Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-11-04
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The st. Johnsbury Caledonian calls at
tention to the fact that s100,O 600 has been
spent for new business blocks and resi-
dences in its town this year, and $50, 900
for repairs. Three new streets have bee1
laid out and the erection OF a new hotel is
being considered by capitalists.
Randolph village, whose population Of
1910 Is one-third that OF 81. Johnsbury,
has expended quite, if not more than half
as much as the larger to~n, or about
1 $4,000, in new buildings and repairs
during 1909. 1t has also added one new
street to the corporation, albeit q short
one, from Highland avenue to Maple
street.
Thirteen dwelling houses have been
constructed in this village all, bat one of
them on the highlands south OF the rail-
road track. The single exception is the
residence OF L. $. Jones, " hich occupies a
site in the grove on Forest street.
The principal contractors have been G.
c. Reynolds, the e. F. Emerson com
pany and the, sault Brothers. The first
named has done business approximating
s21, $50 and has built three houses on
Hig Inland avenue one for himself, one
for Mrs. George J. Prince and the third
for Dr. H. w. Holden. Mr.. Reynolds
was-also the contractor for the Jones
house on Forest street, for the repairs on
Rev. Joseph Hamilton's house on South
Pleasant street, the William Booth house
on Highland avenue and the extensive re.
modelling of Sargent, Osgood & Roundy's
plant The changes made by this hrm,
some OF which were outside the province
OF the builder, included the lowering OF
the raceway three or four feet, repairing |
the dam and installing q new, modern
water wheel; putting an addition, 24x30
feet, to the mill building for Office rooms,
fixing basement for a carriage reposi- /
tory and adding a cupola house to the
foundry.
The Il. F. Emerson company erected
two houses on Emerson Terrace and sold
them for $4,000. The firm now has two
houses on Hig hland avenue in process OF
and estimates their value
completed at something more than the
first two.
The sault Brothers have been engaged
on the two-story brick addition, 30x26
feet, to the Randolph sanatorium which
will mean an expenditure of $4,000 when
the building, remodeling and finishing
are all done. They have repaired the
high school building to the extent of
$1,000, are enlarRing Dr. j. p. Gifiord's
house on Highland avenue, and doing
$500 worth Of work at the pumping sta
lion on Forest street.
G. G. Clifford is constructing a very fine
on Emerson Terrace overlook
ing South Main street; George H. Slack
has finished the erection of a large two
tenement house on Highland avenue and
DR.. E. H. stearns has built a two-story
aud large barn ON South Pleas
ant street.
8. A. Smith has put o new two-tenc-
ment house on South Pleasant street and
il converting the Bates blacksmith shop
pm the same street into q dwelling. He
Is also fixing the Bates house for his own
more comfortable occupancy. 7
Mrs. b. ID. Dubois has completely al !
cred the interior of her residence on /
,outh Main street, put in a great deal OF 4
handsome hard wood finish, freplaces, 4
md q new heating apparatus and cut new I
loors and windows. a
n. NJ. Totman added = conservatory, /,
3x100 feet, to his greenhouses, lean-to, n
00x7 feet for the cultivation OF violets I
nd has altogether 1880 square feet OF h
lass. Furthermore, he made a storage /,
he'd and cement coal cellar, connecting 4
be cellar by an underground passageway 9,
nth the furnace room under the central \,
flee. =,
In the line of public improvements, the n
,wn has placed q new iron bridge over
yer brook on Forest street at a cost OF 1,
5744.9l for bridge and abutments alone n
nd exclusive OF filling and the expense "
temporary bridge. Ia
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