Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-02
THE WATER BOARDS OFFER
WILL GIVE s25o,ooo FOR CROW.
ELLIS SYSTEMS COMPLETE.

Cottages About Sunset Lake Must Bt
Removed and One Hundred More Hy
drants Installed in village-Mr. Grow
ellis Price Is $4,000.
The water board of the village Of
Brattleboro, having received the report
of the state board of health, made Wed
nesday the following proposition to
George L. Crowell, president Of the
Chestnut Hill Reservoir company and
the Sunset Lake water company.
In addition to the specifications OF
proposition No. 3, which include No.
and No. /, made by George Z. Crowell
to the village water board for sale OF
the Chestnut Hill Water company and
the Sunset Lake Water companyj in
stead of providing cess.pools for the
cottages about North Pond, all Of the
cottages must be removed, and such
lands and rights acquired as will guard
against any contamination in the fu-
ture. A trench must be cut from the
south end of the pond of sufficient depth
and width so that the pond may be
lowered three feet from its present
level, and the muck removed from the
south end of the pond. All the rights
of lowering said pond three feet
and raising it four feet from its pre-.
sent level should be secured and paid
for. A dam of sufficient height and
strength. erected according to Engineer
Davis report. which said dam shall
be provided with proper screens and
gates. and a suitable waste'way for the
overflow.
The slopes of both sides of the Stick
ney brook and the Pleasant Valley
brook shall be purchased and controlled
far enough back from the same to pre-
vent any contamination from fertilizer,
sewage. pasturage or any other cause.
subject TO the approval of the Brattle'
boro board of health All sources of
contamination from farms and dwell
ings in the water sheds of both said
brooks shall be removed as may be
necessary.
Proposition 3. referred to in the
water board 5 offer. includes, in brief,
! the Chestnut Hill system complete and
also the Sunset Lake system with 10.
/ inch pipe from the Samuel Sargent
Iplace to the dam site in Pleasant Valley,
l2.inch pipe from the head of Pleas.
ant Valley to dam on Stickney brook,
reservoir in Pleasant Valley with the
capacity approximately of 10000 gal.
Ions. such sewers and irainage pipes as
may be necessary to take care of the
sewage from the cottages on Sunset
Lake and the drainage from the build
, ings on the Stiekney 1rook and Pleas.
ant Valley watersheds Also l6-inch
main from point near the Samuel Sar
gent place. where the present l6-inch
pipe goes; thence to the junction of
Western avenue to Union street; II.
inch main from the said junction to the
junction of High and Green streets;
l0.inch main from the junction of Union
street and Western avenue, through
Union street. across Elliot, through
Frost and Flat streets to Main street
We will take up pipe which is now 10.
Gated on said courses, and from the pipe
so taken up we will make the follow
ing street changes in the village: A
6.inch pipe on High street from Oak
street to the junction of Green and
High streets an s-inch pipe from
thence to Main; 6inch pipe on Canal
street from Pine street to Oak Grove
avenue; a 6-inch pipe on Gullford
street, from Centerville to Elm corner:
6inch pipe on Prospect street; 8.
inch pipe on Thomas street; 6-ineh
pipe from Prospect TO Pine on Central;
6-inch pipe on Chaplin; a 6-inch pipe
on Spruce, Myrtle and Cedar streets;
6-inch pipe on Clark street, from the
east end to the Doolittle house; g.
inch pipe on North Main street, from
Terrace to North street and on Terrace
and Taylor streets to Walnut street;
6-inch pipe on Howard street; g.
inch pipe on Chase, from Oak to Forest;
6inch inch pipe on Grove street;
6-inch pipe on Green street, from
Church to High street.
Mr. Crowell S price to the village for
this system complete was practically
S345, 900. That is, the village was to
cancel the debt of $4,000 due from the
Chestnut Hill company on account OF
the Vernon street pipe line, to assume
the $l25,000 mortgage on the Chestnut
Hill company and to pay Mr.. Crowell
ana the TWO rohpahi.s P.ipiooo ;.
Al aiiuvlal anu Nese'ap,e uepoa'e
shall ne removed from .he reservoir slee
oown 10 pea TOM VI t-, aael. a. a. III mhoIa
rights anu PriViieses 'niosn 'ne . ~ L,,
line shall De secured .u anu pau III ~
the ohesthut IliLl Meselsoil eon'pans
or the sunset LAKE Ma'.l COMPANY, a1
far PACK IRON saio % proohs az 'l!n relaiie'
py the brattieporo poaiu u heal.n'
IN aadition 10 tne PlPiag con.en G
plated oy the proposltlohs Oh MI row
ell, an o-ineh pipe smaii De laiu, stai,-
ing from the Dlu FOLKS Home, thLtUu-