Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-12-20

| building a house on West Main St., on a
| lot bought of Lorimer & Macdiarmid. He
| has 1t partly done and has moved in and
will finish it this winter. Will Bullock
purchased a lot of B. F. Moore and has a
house well under way. This job is being
done by J. r. Huse, to be done by Jan. Is,
1898. This is situated in a slightly place,
commanding a fine view of the South
Bay. D. M. Camp is having two houses
| built on Central St., to be finished in early
spring. The houses are built to sell or
rent; the work is under the supervision of
G. D. Story & Co., which is a guarantee of
a good, thorough job. Thad. Powers
| completed in early spring set of build
| ings on West Main St., which makes him
| three houses in that section G. n. Howe
| is building a new house on Highland Ave-,
| which is one of the pleasantest streets in
our village. He expects to have it COM
| pleted in early spring. Judge F. e. Al
| fred built addition to the rear of
his house on School St., and has one of the
best kitchens, finished with all of the con-
veniences that go to make first-class and
convenient place to work. G. Ell. Prouty
built barn at his residence at the head of
comfort of the nice horse which he keeps.
G. w. Smith has built barn at his place
on Cottage St. John Enos laid out few
hundred dollars in repairing his place on
South St., and now has nice, ,cosey house.
F. P. Davis has improved his place on
South ST. by pulling down his old barns
and grading about the house. He has
built large barn 36 by go on Coventry St.,
which with the long open shed for his
wagons accommodates his large job livery
and express business. He keeps from 20
to 25 horses he also has the stage route
from here to West Charleston. The build
ing in the rear of E. r. Scott & Sons paint
shop that was used for school room, was
moved by w. E. Tuck on to the rear of E.
Z. Blanchard's lot and with an addition
which was built on, makes roomy and
convenient school-room for the small
children. S. G. Scott purchased of d. M.
Camp barn and the ground on which it
stood in the rear of his block on Second
ST., which he raised up, and built an open.
shed for his wagons, etc. He keeps large
number of teams.for working and driving
purposes. Sidney Slee built an addition
to his house on Second St., which he has
finished off, giving i'm tenement to let.
1t is occupied by F. E. Miles. T. S. Cum
mings built addition to his barn 40 by
SO, which gives him barn 40 by 110 feet,
which he needed for his increased busi-
ness, as milk farm for the village. DIV.
Sisco, proprietor of the Lake House is the
only one that has suffered by fire to any
extent; the barn and ell to the house was
hI1tt
buildings to take their place; an ell % by
2S, and barn 2S by 65. The work is be-
ing done by Thad. Powers, who is
hustler and will have the ell done in a few
days. G. A. Ramsdeu is having a nice
barn built at his residence at the head of
Third St., FL. o. Smith doing the work.
l.. P. Obin of Warren, n. H., has rented of
S. w. Parker the old Bates shingle mill
and put in machinery to manufacture
bobbins; he intends in the near future to
employ twenty hands. Tuck & Moore at
their factory are manufacturing more
goods than ever before. David Hammond
has built one of the best and largest barns
in town on his farm, four miles from the
village on the lake road. An open shed
,160 feet long has been built at the south
OAo VI ouS lIS1SAI uSpOt, anu new S0G OF
Fairbanks scales have been placed in the
depot. The shed has track on each side,
making it convenient place to reload
freight. Fa1rbrother & Gale are doing an /
increased business in the manufacturing
of sleighs and sIeds. Our merchants are
all doing a better business than last year,
and there is a better tone to business
generally, under the present administra-
tion than we have seen for some time. The
new work that has been put in will amount
to close on to $50, 600. Beside all this the
general repairs by the way of painting and
shingling, improved lawns, etc., has been
done and gives one an impression of thrift
and enterprise he looks through the
village. The trustees have expended ON
sidewalks and laying of new sewers about
$14OO, besides doing the general repairs to
keep our streets in good condition. Supt. |
E. B. True informs US that he has laid |
!, 900 feet of four inch water pipe, beside |
100 feet of smaller pipe, and put in seven
new hydrants. Forty new families have
taken the water, which increases the rev.
enue ObOut $3.50. The material and work
for the above has amounted to $500. New
pipes have been laid on Eastern Avenue,
Central St., and up Pleasant ST.