Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-26
BUILDING OPERATIONS
At Least $4,000 Will Be Ex-
pended This Year
Total May Reach Much Larger Figure
Operations VIII BE Distributed over
All parts ne the rovup

All Parts Of the Town.
The building record Of Brattleboro
showed last year an expenditure Of $780,
900, Of which 100000 was for the cotton
mill. While the amount expended this
year will not approach that figure the
prospects for the coming months are
very encouraging, and at the very be-
ginning of the building season a con-
sentative estimate of the cost of con-
struction already definitely planned or
under way is 100000. All sections of
the town will share in the building OPP
erations. In the Belmont avenue sec
ton, in the Oak Grove section, on Pros
pect hill, on Canal street, in the busi-
ness section, in the north part of the
town, near Western avenue and in the
railroad yard will be heard the sound
of carpenters at work. The estimate of
100000 is on work which already is
planned and not on operations upon
which nothing definite is assured, al
though several persons expect to build,
but have not decided just what their
plans will be.
new houses, at least are assured. Ly-
sander W. Lord broke ground Monday
FOR a one-tenement, eight room, two
story house at 80 Belmont avenue. AL
bert M. Thomas will move there as
soon as 1t is completed 1t resembles in
architecture the houses already built in
that section by H l.. Emerson. w H.
french has broken ground for a sim
liar house on the same avenue. George
l.. Holden has finished the cement foun-
dalton for an eight cottage house
at the corner of Maple street and Belmont
avenue. The house will be two stories
high and one of the rooms will be de-
signed for out -door sleeping Mr. Hol-
den plans to build a bungalow later in
hnu De-
Holden's proposed cottage William A.
Belden is planning to build a cottage
house on Cottage Heights, the building
plot opened not long ago. The house
VIII contain seven rooms and will be
occupied by MIR. Belden. Arthur l.. Ell
lis also will build in the same section
and his house probably will contain the
same number of rooms He will live
there when it is completed
In the Oak Grove section work has
been begun on the basement of c. E.
Aliens cement house near the corner Of
Canal street 1t will contain eight rooms
and will be rented The proposed four
room schoolhouse will be built in the Oak
Grove section and will be two stories
high, 80 feet long and 60 feet wide The
cost Of the school building will be $12,-
600, besides the furnishings.
On Prospect hill, south of the houses
owned by Fl. l.. Emerson on South Main
street, l.. E. Holden will erect a build
ing Of design new to Brattleboro 1t
will contain 10 apartments in a row, all
being Joined together, but each will be
entirely Independent of the others. Each
apartment will have five rooms and the
finish will be hardwood with hardwood
floors. Three of the apartments will face
South Main street and the rest Of the
building will be on the new street ex-
tending east from South Main street. A
brick fire wall will be built in about the
middle of the structure. Work on the
cellar was begun Monday. The tene-
ments will rent for 81 a week E. NJ.
Angler expects to build on lot on Pearl
street which he bought of Mrs. r. E.
Gordon, and probably will erect an apart
ment house. On Elm street, near Canal,
w. r. Stuart will build a blacksmith
shop and garage, with entrance on each
street. Workmen are clearing away the
trees, and lumber has arrived for the
building.
The Abbott, the beautiful apartment
house planned by George A. Eels, will
be built at the corner of Canal and
South Main streets. Men began work
Monday eXcavating for the basement
The Abbott will be built of gray stone
and will contain six apartments and two
stores. The people of the town are
looking forward with anticipation for the
new union railroad station and this ad-
dition to the towns building activities
the coming season probably will cost
$50, 900. On Elliot street men have been
at work several months on Charles Mi
ner' S new building, which probably will
consist of store, hall and apartments,
and two weeks ago they began work on
the wood construction. Joists, 10 inches
by IL inches and 16 inches by 10 inches,
are being used
The work of eXcavating for the base
ment for f. c. Crosby's new four-sto
garage on High street, just west of the
Brooks house, has been in progress the
past three weeks The building will be
of fireproof construction and will be
modern in every particular. Mr. Cros-
by has not decided whether he will finish
the top story for apartments or leave 1t
unfinished. In the north part Of the
town George L. Durham will move the
house on North street in which he now
lives to the former site of the Frost
house which was RACED during the win
ter, and on the site of his present home
he will build a handsome house, finished
with plaster on the outside.
On Cedar street Miss Regina NJ
Heaphy and Miss Anna Heaphy
have begun work on the cellar
Of a cottage house Of eight rooms
which they will occupy when finished
E. S. Hall is planning to build ar
| eight-room bungalow on the street tc
be cut through from Crosby street par
| allel with Western avenue. He will &C.
| cupy 1t for a home.
Building Inspector James E. Helyal
has issued permit to Oscar Guiheer
| to erect a two story house on Birgt
| street which Mr. Guiheen will occupy
L. j. Robinson has been given a per.
| init to remodel the barn on the Har.
| low place on Green street into a house
and F. A. Harrow has been given {
permit to make temporary additions t
his livery stable on Flat street. Thi.
building probably will be torn down ant
| brick stable put in it's place.