The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-28
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

COMPANY !, First regiment, '. \
| G., will leave Brnttlebor0, sept. II Il
90 into camp at Fort Ethan Allen. Tn,
company aud band will return Sept
| %, and the band will report the follow
ing day for duty at the Valley fair.
1t is expected that State Highway
! Commissioner Charles W. Gates OF
Franklin will be in town next week e
consult with Road Commissioner ID, I
! Perry about the work 10 be done on
| Main street from the corner of Elliot
street to the Baptist church. Thi'
thOroughfare being a trunk line high
way receives aid from the state.
The trustees of the Austine instr
tuition have extended the time for sub,
hitting bids for the erection of the first
of the group of buildings one week,
The time limit as originally set expired
AT noon Monday, but there were several
contractors who were unable 10 submit
bids during the time allotted and the
trustees decided on the extension
Yesterday two carloads of brick arrived
from Putney to be used in the construr-
tiOu of the building. The trustees will
buy the brick and furnish them TO the
contractor.
The block signal system on the
Boston 4 Maine railroad between Bel.
lows Falls and Bratteboro, which has
been under construction for wear or
more. Is nearing completion. All of the
semaphOre towers have been erected
and force of linemen are stringing the
wires this week. II is expected to have
the signals in operation this fall. When
the work of extending the signal svs
TEN south of Bellows Falls was begun
over wear ago il was stated that the
link between Bellows Falls and Brattle-
borO would he in operation by June,
1911. but work has been suspended for
several months at a time since the he
ginning of operations.
The price of beefsteak went up
ward Yesterday. Round steak, which
had been selling at 20 cents a pound,
was quoted at % cents and sirloln and
porterhouse cuts were priced AT 30
cents pound instead of %, which has
been the prevailing quotation for a
number of months. The reason given
for this increase is that Brattleboro
people are not satisfied with anything
but choice cuts when purchasing steaks.
This inclination upon the part of meat
eaters to pamper their appetites leaves
the greater part of hindguarter of
beef to be disposed of al prices below
the dignity of the beef trust and IT WIS
decided to raise the price.
Carroll 4. Wood expects to put
into the Connecticut river next week
his 26.foot motor boat. Gypsy III. on
which he and his father. II. NJ. Wood.
have been hard at work since March.
The craft is nj present in the vacant
loft over the Stelmann machine shop
where the finishing touches are being
put on preparatory to launching. While
the Gypsy II is modelled along speed
lines its owner is not predicting any
world records although he expects the
l4.horsepower. two.cvlinder Fox engine
with which it is equipped will show
something better than II miles an
hour. using a 13inch propeller. The
engine is located in front of the, driv-
ing seat and is controlled by two levers
on the automobile steering wheel. The
boat is painted light yellow above the
water line and green below and the
decks are finished in hard wood covered
with mahogany stain.