The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-04-16
A Buaaess Proposition iaor The Res
lsenis II Manchester Depot

Il + evident 10 say thintiug mau
ihsl ID g6s near future sosne changes
will hs necessary "a regard % the ~
ranEeasui az oaf streets, sHd high'
uayt d she mmeiisie vicinity q the
si6ison herr laocaird A. the shipping
poni spt quite Al extensive territory,
lhor eaa h. podoabi ~ 70 The lucrehs'
ipg demands ior room 70 30 business.
A. lhe railroad Is curved ~ that y -
impgaesicable tor manufacturing com.
pany " locate plant On the souih side
u The line on aocoani Of ils beng w.
desirable ~ vel A. dangerous 10 do 80
much hauling scrpss the main track,
the question comes np a. % ahhi ar
rangcmcui can be made Of the tracks
for sNiiching aud handling Of trains.
and what will be bes, 10 accommodate
summer travel which Is 40 important
TEN "a tbe railroad company's busi'
aess.
The public condemn the switch line
Ia front o. the depot, railroad officials
declare i nuisance. This could be
rcmedied BY little expenditure Of time
and money Il is good business policy
for a railroad company 10 offer every
indncemcni 10 companies who will in
crease the freight traffic, but conyen'
.cnees for shipment have great weight
il enterprises Of any kind. One i'm
poriant move thai ought TO be acted
upon At once is 10 make connections
direct with the NJ. ID. 4 G. railroad,
which would give the ~ Y. c., lines
great advantage 10 respect TO handling
freight and passengers which is very
announcement at present. This change
well planned with side track one-bali
mile long. would relieve in great meas
ure the business connected in that dir
ection. That would also give such con
Germs as cared TO do business on that
line of railway plenty Of room for un'
loading or shipment. A feasible plan,
although somewhat costly, il change
On Main street was contemplated,
would be TO set all the buildings back
forty feet or Whereabouts, making what
IS now the north line of the highway
the south line of the highway to be,
leaving the shade trees as at present
from the sidewalk, an open lawn the
entire length OF the street with an in
cline of eight or ten feet rise north, all
buildings to be raised correspondingly.
so commencing at or near Fayette
Farnnm's residence including F. o.
Bourn's house, f. l.. Taylor's, grad
ually bearing to the north until the
forty feet in width was reached, thence
parallel with the present street to Cen
ter street just south of the hardware
store Of Kendall q Kendall. The en-.
tire length of land now used for high
way would then be available for busi-
ness purposes. Stores or manufactur.
ing plants, dealers in coal, feed, hay
and grain, lumber, blacksmith and
wagon shop, sash, door and blind es.
Enlistment, millinery store, lawyers
Offices, boot and shoe store, etc. That
would give sidewalk and highway on
| the one side, switch line of railway at
the back side, which to many BUSH
nesses is actually necessary. The sta
ZION would be moved to the north side
Of the switch track, the spur of w. d..
Fullerton's track should be extended
vest by north to connect with the NJ.
d. q g. X. r., just south of the cross
ing on the fiat road leading TO Man
chester Center. This would give fine
locations for wood working establish.
ments, which we need in this section,
as we have millions and millions of feet
of hardwood that manufacturers are
hungry for to the south and east Of us.
Mr.. Il. l.. Staples told me short time
since that he had just shipped car OF
turned stock that came to about six
hundred aud fifty dollars, and we are
today burning just as good wood as
chat was made from,
| see quite often in the newspapers
figures from statisticians who have fig
ured out how long the timber supply
will last, but all over this section of
country it is growing faster ten times
over than we are using ii.
Now this idea of the Encouragement
Of our streets and railways in this inn
mediate neighborhood is but sample
of what ought to be done all over town.
The prime reason for such changes at
the Depot is because the circumstances
demandit, but all over town innovations
Of this nature should be commenced at
once. this spring, and carried on as
conditions seem to call for it. know
Of many sections of road right in the
villages where telephone and telegraph
poles eneroach upon the highway leav
ing hardly room for two teams TO pass.
OF course the question will come up,
how are the owners Of the properties
to be reimbursed for the expenses Of
moving their buildings, etc. | venture
to say that the lots that will be avail.
able for building purposes, viz: forty
feet deep and the width Of the present
lots will nearly or quite be worth as
much as the cost of moving the build
lngs. With such changes as ! have
suggested | am of the beliefthat values
OF all kinds OF real estate in this sec
ton viii be nearly doubled in ten
years. II we will but think of Man
chester twenty-five years from now and
calculate accordingly we shall be wise
II our highways can be widened TO thir-
ty-fve or forty feet for the Travelled
portion. all distractions removed, our
people and all the visitors who come 10
Manchester for pleasure driving or