Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-11

Magnitude Of the Work Which Contractors Crosby Parker Are
Pushing to Completion for George E. CrOwe
ROUTE PLEASANT VALLEY TO STICKNEY BROOK
Big Reservoir Will Hold 80 10000 Gallons Bridges to
Garry the Pipes, and Cuts to Depth Of 20 Feet

be $50 feet long on top and 70 feet long
at the bottom, being located in a natural
basin. II will be 10 feet high and will
make a reservoir half an acre in extent.
The material will be concrete made OF
sand, gravel and Portland cement The
dam will be eight feet thick at the bottom
and four feet thick at the top and will
be so constructed that it may be built 10
feet higher in the future II necessary.
The location Of the dam will be about
two miles from Sunset lake. Between
the two points there are several excellent
streams, tributary to Stickney brook.
In the two miles of pipe between Stick
ney brook and the Hescock place there is
a fall of 65 feet The pipe rises about
25 feet near the southern end, but does
not 60 above the established grade On
the top of the watershed between Stick
ney brook valley and Pleasant valley a
cut is being made through rock distance
Of 200 feet, 10 feet deep in the deepest
place. This point is referred to as the
divide" and a short distance from here
the pipe line will empty the water of
Stickney brook into Pleasant Valley brook.
The pipe used to carry Stickney brook
water over into Pleasant valley is spiral
rivited 12-inch pipe and is made Of steel.
1t is comparatively new in the East. but
is used extensively in the West It is
three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness,
and the 25-foot sections weigh from 400
to 500 pounds, or about one-third as
much as iron pipe. 1t is tested 10 1875
pounds to the square inch. but there
will be comparatively little pressure on
this pipe because the lower end will be
open all the time and there will be no
obstruction to a free flow of water
through IL. This pipe has heavy
coating and lining Of asphaltum made
from asphalt and mineral rubber, which
will not crack in the coolest weather
or run in the hottest sun. II is
practically indestructible and the water
does not come in contact with the
steel at ALL Asphalt-covere steel pipe has
lasted from 25 to 10 years without the
least sign Of decay. and there is no reason
why it should not last indefinitely.
From the outlet of the 12-inch steel
pipe into Pleasant Valley brook the water
will flow openly mile and a half to the
storage reservoir which will be construct
ed on the Atkinson farm in Pleasant
valley, south of the Dunklee place. Nearly
$4,000 has been spent in turning the
drainage from the Carpenter farm away
from the valley, by means of large tile
drains. The reservoir will be Is acres In
extent and will have a storage capacity Of
80 900 gallons. A concrete dam % feet
high will be built, which will be 10 feet
thick at the bottom and three feet thick
at the top. founded on rock. The timber
has been cut from the site of the reser-
voir, yielding about 10000 feet The
stumps, soil and all vegetable matter will
be removed. This work will be taken up
as soon as the Stickney brook reservoir is
completed, which will be in a month or
six weeks.
From the large reservoir to the Samuel
Sargent place beyond West Brattleboro
is a distance of mile and five-eighuhs.
over this distance a line of 16-inch iron
pipe has been laid, connecting with the
II -.
Chestnut Hill reservoir. so that water
already is being supplied to the village
from Pleasant Valley brook. The reser
voir will be 1888 feet higher than the town
hall. giving about 1870 feet more head than
is given by the Chestnut Hill system.
Mr.. Crowell's purpose is to extend the
16-inch pipe from the point where 1t now
connects with the six-inch pipe 10 the
top of High street. From there a six
inch pipe will be run through Swedeville
a 10-inch pipe will run down Union hill
an eight-inch pipe will run down Green
street, and an S-inch pipe will run down
High street, these pipes connecting with
smaller pipes to meet requirements.
When this system is completed 1t will
furnish not only an inexhaustible supply
of water for domestic use, but a supply
| for fire protection which will not be sur
| passed by any system anywhere, for a
town the size of Brattleboro. Any num-
Der of hydrants that ever will be required
for any one fire in Brattleboro may be
used without reducing the water pres
sure to an appreciate extent.
| About rs men are employed on the job,
They have to walk a long distance to and
from work, but they are paid for the time
consumed in that way Their provisions
are furnished by an enterprising Italian,
who makes a fair profit on his sales.
| They live on bread, schweitzer cheese
oatmeal, bologna, etc, and do whatever
cooking is necessary.
The contract for hauling the steel pipe
was awarded to John Taft of West Dunn
/ merston. The pipe was shipped to West
Dummerston on the cars and was hauled
on the mountain through roads made for
| the purpose, some OF which were impass-
| able as soon as the snow disappeared
often it was impossible to leave the loads
where they were wanted and the sections
of pipe had to be carried by hand over
rough places, either up or down the
mountain as the case might require
which would have been a discouraging
job had iron pipe been used.