The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-12-30

au u state money which County
Commissioner DAVID T. Perry has
4td On the highways during the
1910 The commissioner has been
eWud ~ a reporter i8E this PAPER
has told briefly what his work has
n each town of the county. Com,
Hrr Perry says that Il has nor been
'lsy "a state work 20 begin az the
ilN line la any town and build con-
sly 10 another town hut rather 20
butte M, efforts This policy, he
s brings w the average condition
main highways much faster than
a sei policy Of building toniinn,
rom one point 90 another he sAys
practically al Of the roads Ia the
Isl have good sections These sections
caves ~ links TO connect with the
improved hy state money. With
Ial appropriation from the state and
hcFality upon the part OF the yaf-
towns al Of the particularly ohiec.
he sections of highway in Nindham
ATS can soon be- improved
mmis,ioner Perry lays that with the
IS figncr that has been gained by the
re, road commissioners throughout
county the spending OF future appTo.
lions ought 20 achieve stlll better rc'
Referring briefly 10 h.s work in
"a
EEy takes them ~ alphabetically
Afhtu. Permanent work consisted u
sting away at two points 90 make saie
ng places Tor teams, also the blast
rs oi ledge 10 straishten bad, oh.
ufJ curve that had been dangerous
bee Tor 100 Year,,
IIrookline: Strengthened, widtned and
yclol q long section OF trunk line high
v Th, was a continuation Of former
safe work.
Brattlehoro State work consisted OF
Ia rod, OF gravel road on the road 10
Vernon. This stretch was land with Use
steam roller and in the latest approved
manner. North Main street which j. a
INK in the trinkline passing through tins
village. was resuriaced and the perma'
rgnt surface OF macadam was extended a
number Of rods north on tins thorough,
.re. About 100 feet Of tarvia road laid
IN Linden street near the Baitleb1ro
Retreat buildings, and 400 feet OF similar
construction on Flat street Ia eonnec'
ton with the state work the town re-
placed three wooden bridges with Ike
number OF cement
Dover Permanent work consisted OF
grading. widening and grayeling a section
road in West Dover. This was con
fIUuItion of the sta work IN that town
Dummerston Work included the grad,
ing and crawling OF the main road
through West Dummerston, also the cut
ing away OF a high ledge on the Putney
and Brattleboro road. Latter work was
done to eliminate dangerous curve. ~
Connection with this work the town OF
Dummerston rebuilt the bridge over Muir
der Hollow brook. making il cement
arch structure. Another bad curve IN inc
highway was eliminated during the carry
ing ont of the state work.
Grafton The state money IN TINS lo"i
was used in grading and ssurlaeing one Oh
the main thoroughfares of the village.
Guilford: The permanent work con
sisted of Strengthening and rebuilding a
section of highway a mile east oil yum
ford Center. In carrying out the WORK az
that point a dangerous curve was emu
mated and better drainage was afforded
formerly wet section of the road. Consld
erable crawling was done and large
amount of blasting was done on Tue
Bernardston road. The last mentioned
work was done TO widen the ROAD ahu
make it safer for automobilists. =
Halifax: The state work consisted OF
stonelined section of road near Grove
also the rebuilding of long section oi
road near West Halifax. The town added
to the permanency of the state imProHe
ments bv building a cement arch oridge
with widened approaches near stone
mill on the North River road ~
Jamaica: In this town probably tht
rreatest advance was made IN the nlattet
a. road Improvement during the yeaI:
section of permanent road was pun il4il
the Townshend line to Wardsoolp ~, "a
lion This section was Strengthened Wy
ened Graded and grayeled. 1t was vas, th'
continuation of former state work, lhert
zgas also built on the Rawsonvllle roao
900 rods of permanent road In CONFORM
~, With the plans adopted when previous
sts+e work was started of which I'M;
T.ari, was continuation. The completee
section. about three miles IN length; !,
the longest stretch OF state ROAD Wolh ~ IL
the county and is the result OF ABOUT t eiIsn
wears work A heavy expense lor va al
ing entered into the construction u .
most the entire distance. ;utod !
r. londonderry State work consisted
eonstmcting and finishing long sector
ii In, road near Alexander''s mill on IN.
&ortL Valley road, also the widening
sStuUaa;ghteninr and grading of 100 rods OF
~ Tamaica road. so-called. Much pas,
INV; nv vas done on the Thompsonburg roaa
Al If the improvements carried euC Il
This town were continuation o. Iotl a,',
state work. The policy OF build1ihs p 9.r,
emf arch bridges was lnauggiIld'e tu,o suci
Brothers of Brattleboro ;, ouiiV wv oenen
str,otures Practically all OF the celne el
~, referred to in the perlnanett,
,,.arl. in the various towns OF the couh'!
vas a f} ~ The improvement OF las
Mar at"nted on the Church Hollow roa,
Sear oontinned, This included much 1las !
; Ta and Grading. Work was starteu a
~ ~ Wilmington WI town line on, stle'c ~
road which will be improved Win s'"'
money. This stretch runs eas.. was
Newfane In this town 'ii S+arted las
continuation of the W9 91I I'D This in
Year on the Williamsvilie roa a. s nac
s Ind the crawling of long sc sew, wa
ii lu% hr the town in connection VIII 70,
ouilt py we ~, the county commissioner
mork uome curves were largely ellmln1atoe
b~ fbe Strengthening of the so-ca'ieu :
Pntnev The work in TINS Town o ,J,
Cd Of building three perfnah zen If th
and draining section OF onL h,;lding Q
streets in the village, siso Main street i
~ ~ Ien. The last mentioned "or ,in
tb be beginning of plan OF t ,ng lin
tne .;as;nner for a better trunk i'A
b t2,,, through that village; ns bav
nlgilma tto and Somerset: Both towns n,,o
o tr;t,,tad good section OF iilipio ,,ea
on5 ~ their mileage during the pas sail
s sIda 10 the appropriations were Siiiai
ea Tou roI A good record dvd lGp tw
Enforcement To was made by ga pasfe1es an
sctons Of road ne eet% sso by grading an
widening DANGEROUS uess non on the mai
eiu1eq west Townshend. An IRON u III II
;oaV W. 20 Townshend was replaced ny bu;
T 0g aSo this town adopted the an pp toda
b v?lf arch bridges OF stone anu confne