The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-02-22

turing ana Tor several miles III
the Wells River there is a success
sion of falls varying from IS t.
: 100 feet each only partially util
lied and being held at merely
nominal rates. The privileges
on the Connecticut are also val
liable, there being a fall of more
than 81 feet at low water between
Mclndoes Falls eight miles north
and this point. Wells River has
two general country stores, a drug
store, hardware, furniture, gro
Gerry, harness, leather goods and
Carriages are all we'll represented.
THE WIND MILL TOWER.
Perhaps there is no greater
novelty or more remarkable struc-
ture in the State of Vermont than
the windmill and tower which
has just been built by Erastus
Baldwin. The tower is construct
ed of hard southern pine, is esti-
mated to weigh about "a tons, is
1872 feet in height to center of
wheel, with a total height of III
feet, and is the highest windmill
tower in the world. 1t is built
on the spike plan, except the stub
tower which supports the wheel,
and this tower is 80 feet in height
and framed. The champion sec
tional wheel is used and this
wheel weighs about three tons.
The question will naturally arise,
how an object of such weight can
be safely kept in place at a height
of nearly 200 feet.
The tower is guyed by8 "a inch
rods with turn buckles to stone
piers in the ground, and also by
four anchors, in other words,
with rods which run from eight
feet below the surface and two
feet on the posts. The posts are
9x9 inches for a distance of 40
feet and then become 7x7. The
length of the pieces of which the
posts are composed is from % to
- feet, and they are connected
by ship splice. The pump has
a stroke of SO inches, a capacity
of 80 gallons and weighs 235
pounds. The Artesian we'll is
nearly 90 feet in depth and the
water is pumped through a four
inch galvanized pipe to the height
of 1913 feet from the we'll to the
tank. The reservoir tank made
of southern cypress is Is feet in
diameter and II feet, 4 inches in
height OH the inside and the
weight of the tank clone is 7408.
Nature favored this enterprise
by an abrupt bluff more then 100
feet in height, on which the Wa
ter tank is supported by heavy
frame work. There will be Two
fire hydrants placed at central
points in the village, and there
will be pressure of about ninety
pounds to the square inch, which
will afford valuable fire protec-
ton. Mr.. John Wood is the fore
man, and a competent and eXpe-
rienced mechanic, having worked
fourteen years at the business
and never had an accident or
broke a rope. He was assisted
in raising the tower by Capt.
Babbage of Illsborough, Me.
This plant was erected by Smith
& Winchester Co., Boston and
New York, sole owners for New
England, New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania.
Erastus Baldwin, to whose
enterprise and public spirit Wells
River is indebted for this water
system, a brother of the late A.
T. Baldwin, is a quiet, reserved
business man, largely engaged in
the wholesale and retail harness
and leather business, and is we'll
and favorably known in this sec
ton.
The new hotel at Wells River, now
in process of construction, is contract
ed to be finished next April. -Four sto-
ries high above the basement, with
front of 90 feet and depth Of SO feet,
with ell 38x3o, with double veranda
extending the entire east and south
sides, it will be an elegant and impos-
ing structure, and monument of pub
lie enterprise. 1t is built by a stock
company incorporated in the spring OF
"a with a capital stock of $4,000, di-
vided into shares of $50.
This hotel will be heated by steam,
and fitted with every modern appll-
ance, electric enunciator and return
call. with speaking tubes from halls and