Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-01-18

opens up several new building lots. The
S old river bridge near the upper hotel was
removed, strong granite abutments, with
middle stone peir were laid, and the
whole was f1oored over with granite COW
erings, making bridge that will stand as
long as sswood grows and water runs
The bridge near the Peerless factory was
also overhauled and much improved. The
wide bridge over the Salisbury brook on
lower Main street was removed and q
granite culvert bridge, wide enough for
the sidewalks, was laid, making a per-
mancnt bridge and desirable improve
ment. A new street was laid from Lincoln
Avenue to Cutler hill which will be open
ed in the spring. The village trustees laid
considerable sewerage pipe and some con-
crete walk, beside doing ordinary street
! repairs. Among improvements in the line
4 of repairs and new buildings we mention
the erection of an engine house for the
sshelper' by the r. r. Co., near the tub
/ factory. Harding & Co. completed large
store-hous building adjoining their fac
tory. B. G. Howe, owner of Crystal Lake
Hotel, moved one of his barns onto site
near the river on the Boswell lot and
erected large addition thereto, making
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people took away an old barn and renov-
ed the hill in rear of their Cobb tenement
house, much to the improvement of their
| premises. The old Barron & Hamblet
store building was purchased by the
! Catholic society, moved across the road to
| site near the Catholic parsonage and fit
| ted up for a tenement and school build
| ing. Charles Mcclure purchased an old
house on the upper hotel lot, moved it on
to sine near O. V. Joslyn's, repaired and
enlarged it and made comfortable house
of it. The cemetery commissions built
tool house and expended considerable
money about the cemetery. On Church
ST. Mr.. Hazen put up good barn; Melvin
Drown converted his shop into laundry
esta blishment, and a cheese curing and
storage building has been put up at the
creamery. Valley Bros. raised up the old
DR.. Pierce house one story, built a large adj
dition to it and fitted up a lot of tenement
rooms therein. On the Owen lot Melvin Ell
lott completed good Unfinished house
and moved into it; Cd. Owen built two
story house near the electric station and
Charles Gilman a house, not quite COM
pleted, on Prospect St., Mr.. LARGO built
small house near the slaughter house,
as mentioned last week in this paper.
N. M. Scott thoroughly built over the
smallest tenement house he purchased
o. S. A. Smith, making it a pleasant
residence for Barber Bowman. Tower
Brothers erected a large building on a
site north of and close to the Barron q
HambleG store, which ran back and con-
nected with their grist mill building. The
job was let to Harlow Conner of Lancas-
ter, N. H., who drafted the plan and COM
pleted the work, except the mill and the
machinery apparatus, which was done by
owners The building is high with Man
sard roof, tower and tower projection on
the southeast corner, with bay window
projection the opposite front corner.
The basement story can be used for ma
chinery and storage purposes. The main
ground floor contains the grist-milI de-
partment with large sales room in 'front.'
The second story front is finished into
very convenient and pleasant tenement,
which is occupied by Geo, G. Towers fam
lily Several rooms are finished above for
Peerless girls or other roomers. The up
per rear portions of the building are to be
used for grain and -four storage; they are
fitted up win large bins, elevators, ETC.,
everything ha wing been done with refer
ence, both to storage and to handling feed. |
The mill is one Of the new grinding ap-
paratuses which have come into use in the
last few years It has a capacity of from
40 to rs bushels an hour. A new water |
wheel had been put in by Mr.. BuzzelI,
which is capable of doing all that need be
done in the mill. Like all the work the
Towers have done since they came to this
village, the mill and block is credit to
the builders and the town. 1t is handily |
situated for its purposes and will be an
ornament to that part of the village. Mr.. |
Conner also built by contract a dwelling
house for d. d. Bean on the lot near Mr..
Whitcher's, on which good barn was
built the year before. The house is two
stories high on the front, with large
piazzas and style and finish unlike any (
heretofore put up in town. 1t is very con-
veniently arranged, nicely built and is
very pleasant inside. It is an ornament to
the village, credit to Mr. Conner and
will make most desirable home for Mr.. |
Beams family. I'll. D. Phillips put up
quite a large horse barn in rear of his
house, great convenience to his premises. |
Mr.. Seaver did quite extensive repairs on
his block and finished a photographers |
saloon in the attic story. There was about
the usual amount of small repairing, |
painting and general fixing up in all parts
of the village. While there was less done
in 1896 than in the previous year, enough
was accomplished to show that the vii
lage is still alive and tolera bly, WELL Some
foundations are laid and several are ex-
pecting to put up residences and build
ings this season.
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