Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-10-27
WILL EXTEND STREET RAILROAD.
New Grade ct South Main Street Order
ed by Selectmen-oId Highway Boun-
darles Found After Much Trouble.

Definite decision was reached by the
selectmen saturday afternoon to estab-
llsh u grade on South Main street from
Plne street corner southwark to a point
a; snort distance beyond the junction of
the cascade road and the old Guilford
road, and men and teams are now at
work cutting and filling and widening
the street. 1t is expected that the work
viii be completed within three weeks.
This decision was made in order to allow
the Twin State Gas & Electric companv
to extend its street railroad from Pine
street to the junction of the two roads
mentioned as desired by the board of
trade, for the accommodation of the Fort
Dummer Mills cotton factory and the
residents of Fort hummer heights.
The selectmen met in the office of
First Selectman John Calvin and went
over the situation carefully The town
attorney, Arthur p. Carpenter and Civil
Engineer James Helyar, of the firm of
Gllman & Helyar, were present, and the
results OF the surveyors efforts to locate
the original survey of South Main street
were at hand. The lack of definite data
regarding the street boundaries when
the surveyors began work a few weeks
ago greatly delayed them in tablishing
the old lines, but it is believed that the
BOUNDARIES are now correctly located.
Inc lines run through dooryards on both
SIDES OF the street and in the case of the
most northerly of the lots on the east
side on which II. l., Emerson has built
houses the line comes nearly to the front
doorstep
The records show that the original
survey was for a street four rods wide
Later 1t was cut down to three rods
Many years ago a stone wall ran in the
same general direction of the street and
some distance west of it. The lower
part of the wall is now in existence.
Deeds of lots on the west side used the
wall "A
stakes or posts on the west line of the
street as corners Several of these
posts have been found in the dooryards.
showing that the yards include part of
the OH street. In one instance, a least
real estate owner uncovered a post for
the surveyors and said he had known all
along that the premises occupied by him
extended into the street. BY measuring
three rods east from these posts the east
line is established.
Having discussed the result of the
survey to their satisfaction the select
men decided to establish the grade and
Selectman A. f.. Merrill notified Manager
h. NJ. Adds of the Twin State Gas S
Electric company to that effect in order
that the company could start legal ma
chinery in motion, such as filing a petit
tion for a location as soon as possible
The company will order the necessary
material as soon as the town gives it the
legal right to lay a new track, and it is
expected that the equipment will be
here so that work on the extension may
be begun as soon as the street is graded.
The highest point in the street in
volved is a knoll between the houses
owned by Mrs. Nellie NJ. Coolidge and
Arvine Pike. The road there will be cut
down about three feet and the dirt re-
moved will be used in filling on the east
side as the lots there are lower than the
highway. So far as is known no obiec-
tion to grading the street will be made
by abutting landowners, but those who
hold deeds to land on the east side con-
veying guaranteed number of square
feet of land may look to previous owners
for damages
For the present the street will not
be graded for the full three rods in
width and the lots on the west side will
not be disturbed. On the east side a
sidewalk six feet wide will be built,
then gutter three feet wide. The street
railroad ties will be eight feet long.
The roadway for teams will be 21 feet
wide. The estimated cost of the work
is from 5000 to $1,000.