The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
LEGAL NOTICES.
ORDER OF NOTICE,

OhOGh Of
WHEREAS, The New England Power
company, consolidated Massachusetts
corporation having principal place of
| business at Brattleboro, in the County |
| filed with the Public Service Commission
| of the State of Vermont a petition which
in words and figures is as follows:
| TO THE HONORABLE PUBLIC SERv-
| ICE COMMISSION:
| WHEREAS. New England Power Com
pany hereinafter called the POWER
ICOMPANf'D is a. consolidated Massa- |
chuSetts corpora ton engaged in the BUSH |
ness of generating, transmitting and dis |
tributing electricity in the Commonwealth |
OF Massachusetts, and State of Vermont, |
WHEREAS, the rapid expansion of the |
POWER COMPANY'S business and the
present unprecedented price of coal cause
pressing demand for its power greatly
IN excess Of the output of its present de-
lvelopments and make necessary the i'm
mediate acquisition of new sources of
IpoWer. and the POWER COMPANY there
fore desires to increase the capacity of
certain existing lines by adapting them
to higher voltage. to construct hydro
electric development the Deerfeld
River hereinafter referred to as the No
| Developmeno, to construct new lines.
to erect and equip new substations, and
70 make certain extensions, additions
and improvements to the present lines
and substations and to the POWER
lCOMPANY'S No. 3 Development, at the
J and
} WHEREAS, the capital stock of the
POWER COMPANY consists of 6914O|
shares of the aggregate par value of So
914. 100000 made up. of 34.140 shares of
, Preferred Stock of the aggregate par
value OF So, 10000 and $4,000 shares of
Common stock of the aggregate par
value of $500 900. 90 and it has outstand-
ing $4,000 10000 Of mortgage bonds, and
WHEREAS, the POWER COMPANY
desires to issue ST. 900 900 90 of additional
5 securities of the POWER COMPANY for
4 the purpose. of paying for or dscha1.ging
obligations incurred or to be incurred for
or in connection with the aforesaid con-
4 istructon of the No. I Development and
for changes, extensions, additions an and
$ PANY'S system incident to such devel-
opment, and
p0 WHERE cnSps On June H. d 1s17 the
i, the Massachusetts Board of Gas and
{ Electric Light Commissioners for it's APP
proval Of the issue of $1,000, 10000 Of ad
ditional securities consisting of 10000 ad-
n ditional shares of Preferred Stock of the
$ pa, value of 500 per share and OF 2o.e0o
II the par value of 800 per share, and OF
So, 600 900 90 face value of mortgage
: bonds; whereby the capital stock of the
II from s6,914 900 90 TO $1O.914 10000. and
IS the bonded Indebtedness from $4,000, :
additional stock and bonds to be used
+ for the aforesaid purposes and
! WHEREAS. on July %. 1917. the Mas
sachusetts Board Of Gas and Electric
!. % Increasing the capacity of certain
If existing lines by adapting them to 9
IF higher voltage Observation-Disclosures.
90 Construction of the No. Develop
ment at the estimated cost of $500.
n 90 Construction OF new lines at the es'
o. timated cost of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
: a. Construction of new substations a
u the estimated cost of ...............
90 Extensions to existing lines at thu
;, eSllmated cost 81 .:...... $500
- "a Additions to 10 Hydro Electri
Development at the estimated cost o
= Certified copies Of votes Of the Direc
tn tors and Stockholders of the POWER
COMPANY authorizing the aforesaid is
sue of additional securities are hereto at
s. taehed The Directors Of the PoWEI
ID. COMPANY have determined $1,000 pc
,r share as the price at which new share
of the Preferred Stock and Common
Stock shall be offered proportionately t
- copy Of the Directors vote fixing sal
~ price is also hereto attached. niueo
er Respectfully submitted.
rs | (Signed) WT w BROOKS,
Treas. of New England Power Co
Dated at Boston this is, twentycthird .6 da
49, HARVEY & WHITNEY, Solicitors Brat
ee l. f Wiiisln : brooks. clerk pro tenn
certify that at the following meetings
the stockholders and directors of Ne
Ia England Power Company, duly called an
he held, at which meetings a quorum wa
=: present, the following resolutions WEI
cir AT MEETING OF BOARD OF DIREC
he TORS HELD ON JUNE II, 1917:
RESOLVED, that the Clerk of tn
Company be and he hereby is directe
or to call meeting OF the stockholders r
nd the purpose of considering and takiI
~ action upon increasing the preferred an
by common stock Of the Company an
for upon the issue of the new addition
" preferred and common stock and of az
ditional mortgage bonds of this compar
ISIS for the purpose of providing funds to Il
,a, crease the capacity of existing lines
zen the state of Massachusetts, construct
no electric development on the Deeriie
Ills River. construct new lines, erect al
for equip new sub-stations and make extel
i'i sions, additions and improvements
the present lines snbstations a and md 9th
- corporate purposes at aggregate e
ON timated cost of s7,010,000: and to consid
for approval and authorization of an appl
- cation by this Company to the Mass
lhe chusetts Board of Gas & Electric lAg
J. Commissioners for the approval of Il
- issue of said additional securities, al
TN to take any other action and transa
and any other business which may proper
al AT MEETING OF BOARD OF DIRE
,Ih' TORS HELD ON June II, 1917:
MI. RESOLVED. that SlO0 per snare
yer hereby determined as the price
.oo which such new preferred and comm
ee shares of this company shall after I
issue thereof has been approved by t
60 Board of Gas & Electric Light Commi
So sioners, and by vote of the stockholde
ton of this Company increasing the capt.
at stock, be offered to the STOCKHOLDERS
r+b provided by law.
f.h AT MEETING OF STOCKHOLDEI
,ok, HELD AUGUST %, 1917:
tch WHEREAS pursuant to votes of
-o1o Board of Directors of this Company
aie application dated June II, 1917, was I'll
ter,
ave
rect