Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1901-01-03
ROCKlNGHAMS BUILDING RECORD.
Bellows Falls and Saxtons River Connect
ed by Trolly Road New Buildings
and Improvements Outlook for 1901.

and Improvements Outlook for 1901.
koCkingham's record tor the year 1900,
while it will not, perhaps, equal that Of
some OF the preceding years, is credit
able one, and has increased the number OF
buildings in town by about 80, in which
has been invested round 100000. The
general run OF the new structures has been
OF the class costing a moderate amount,
but expensive changes and repairs have
oeen made to two OF the older buildings.
Among the undertakings of public nature
winch have been carried out during the
year is the electric road which connects the
villages OF Bellows Falls and Saxton.
h'er A little over six miles of track
was laid, the road making nearly circuit
oil the village of Bellows Falls. 1t is we'll
EQUIPPED and has given excellent service,
while the receipts Rave been we'll up toward
the expectations OF the management. In
connection with the road park has been
lad out little more than halfway to Sax
tons River, and there has been built rus
TIC theater, dance pavilion, grand stand on
q
about $4,000 has been spent. The vii
l'ge water system has been considerably
extended and new highways built on the
Morgan lots, and from the Rockingham
rad to the residence of Hiram King.
Additional concrete has been laid, aud
substantial bank wall i, now being built
between Westminster street and the Bos-
ton and Maine tracks. The grading and
lnclosing of the land at the junction of
Green and Rockingham streets by the ath-
lehc association has furnished field for
sports, which the village has long lacked
No new buildings have been erected this
year g under the bill" but, as usual. most
OF thu paper manufacturer, have been to
large expense 10 repair, aud improvements.
The Moore & Thomt son mill has received
thorough overhaullng, and the machines
made over INTO FcurdrinIers. The Bel
lows Falls Machine company has completed
new foundry beside the main plant, and
built pattern-hGuse, at an expense of
probably $40, 600. The Boston Dairy com
Ipany has built on the island a chee.e fac.
tory, snl the Canal company has remod-
eled one OF its Br dge street blocks ito
an office buildingH The Canal street bull :
ing owned by A. F. Winnewlsser and
occupied by the Eureka Manufacturing
company, isreceivng considerable addition
The northern part of tie village has
be N the scene OF most OF the building OPP
erstions dutiag the past summer. On
: Webb's Terrace new house has been built
by Charles A. Will sms, costing $4,000.
and on Laurel court, the new street opened
on the Morgan lots, five new buildings
have been placed, John H. Witherbee
building one for $4,000, HI. S. Richards
and Almou M. Richards each one at about
the same price, Henry w. Hutchins a
$500 one, and Miss Mary Powers one for
$250O. j. II. and D Witherbee have built
two-story house on Russell street, and the
former ha, moved to the same street one
from CIR en- street VIII; ch has been rebuilt and
added to- On Williams street W. c. Rou-
tenberg has built a tbree-storv tenemen,
costing $500, and repaired one sta 1dine
beside il at a cost of $1,000. w. w. Slate
has built $4,000 cottage on Oak street.
W. H. Griswold has completed three.
tenement house on Green street, and DR..
j. T. Ridden is building for his own occu.
pancy a cottage which will cost $4,000. 81
Cray is building $4,000 house on Church
place, j. A. Eaton has completed $500
cottage on the New Terrace, and ID L
Snow $4,000 house on the old terrace
The house on the Old Terrace recently
bought by John W. Flint from the King
estate has been almost wholly rebuilt and a
large extension made, at a cost of proba-
bly, $4,000. w. B. Cassidy has added
to his South street home at cost of $4,000,
L. D. Lockwood has built on the street
bearing hi, name $4,000 house, and the
house on Westminster road owned ov
Charles E. Goodnow has undergone
changes and repairs costing $500, William
Millerick has built a new house 10 North
Walpole, and commodlous brick car barn
has been built on the Saxtons River road
by the electric road.
At Saxtons River three new houses have
been built during the Summer, DR.. F. L
Osgood one at $500, Mrs. Mary J.
Thompson one at S250O and c. H butcher
one at $4,000 Tow ard Westminster West,
Fred Hartley, the Boston wool dealer, ba.
bu 1t an annex of Stone to his summer
home. which cost $4,000. NJ. R. Law
! renee has built $1,000 cottage at Brock.
ways mills. The present outlook is that a
much larger amount of building will be
done next year, and contracts for several
houses to be placed on the lots recently
! opened on the line OF the electric road have
already been mace Springfield Rspubli'
can.