The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-27
THE BUILDING RECORD.

| itNOIu l1ls
year is something extraordiXary--is IL
new buildings, costing Sl77,0O0 and
with the opera house and town hall
changes, the electric road and other
improvements, public and private max
ing grand total of 1898, 600. Consid-
cring the times and the fact that there
las been aiconsiderah decrease in the
number of men employed here, the ex,
PLANTATION must be that Vermonters are
at last learning from sorry experience
the lesson that the best place to in
vest money is at home. But they have
gone too far the other way now, for
there is no mistaking the fact that we
have oyerbuilt here, and unless we
get some new industries in town it will
take some time for the demand to
catch up with the supply. Especially
have building operations been active
on the old "sheep hill" which has
now become quite little village.
The town hall changes and improve
ments, which are now expected to cost
over so, 900 are of course the chief
public work. The most successful one
is the electric road, which represents
$40. 600 OF genuine Investment. and
which will undoubtedly be extended to
EsteyvIllc in the spring. The only new
industry is the Milestone Hosiery Co.
whose new mill on Frost Place repres-
ents about =. coo. ). 4. Smith a Co,
have also built an addition. The
Brattlcboro house since its purchase
10y +. l.. Hunt and under Landlord
iaus has had about g, 600 laid out in
betterments. The new +. Il NJ. F.,
block though begun last fall, has been
completed during this year at cost of
$50, 900. The Brattleboro Retreat
management has steadily continued its
policy of improvement on its buildings
and grounds. The American house
has had new sills, new floors and a
general renovation. while the Brooks
new furnishings.
The chief improvement by the town
itself is the new iron bridge at the
west village, besides the macadam
road and concrete walks in which S29S7
and S212S respectively have been in
vested, though the widening of the
highway at Mrs. Kirkland's on North
Main street and some other minor
changes have taken considerable
money. W. II. Vinton Il Son have put
a 20-inch water wheel in their paper
mill calculated to develop so horse
power. One new street, Highland
lawn has been laid out on the ID. S.
Pratt property and ground : broken for
made for several houses
there.
In the section which has seen the
most building Egbert Brazer has put
up house and barn at the Canal Pine
street corner, $1,000; Z. NJ. Angler
house and barn, 5000; on Pine street
L. f. Martin barn, $500: f. NJ. An
yier cottage house, $500: Brattleboro |
ST. r. r. car house, $1,000; on High |
and street. \. j. Robertson. house, |
$500: c. +. Mason, house, $1,000: and |
Will Baker house on So Main II. VI. |
Angler, house, $1,000.
Holden " Martins new double tcne !
nent house of colonial architecture on
Linden street is about a Sl2, 600 struc-
ure. +. II. NanDoorn has put up two
handsome cottages on Chaplin and Oak
streets costing about 81, 600 each. p.
Fleming a house in hard wood finish
With all modern improvements on
Forest street and III. F. Bruce another
arge and roomy one, each easily of
a. 900 rank and Chas. Miner has COM
,leted his two new houses on North
dain street.
Canal street mas seen two large six /
enement blocks each containing about
O rooms, built by W. Il. Stuart and
v. G. Doolittle. and both about 81, coo
tructures. \. J. Horton has moved
he old Horton house To the lower end
( Horton Place. and built ON three ellis.
ne a two story aGd two one-stury. at a
ust Of about $1,000. Ira Burnett has
aised his house several feet. extended
he ell. added new piazza and put
n new finish. at a cost Of aboutsl, OOO.
nd Artist r. q. HarClie has built
tudio. Sl,000. 4