The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-31
NEW TOWN HOUSE.
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The stage and appliances in gener,-
al way are very good, but not without
defects, which, however, can be RENE
died at moderate expense. IL ougnl
to have an electrical system OF light,
ing but instead has the gas frictional
machine, which is not up to date; the
spark machine gives better eifccts,
The dressing rooms are too small
though there is plenty OF room Tor
larger and better ones. and they are
without supply of running water.
They are reached by "a stairway on
only one side. There ought to be at
least three traps in the floor, one at
the tormentor entrance, one at the
center and one at the left upper en-
trance. The stage, scenery and bag
gage door is too small for scenes ike
that of the oxen in "Old Homestead"
or fire engine scene.
But it is outside the opera house
part that the most fault can fairly be
found. At the portc-cochere the
columns, intended to be Doric, are
not accurate, and the frieze of the
cornice, though much improved since
remodelled, is too large, looking over
hanging. The frieze line ought to be
on the line of the necking OF the col
umn, instead OF overhanging three or
four inches as now. These are points,
though felt by all In the general effect or
impression, that could have been looked
out for only by a trained architect and
we did not appropriate money enough
to employ one. The festival hall, be-
sides the i icongruity of that papier-
mache front in the gallery, in imita-
ton of carving hanging so high up, |
by iron rods and the plaincst of
brackets like carpenters, is most |
defective in the chief point for which
it was intended, in lacking sufficient
kitchen Accommodations for FESTIVAL
hall " The lookup make shift we have
discussed enough hitherto.
The sanitary arrangements it is bet
ter not to discuss now, as DIR. Caverly.
president of the state board of health,
has been here this week, called 10y the
local health officers and the Local
board of health, and he will report
and expertly on points abo
which there is much discussion.
There is no water closet IN the old
part of the building, SO that all the
and employees will have to p.
have keys to the opera house part
There is much left unfinished, like
the selectmen's room and the lack of
gas fixtures 10 the town clerks Office,
which the town will yet have 10 go on
md supply, and all of which su ex
blamed by lack Of money.
There is no doubt that the appro
,riation has been exceeded somewhat ,
With what has been done, besides
.laims the contractors will mako for /,
'xtIa work and things changed after j..
icing done once; but the amount is
to state yet. =
The most serious defect and the one +,
t would cost most to remedy is in the i
leating arrangements. The boilers I
re not set low enough by some two 4,
Get, and they can carry only about a '
auge and half Of water where il
hould he at least two gauges; to at -
empt more would be to shut of the
REGULATION by reaching the level of j
he bottom coil in the dressing rooms g
nd the lookup. This is another re v
ult OF insufficient money, of an at =
ampt to do $40. 600 job with S25, 00J
I the start 1t means that close care =
nd watching will always be necessary,
)r freeze and bursting of N
nc pipe might have disastrous con :,
,quences. The water has frozen
nee now. There are no blow-otfs TO oil
lie boilers: the valves are ON, but no
is made to carry outside of u
le building. They ought TO be blown W
i every week to get rid of the sedi ;,
ent, oil and grease, especially on
ew job like this, but il can't be done
the cellar without the steam pene u
ating all over the building and ruin *
Y the fine work. One idea is to con ST
,ct with the sewer, but there may be -
fliculty with the health regulations.
owever, $50 will probably remedy
lis. The two radiators in the festival
Nj have no relief pipe in the 'risers"
take off the condensed water, now
IT 10 roll and tumble and be heard all
er the building, but this can also be
medied with slight outlay
The steel cabinet for the vault in "
q town clerks office has not arrived
t though expected every day. The IS
lole cost of the vault is between c.
SI5 and $500, or over Sll0O inside II
the appropriation. lo