Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-12-30
THE BUILDING RECORD.
About 100000 Expended Dur
ing the Past Year.

The Expenditure Small In Comparison
with that OF Previous Years---COst OF
Repairs and Improvements Greater
than that OF New BuildIDR'---COm-
pRrativeIy Good showing In Estey-
willie.
There has been little demand for new
buildings in Brattleboro during the year
which closes tomorrow, either for residence
or business purposes. No new building,
in fact, has been put up for business pur-
poses, and less than a dozen residences
have been built. The total expenditure
for buildings, repairs and permanent i'm.
provements has been about $780, 900, and
considerably more than half that amount
has been laid out in repairs and improve
ments In this sum is included $4,000
which the town paid for the iron bridge
across MILESTONE brook at Main street
which replaces the old wooden structure.
A two-story house with modern improve
ments has been built on Cedar street by
Patrick Fleming. Thomas Gulss has
erected a commodious two-story house on
Williams street. A handsome two-story
house with the latest Improvements has
been erected by Chief-of-Police K. S. Hall
at the junction Of Union street and West
ern avenue. f. NJ. Angler has got story
and-a-half cottage house on Pine street
well under way.
Mason Wood has built new foundation
and has otherwise greatly improved his
house on Cedar street. The mill of ID. p.
Prescott on Williams street has been large
ly built this year. Mr.. Prescott has also
built a large barn. Charles Mason has
built barn on Highland street. Rev. +.
A. Slack has expended large SUN in
moving and repairing the old Slack house
on Western avenue and in making sewer
connection. The primary school houses
on High and Chase streets have been re-
built and the parochial school building on
Walnut street has been extensively re-
paired. Three small buildings have been
erected on Vernon street by the Standard
Oil company for storage purposes.
A new cattle barn has been built at the
Valley Fair grounds, and the poultry
building at the fair grounds has been com
pletely remodeled. Extensive repairs have
been made by Mrs. w. Z. Russell in the
building on Elliot street owned by the
Grauhering estate. l.. +. Adams has
moved to Spruce street a house which he
bought on Western avenue and he is pre-
pairing to build new house. w. A. Morse
has built an addition IN his block on Elliot
street, formerly owned by S. II. Sherman.
A syndicate Of BrAttleboro men built
the large canning factory on Vernon street.
Starkey Il Wellman expended several hun
dred dollars in repairing the interior of
their clothing store on Main street. +.
Crosby & Co. have laid out large sum in
repairing their store-house near the rail
road station. New piazzas have been built
by Edward Clark, W. i. Jones, Mrs. Jo-
seph Wilder, K. II. Baker Albert Blanch-
ard and John Henkel; additions to their
houses have been built by j +. Melen.
n. l.. Staples and S. T. Davenport, and
many others have spent small sums in re-
pairing and improving the appearance Of
their premises.
Scarcely any building has been done in
West Brattleboro. Charles Miner has in
creased his facilities for the manufacture
Of no ,iery, and ID. NJ. Barber has done con-
siderable in repairing his stables and 9TH
erwise improving his farm buildings.
In EsteyvIlle.
While Esteyville's building record is not
equal to that Of former years she has kept
pace with the rest OF the town. S. II.
Bellows has built two-story house and
barn on Fair View street, now owned by
William Hastings. John Manley has put
up a seven-room cottage house on Maple
street. Frank johnson has erected a COM
Portable two-tenement house on Cherry
street. George Knowlton has built two
story house and barn on Fair View street,
and c. w. Ward has begun the erection Of
q twO-stnry housa nm Pleasant straat