Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-04
YEARS RECORD A CREDIT.


ings and ovements-outlook
for 1901.
The following article in relation to |
the building improvements in this |
town taken from the Springfield Re |
publican gives an interesting resume |
of what has been done this year.
Rockingham record for the year |
1900, while it will not, perhaps, equal
that of some of the preceding years,
is a creditable one, and has increased |
the number of buildings in town by
about 80, in which has been invested
a round 100000. The general run of
the new structures has been of the
class costing a moderate amount, but
expensive changes and repairs have
been made to two of the older build
ings. Among the undertakings of a
public nature which have been carried
out during the year is the electric
road which connects the villages of
Bellows Falls and Saxtons River.
A little over six miles of track was
Aaid, the road making nearly circuit
of the village of Bellows Falls. 1t is
well equipped and has given excellent
service.
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 $500,
and G. H. butcher one at $4,000.
Toward Westminster West, Fred Hart
ley, the Boston wool dealer, has built
an annex of stone to his summer
home, which cost $4,000. M. R. Law
renee has built a $1,000 cottage at
Brockway's mills. The present out
look is that a much larger amount
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contracts for several houses to be
placed on the lots recently opened on
the line of the electric road have
already been made,
In Bellows Falls.
The village water system has been
considerably extended and new high
ways built on the Morgan lots, and
from the Rockingham road to the
residence of Hiram King. Additional
concrete has been laid, and substan-
tial bank wall is now being built be-
tween Westminster street and the
Boston & Maine tracks. The grad
ing and inclosing of the land at the
junction of Green and Rockingham
streets by the athletic association has
furnished field for sports, which the
village has long lacked.
No new buildings have been erected
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usual, most of the paper manufacture
ers have been to large expense in re-
pairs and improvements. The Moore
& Thompson mill has received thor
ough overhauling, and the machines
made over into Fourdriniers. The
Bellows Falls machine company has
completed a new foundry beside the
main plant and built a pattern house,
at an expense of probably SlOOOO
The Boston dairy company has built
on the island a cheese factory, and the
canal company have remodelled one
In of their Bridge street blocks into an
bs.,AsaA building. The Canal street
V J. Beg dMhed 81 "A F. Winnewesser
and occupied by the Eureka manufac-
turing company, is receiving con-
siderable addition.
The northern part of the village has
been the scene of most of the building
operations during the past summer.
On Webb's terrace new house has
been built by Charles A. Williams,
costing $3000 and on Morgan lots,
five new buildings have been placed,
John H. Witherbee building one for
$4,000, H. S. Richards and Almon NJ.
Richards each one at about the same
price, Henry w. Hutchins $4,000 one,
and Mrs. Mary Powers one for $500.
j. H. and d. G. Witherbee have built
a two-story house on Russell street,
and the former has moved to the same
street one from Green street, which
has been rebuilt and added to. On
J Williams street w. c. Routenberg has
built a three-story tenement costing
$500, and repaired one standing be-
side it at a cost of $1,000. w. w.
Slate has built $4,000 cottage on OAK
N,,.. hoe 1NrN1a Tod
a three-tenement house on Green
street, and DR.. ]. T. Ridden is build
ing for his own occupancy a cottage
which will cost $4,000. S. j. Cray is
building a $4,000 house on Church
place. ]. A. Eaton has completed
$500 cottage on the new terrace, and
d. l.. Snow a $4,000 house on the old
terrace. The house on the old terrace
recently bought byfJuhn w. Flint from
the King estate has been almost
wholly rebuilt, and a large extension
made, at d cost of probably $4,000.
w. BrECassidy has added to his South
street home at a cost of $1,000, l.. d..
5 Lockwood has built on the street
bearing his name $4,000 house, and
the house on Westminster road owned
by-Gharles F. Goodnow has undergone
changes and repairs costing $500.
house in North Walpole, and commo-
. dious brick car barn has been built on
I the Saxtons River road by the cleo
trio road
II B. Newman accompanied by Mrs.
Newman and Clarence, has been in
B9Sx'n this week.
Mammal concert and ball of the
Inc fraternity of Bellows Falls
Ma Mas ne Nheld this year, Feb. 14th.
Will " R$Wheeler will be floor direc-
Geore sd the various committees are
tor anu work endeavoring to make
har hare year equal the splendid successes
Of past years
" ,Torhert e. Cox, who erected the
,vorking mil near the north end
WooS o village ant has run it for the
OF thS Few years, hat this week decided
past SSoses Miller mo held a heavy
1t 10 NC upon it. 'or the present
norge COZ viii be in ch'ge of the mill
MI Nj heretofore in the Narest of Mr..
a| SlNo, Years day and eaing was
Iaa N New by the menus nun of the
Me stop F. W. Lewis, by "a at atty thy call
pastor paste Mr.. and Mrs, Lewis tSnst al tfheyesi-
upon M, Atkinson street; IA 40 en-