The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-02-04

Power Company Diner as 10 Liability
for Bridge Repairs,
The la.i meeting If the board oi select
men Tor the fiscal year was held last eve.
|, ming aud with the exception of the az.
Iro,al II Tess Struggling bill, the bulk
II ih. evening was devoted 90 discussing
the ventilation ri The auditorium and the
Hby.ipal condition ui the West River high
Way hnigs Chairman John CALVIN stated
thar With the exception III one ur two
small bills on the ventilation ioh an hills
had bern rendered, H. said that the oos'
ui The uFrsrut system 81 ventilation would
total a trihe over saUi0 To meet THE
rKirusr there ]. about slHn0 leit over
from an uncNpendcl appropriation oi
S2Gg made a year ago lat March for
Z ventilation and fire escapes. This uueNs
pended balance of the appropriation would
| have amounted 10 about 500 more hat
I for the experimental work INDUCED m,
] which nec,s.iiated the purchase NJ a mo.
/ tor and fan which were unavailable Tor
/ ihc system installed this wear However
I 4 customer has been found for the old mo-
I Tor and Il Is hoped "a sell the old ian To- a
man who operates q s1wmill and who de-
/ .irrs "a operate ,uwdu.t blower. Mr.
Calvin said that Dr. n D llalton, soerc-
iary. Of the state board Of health. had
given his approval nf b. ventilation ~
tenn after a personal inspection and that
he was So thoroughly satisfied with tho
work that he had asked the chairman al
the board to submit o bid for installing q
similar system in the state house ai Mont,
uelicr However, Mr. Calvin has several
irons in the fire. s0 10 SPEAK, ~ this time
and will find il Impossible 10 figure on
the contract. which would amount - over
$4,000 and take from six months 10 o
year 10 complete.
Another chautcr has been aadcd 20 tua |
serial story entitled The West River /
Bridge. l's Raising and Repairs Thereon /
hy The Connecticut River Power Com. /
p1uy. The Solectmcn ot ais, and Opinions |
and Theories o' Contractors and Bridge .
Experts Sometime last week Selectman
j. c. Stafford noticed that the ends Of
the arch on the lower side of the struc-
turc were crowding away the top Of the
abutmeut at both ends ni the bridge Mr
Calvin made an inspection ri the strUc
turp sunday. and Monday promptly called
a halt in the proceedings until the Con.
nertcut River Power company could bc
notified that the ahutmcnts were giving
away and that the town expected some,
thing to be done Immediately 10 remedy
the defect Of the footings for the arches.
After the bridge was raised by the pow
,
make such repairs as had been recon-
mended by Engineer Cary OF the ConncU
lieut. River Power company and Contrac
or Samuel c. Brown began last week 20
tighten up the nuts on the hanging rods
which connect the needle beams with the
lrches. for the purpose OF putting the
arches into a proper curve, With only |
he dead weight of the bridge upon the 7,
arches the footings failed to hold the ends
md the tension applied TO the arch on
he lower or east sid of the bridge forced
he ends to crowd the stone footings out
4 place and allowed the center OF the .
rch to be drawn down about II inches.
Clarke C. Fits. attorney for the Con :
lecticut River Power company, was no /,
fled that the abutments must be h
and PREPARATIONS were made n
O do the work by the company. About h
his time Chairman Calvin decided that h
he town ought to know Just what was ~
eeded in the way Of reinforcing the d
ootings and communicated with !. W IA
TORS of Concord, n H.. by telephone. II
lr Storrs who is consulting engineer 81
pr the Boston & Maine railroad. made an ii
1spection of the West River bridge in
oO7 and is familiar with the structure. r
lis engagements were such as to prevent s.
i'm from visiting Brattleboro until sore
me next week when he will come here a
nd make a thorough inspection OF the in
ridge and tell the seectmen what Is n,
in the way Of reinforced foot a,
,gs for the arches Accordingly the work n,
repairing the structure has been SIS n,
ended. The bridge is open to travel al ia
lough the town officials have s'gns dis m
aved at the entrances stating that per h,
rms crossing do so at their own risk nj
here is really no danger as the arch IN
e n1a cd |
,cks and soil and cannot possibly settle "
zen though there is more or less vihra- =
on when teams pass through the bridge.
The Coarecticut River Power company
inclined 10 the belief that it is not re
,onsihle 70. the condition of the arch as
maintains that the bridge was taken
of by the town officials. lhef
mpany will proceed as soon rs agree
,le to the town officials with the work
reinforcing the footings of the Arches.
he selectl1en are wondering how the
,wer comrany is going to put the arch
.ck into its proper position and VIII IN
Il that ,uch work belongs TO the com
INV and rot to the town 70 do. They
sst that had the abutmrnts been of
fficient strength the work on the arch
,uld not have resulted as it has.
The remainder of the evening was de-
ted to approving few bills and dis
ssing rontine matters among which was
q admission of Don A. Wilcutt 70 the
stitutc for the blind at Hartford. Conn,
der tie legislative act Of lolS proNld-
: for the instruction of adult bllnd per
ms. The selectmen will give IL bond
any expense thlt may arise
account of sickness. The rest Of the
pense Of Mr.. Wilcutt's instruction IN
! institution will be borne by the state.
DIVISION was made for assisting a man
fferng from tuberculosis in an advanced
lge Fha selectmen will paw portion
the expense of nurse AMI treatment
d the patient has been removed to 1nore
,itary quarters