The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-16

or business at BrattleD0r0, IN the (Oun- |
ty of Windham and State of Vermont, |
has filed with the Public Service Com
mission a petition which is in words and
figures, as follows.
STATE OF VERMONT 4
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION oPl
THE STATE OF VERMONT
In the Matter of the Application of
The Connecticut River Power
Company of New Hampshire
for leave to Amend
It's Charter.
To the Public Service Commission of
the State of Vermont comes the Con
nectieut River Power Company of New
Hampshire, consolidated New Hamp-
shire and Vermont corporation, being
chartered intVermont by Act No. POI of
the Acts of 1902, as amended by Act
No. 200 of the Acts of 1904, and by
Act No. $40 of, tho Acts of 1906, and
being chartered in New Hampshire by
Chapter No 800 of the Acts of 1903,
as amended by Chapter No. 244 of the
Acts of 1907 and Chapter 326 of the
Acts of 1909, and respectfully repre-
sents:
That your, petitioner is operating as
public utility within the State of
Vermont, maintaining and operating
high tension lines for the transmission
of hydro-electric energy.
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That Section of Act No. 2O9 of the
Acts of the Vermont Legislature of
1904 in part reads as follows:
''The meadows of the Brattleboro
Retreat shall not be flooded until a
board of three sanitary engineers to be
appointed on application of the said
Connecticut River Power Company or
the trustees of said Retreat, by two
judges of the Supreme Court of Yer
mont, shall have inspected all the prem
ises, the proposed dam or dams, the Con-
necticut and West Rivers in relation
thereto, heard evidence concerning the
same, and have determined what is
necessary to be done in order to fully
protect the healthfulness of said Re
treat and its inmates; and whatever
shall be determined by said engineers
as necessary to be done TO fully protect
the sanitary conditions of said Retreat
and to fully protect the hcalthfulness
of the inmates thereof, shall all be done
and completed TO the approval of said
engineers before any water shall be
flowed on to-said meadows by said pro-
posed dam or dams. And all the ex-
penses4 thereof, including the cost of
any dykes, dams and excavations re-
CURED, and of maintaining the same,
the taking care of the sewage, the re-
mOval or change of water pipes, and
the charges and expenses of said en-
gincers, shall be borne by said Con
necticut River Power Company
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That8 sach iportion of Section ! of
Act No. 200 of the Acts of the Vermont
Legislature of 1904, was embodied and
made a part of the charter of your pc
titionersat the instigation and request
of the trustees of the Brattlcboro Re
treat "a a protection to the property
of the Brattlcboro Retreat.
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That for a number - years your pc
titioner and the, Trustees of the Brat
tleboro Retreat have endeavored to de
terminc upon some fair basis by which
certain meadows of the Brattleboro Re
treat might be flowed by this petitioner
and have sought to determine the dam
age which might accrue to the Retreat
thereby, and to determine upon means
for fair compensation for the same.
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That your petitioner and the Trustee!
of the Brattleboro Retreat have agreed
upon all matters mentioned in the fore
going paragraph, and said agreemen
fully protects the healthfulness of saiC
Retreat and its inmates
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That at the annual meeting of TIL
stockholders of your petitioner dull,
called and held May 5, 1919, and at al
adjourned meeting thereof duly he'll
June 3, 1919, at which said adiourne,
meeting more than two thirds of tn
preferred shareholders of your petition
er were present or represented, an
more than two-thirds of the commo
shareholders of your petitioner wer
present or represented, it was unani
mously voted, subject to the approva
of the proper officers of the State o
Vermont, to amend the charter of you
petitioner by striking thcrefrom tina
portion of Section l of Act No. 200 o
the Acts of the Vermont Legislature o
1904 which is stated above in para
graph 2.
Your petitioner AYERS that, tn
amendment hereinafter prayed for WI
promote the general good of the Stat
WHEREFORE your petitioner pray
that permission may be granted it I
amend its charter by striking out tbs
part of Section ] of Act No. 200 of ii
Acts of the Vermont Legislature {
1904, as appears in paragraph 2 abov
And your petitioner further pray
for such other relief as to the Con
mission may seem meet and just.
Dated at Brattleboro, Vermont, Jul
80, 1919.
THE CONNECTICUT RIVER Pow
Err COMPANY OF NEW HAM
SHIRE.
BY G. a. Harris, President,
Harold +. Whitney Clerk
Notice is hereby given that the Pul
lie Service Commission will hold pul
lie hearing upon said.pctitipn at the o
flee of the Commission, Wilder Buil
inp Rraf lpbOro Vermont IN tho o1t