculiarly favored !
/ by nature with an abundance of natu- |
raj water powers, and vet it is only
| within a comparatively recent date
! that the attention of capital has been
/ directed toward it.
\ alt is interesting to learn that five
/ New England states have 36 per cent
4 of the watcr-developed manufacturing
/ power. while New York state has 80
\ per cent. or nearly two-thirds of the
l watcr-developcd manufacturing power
in the country.
100000 Horse Power.
can expert in water power matters
has stated that Vermont has the posi-
hilities of developing 1000, 000-horsc
power, or the power which can be gen
Grated by 100000 tons of coal annu-
ally. What the development of this
vast amount of power would mean to
Vermont is almost beyond belief.
''Few states of the Union compare
with Vermont in respect To the num-
Der of rivers and streams flowing from
4 the SUBMITS Of the Green Mountains.
and it Is doubtful if any area in the
country. of less than the thousand
square miles, is so we'll watered as
this state, and which is one of the two
states in the Union in which water
generates more power than steam.
con account of this neglect Of the
development of cheap power, Vermont
, is farther behind than any of her sis
ter states of New England in manufac
: turing. but the time is near at hand
{ when this situation promises to he re-
versed, to some extent at least, for dur
: ing the past two years considerable
progress has been made by outside cap
: ital to take advantage Of the splendid
for the acquisition Of its natural re-
sources for the creation of electric en-
ergy.
The Hortonia Project.
cone of the foremost developments
|. Mt the present time is that which is
+ being undertaken by the Hortonia
. Power Company and its subsidiary. the
!. Eastern Vermont Public Utilities cor
: poration. In our issue of March II,
|. 1916. we referred to the undertaking
: in which the llortouia Power company
!. is engaged, and it was about this time
! that the Eastern Vermont Public Util-
tiles corporation was organized under
4 the laws Of Vermont with the object
of taking over certain hvdro-electric
power plants and further developing
4 and improving them. This company
d has taken over the hydro-elcctric prop
= crtv of the Judkin Electric Light com
: pany at Barnet. Vermont. which sup
!, plies several towns in its immediate To-
l. cality; the Groton Electric Light 4
/. Power company and the Rycgate Light
Heat 4 Power Company.
= "TheSe plants are to be further i'm
= proved and developed and are lust be
> ing united. Developments of other hv
dro-elcctric properties are to be made
: at Danvillc. Vermont, ana vicinity
: with the construction of two power
stations.
q ''The Eastern Vermont Public Ttili
= ties corporations main transmission
line connecting Danville, Ryegate and
a Bethel is to be constructed this summer
aad, we are informed, the company al
- ready has applications for large
amounts of power than it is able Il
supply from individual consumers anC
the large quarrying section which i
enters. This company will supply The
Woodbury. Granite company and othe
large quarrying operations and has mu
nicipal contracts for lighting in numer
ous towns in the state. All franchise
on which it operates are perpetual.
Some Opportunities.
This company was organized by F
NJ. Dyer & company, of New York
| ,rhn nlsn nrnnniunl A. IInr4n..;- l..