The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-05-06
HyoH PRESSURE ON MONDAY.
Delay Of Two Days Through ''AAyors
Oversight One Serious Break.

N.xor Waterman notified The ness'
uaIers that the high pressure water SGT.
vir. would lie inausuFaird Saturday, Apfii
~ and n-sidents II lifatlieboFo uefr
rautions.l 10 watch out for leaks ON that
date, Many a eiiisrn watched Tor TIC
hot water boilsr 10 burst or for the front
oi the stove to separate irom the fesi o.
the equipment. Ilmid domesilcs handled
the faucets over the sink as though they
w.r. a part of an Internal machine, Man!
a man drew deep breath a. he hsam
the voice oi his wife over the triephone
telling him that the rooi Of his domiciie
was still in placr,
To Mayor E. j. Waterman must be
charged all the needless anxiety, lie neg
lec,.l 10 notify the Bfaiil-horo Water
Works COMPANY 10 turn on the pressure,
and superintendeni &. II. trowell wants
Io sce things in black and white before
N. makes moves In the walter game
some time during the day saturday y oe'
rurr.d 10 Mayor Waterman that through
IN. n.w,papcrs he had thrown soafr
INTO his constituents and then Jailed 70
deliver the goods Forthwith hc advised
the water works company that he desired
the high.prrssurc service turned into ,he
mains. The letter failed 20 arrivr ~ ,ime
for the request Of Mayor Waterman 10 bc
carried into effect Saturday and A. there
| is no sunday mail delivery the bcs, ihat
Superintendent Crowcll could do was 40
deliver the high pressure Monday, N
al5 Nonday afternoon the gate connecting
,h. hirh.prcssure service with the old sys-
,.m nj the corner oi Main and Elliot
4 rect was closed aud the high pressure
rate at the foot Of Union street was
oncneJ. A gauge had been attached 10
tbe four.way hydfant on Main street OPP
po.ite IN. store OF Selectman CALVIN. Inc
| higb. .pressure gate ON Union street requires
m turns 10 completely open Il. Alter SIX
turns the gauge began 20 do things. FROM
So mounds Il Travelled 10 100 pounds IN less
| than 10 minutes. Five minutes later the
hand was registering lio pounds ana az
times during the test OF hall hour IL
went above li5 pounds
The pessimistic member OF the cnrbstohe
committee who has insisted That the p,es
sure wouldn't be materially changed when
the high pressure service was turheu os
was an hand with a brand new argument
asa;nst The new service. He was sure
that the entire pipe line would be blown
10 pieces. While this did not really hap
nen there was something doing Wednes-
day afternoon when a six.inch nam iead-
| ;ng from Main street 10 the establishment
nj The Dunham Brothers company burst
beneath the concrete driveway between
| ,bo s,ore of Uoughton 4 Simonds and the
Vermont Savings bank. The break oc-
curred AT 4. 80 p. m, and the water quickly
bored n hole beneath the concrete until u
sound an outlet beneath the small porch.
al the entrance to the Dunham shipping
room Ten minutes later perfect tor
rent of water was rushing down the bank
TO the railroad track. Meantime Dahiei
Stolte had gone in search OF represents
tive of the Brattleboro Water WORKS
company to have the water snu. IN
.John Brasor and +. c. Crosbys automo-
bile were pressed into service and in about
4 minutes Main street was deprived OF
wafer. While succor was being ootained
tbe water was raising havoc with the
hank 10 the north OF the Dunham store.
Two sewers were left unsupported as the
soil was washed away and both broke.
One was from the Brooks House. IL Is
as,;rated that at least 100 carloads OF
soii and rocks were washed away from
the foundation of the building occupied
by the wholesale department and ofhces
OF the Dunham Brothers company. Inc
water entered the basement, but the STOCK
of rubber goods was quickly moved anu
no damage resulted. Crosby 4 Parker hau
a force of men at work within a snort
time and the break was repaired yester-
dav For a few minutes it looked as
tbonoh the basement of the Houghton 4
S;monds store would be flooded, but the
water Immediately subsidized when the
sunnlv was shut off. Yesterday morning.
few REPORTS of leaky plumbing came IN
from different parts of the town. FOR
short time the high pressure will be turn,
Oh off at night that the danger OF pah
break NAV be averted.