Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-12
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Permanent Road Work in Wind
ham County in 1911
In Special Work-state Aid In lmprov-
ing 10 Miles Of Highways.

In Special Work-State Aid In lmprov-
ing 10 Miles Of Highways.
County Road Commissioner David T.
Perry of this town, who has supervision
of the expenditure of state money on the
highways of Windham county, is graf
flied. at the showing made along that
line in 1911. He Is confindent that the
present policy of state work In the
county soon will show a great improve
ment in the average condition of all the
roads. Mr.. Perry has compiled this week
a summary of the work done in the 70
towns in the county, which is as fol-
lows:
A statement of the state road work In
Windham county may be of interest to
those who are watching the progress
made in road improvements. a very note
worthy fact in connection with the ROAD
work Is the improved method of caring
for our roads. That matter is being
impressed upon those who have to 90
with this work more and more each
year. And this constant demand Tor
better method of maintenance and more
careful attention to small details VIII In
time produce good efficiency in road up
keep. Taking the towns alphabetically In
Windham county, the state ROAD Work
of 1911 was as follows:
Athens improved a section of the Hill
road, leading to the old brick church.
This work included much grading and
blasting, to straighten and get proper
width of road. The change made Is very
appropriate to the location.
Brookline made a good beginning IN
raising and widening a low section on
it's main road. Its final completion is
delayed for lack of funds.
Brattleboro work reported is work up
on Western avenue and a section on the
Marlboro stage road. Main street i'm
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work.
Dover reported grading work on the
main road between East and West Do
yer, also improvement in East Dover
village
Dummerston. Work was in three Sec
tions-one section on West river, near
John Taft's; a section west of Dummers-
ton Centre a job which included much
blasting and moving of rock to straight
en- and widen the road a section on the
Putney road near the Shoes farm. y
heavy ledge was blown away at this
place, and a bad curve and grade were
eliminated and a long sandy fiat was
surfaced with gravel. The town also
substituted an old wooden bridge across
Salmon brook with cement arch bridge
on this same trunk line road.
Grafton reported the building up,
Strengthening and graVeing of long
section of road near Cambridgeport, on
The town also built a 42-foot span ce-
ment arch bridge on stage road from
Grafton to Townshend
Guilford reported an important grad
ing job on the main stage road leading
to Guiford Centre, the blasting away of
a high ledge to widen a curve being one
of the good features of the work. Con-
siderable work also was done on the
main road to Bernardston.
Halifax reported building a good sec
ton of road east of West Halifax, on the
main road leading to Reeds mill. This
is the third section on this road to be
made good continuance of the work
here is contemplated.
Jamaica reported the blasting away of
a ledge and widening some eight feet in
solid ledge of a section near the cover
ed bridge, and an overpass on the main
road north of Wardsboro Station: also
the building of a long section on the
main road to Jacksonville and the be-
ginning of the Improvements to be made
from Wardsboro Station to Wardsboro by
a special appropriation passed at the last
session of the legislature.
Londonderry reported long section re-
built on the main road leading to Raw
sonVille, a long section on the stage road
leading to Chester, and some work on
the river road.
Marlboro reported good work on the
stage road leading to Brattleboro, also a
grading job on the Church Hollow road.
Newfane reported building the last
link between Williamsville and the rail-
road station. This road has been entire
ly rebuilt in the last five years. All the
grades have been reduced to 6 per cent
or less (some of the former grades were
high as is per cent?. Lodges have
been cut out banks cut away for proper
width and the entire road graveled. Two
cement bridges We're built on this line.
improvements also were made at the
"oX- bow" on the road to Townshend.
Putney reported work on the West
minister West road, a heavy ledge and
wall job on the main road to Dummers-
ton, also two jobs on the lower road be-
tween East Putney and Westminster
Putney made great Roadway in road i'm
provement this season.
Rockingham did a valuable work on
the main road to Chester in reducing
grades and widening culverts, also a
long section of building up and graveling
near Saxtons River and extending into
the street.
Somerset reported building a gravel
road near the post Office.
Stratton reported expanding money on