The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-11-27
CENTRAL MAINE POWER GO. RE-
CElYES NEW POWER
CONTRACT
Great Northern Paper 30. TO Purchase
1900 II. p. for Two Years Be-
ginning March |, 1925

\ special corporation meeting OF
Madison Village was held recently in
Firemen's Hall with large attend
ance Meeting was called to order
by A. b. Heald, clerk and j. Frank
Withee was elected moderator
Under article 2 of the warrant and
for which purpose the meeting was
called was to consider what arrange
ments could be made in granting "A
permit to the Central Maine Power
Company to furnish 1900 horsepower
to run the grinder room at the Great
Northern PGper Company's plant.
Supt. e. w. Adams. Of the Madison
Electric Works then called upon the
Hon. Charles O. Small to read the con-
tract relative to the granting of the
permit which had already been drawn.
Mr. Small spoke of several confer
cnees between the Central Maine
Power Company. officials and the cor
poratlOn assessors and Supt. +. W.
ADAMS, and himself dealing with the
subject.
The contract which consisted Of sey-
eral pages would permit the Central
Maine Power Company to erect line
and connect the same with the Great
Northern Paper Company. The
agreement is for a two years period
beginning on or about March !, 1925
with IA consideration of $2,50000 per
year payable monthly to the corpora
tion. Mr. Small spoke very highly of
the contract; there being several arti-
cles drawn up by Supt. f. w. Adams
and was considered an excellent safe
guard for the corporation. Under
this contract the interests of the town
was handled very judiciously by him.
The Great Northern Paper Company
gave the corporation the first chance
to furnish power to them but owing
to the amount we are now carrying
which is sufficient. and by so furnish
ing this extra amount the corporation
would have to make contract for
ten years.
The new line will come into town
by the way of Jones street across the
river to the power station of the
Great Northern Paper Company, from
there back across the river to the
grinder room of the company.
There were remarks by the asses
sors o. T. Briggs, David Gray and
James Spence in which all favored
lne permit
The vote was as follows That
the Assessors of Madison Village Cor
pOraton be and the same are hereby
authorized and instructed to execute
in the name and behalf of the cor
poratiOn the contract read and con
sidered at this meeting with the Cen
trsl Maine Power Co.. and the Great
Northern Paper Co., by which the
Central Maine Power Company. by
permission of the superintendent of
our Electric Light Department. or
Works. is to furnish to the Great
Northern Paper Company, at its Bill
at Madison or at its power station in
hnson, approximately 1900 horsepower
and in consideration therefore is to
pay to the Madison Village Corpora
tion the sum of $2,500.00 annually
payable monthly.
With the water in the river as it
has been and is now, the new power
plant of the Great Northern Paper
Company, has not been able to develop
the power necessary for the mills
big business and by granting this per
nit for a period of two years 1t is
hoped that by that time the storage
dam at Brassua will be completed.