Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-25

ton. If the water board carry out the
same idea which they insisted Mr.. Crow
ell should do IL they bought him out 1t
would require the purchase of practically
the whole watershed, at the expense OF
many thousands OF dollars. The water
board make no provision for publication
of the water If the state board of health
should require that to be done. Nor is
there any provision made that the con-
tractor pay for rights OF way for laying
the pipe Another item which Is likely
10 cost a great deal OF money is the blast
ing Of rock According to the form Of
bids which the water board have sub
mitted, the contractors are to be paid
extra for rock work at so much per cubic
yard, so the lump sum at which this
contract may be let will be increased by
whatever the village has to pay for blast
ing rock. No estimate has gone out as
to the amount of rock that will have to
be blasted, but persons acquainted with
the conditions know that it is a very
large amount The contract allows the
contractor extra pay by the cubic yard
for removing any rock, including boulders
down to one-half cubic yard.
The distributing system which the bids
are to cover on the following streets, is
as follows:
Whole length OF High street; whole
length of Main, from Canal to the high
school building; whole length OF Elliot
whole length of Union; Canal street as
far as Maple street; Birge street from
Canal to Estey street; Estey street, from
Union to Organ street; Organ and Estey
streets through to Maple street; Maple
street from Estey street to Canal street !;
whole length of Washington street; South
Main street from Main street to Wash
ington street; whole length OF Chaplin
street, proper; on Linden street, from
Chaplin to Walnut street; on Green street
down Church street. to Elliot street, out
the Brook Road through Swedeville; whole
length Of Union street; Spruce street to
Myrtle; whole length of Myrtle street
Cedar street, from Myrtle to Western
avenue; whole length OF Grove street; Oak
from High to Chaplin street
1t will be noticed that the foregoing
does not by any means, provide for a
complete distributing system for the viii
lage
So when all the work the contract calls
for is done, the village will not have a
water system covering anywhere near the
whole portion. There Is a provision in
the contract whereby the contractor shall
lay more pipe for extra pay but that OF
course would cost so much extra money
above the contract price.
IL may be interesting to compare the
above distributing system with the Crow
ell system
The Crowell mains now cover the fol-
lowing streets, which will not be covered
by the village system as proposed:
Spruce street, beyond Myrtle; Laurel
street; Forest street to Howard Howard
street; Chaplin street extension; Oak street
from Chaplin to Chase; whole of Chase
street; whole OF Williston street, North
Main, North, Tyler Terrace and Walnut
streets; Harris Place; Elm street from
Elliot to Flat street; Vernon street from
the Main street bridge to the Brattleboro
cabinet company factory; Reed, Clark,
Brook, Prospect, Central Pearl, Thomas,
Highland and Pine streets; Canal street
from Maple street to the fair ground
Oak Grove avenue South Main street
from Washington street to beyond Pine