The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-31
Special Town Meeting Gave
Selectmen Authority
Without Debate
MAIN STREET TO
BE TACKLED LATER
Report Of Special Committee and Res
olutions by G. r. Crosby Adopted
Estimates of Expense-Railroad on
Flat Street Not Feasible.

The special town meeting last even
ing, attended by about loo required
only Il minutes to authorize the -
lectmen of the town TO widen Flat
street on the south side. ii IN their
Judgment this can be done without an
excessive expense. They were further
empowered to borrow money on the
credit of the town for this purpose and
FLOR the widening, Strengthening and
grading Of Main street ia front of the
Ray and Judge properties. the latter
to be done when alterations to tie
abutting properties shall make this
work advisable.
The estimated expense. exclusive of
land damages, totals &3.J9@.l lg unles.
ut should be decided to pave the entire
length of Flat street. when the total
would be SIJ.G27 %. There was prae-
tIcallE no opposition to the adoption
OF the two resolutions. They were OF
fered and their adoption moved los
Charles Il. Crosby, chairman OF thr
special committee, chosen to inyesti-
gate the matter and report There
was less opposition TO the motion OF
:. y Richmond Of the same commit
tee that the selectmeu be empowered
TO borrow the necessary money TO DO
the work.
The meeting was called To order b1
\. T. Schwenk promptly IL ; . clock
and Town Clerk Carl :. Hopkins read
first the warrant and then the report
of the special committee. This report
included details OF the land II would
be. necessary TO take III the process os
widening Main street and Flat street.
Land Needed and Expense
-
street hill TO take ,3o7.5 square feet
from property owned by IL. e. Barber,
the former John l.. Ray property. for
which the committee gave no estimate.
/ The expense, excepting the land dam
ages Tor the Main street change, totals
sI,49l.G9. of which a retaining wall
costing $3.50 Is the largest item. The
! sidewalk expense Is estimated at SlO6.
| 3s, earth fill at $l2S.6I and paving ut
$326.70
| Land to be TAX for the Flat street
widening was given as follows: From
| III. c. Barber on the north side Of the
street Sl7.2 feet; on the south side
| from L. IL. Richardson, 6lS.7: from H.
| &. Barber, l,260: from f.. H. Thomas,
I3IS.5; from Sparks Bros, 27I.5: from
| q. L. Crowell, 1,321,75.
! The cost of the Flat street sidewalk
/ Il estimated at Sl,09l4O; earth fill
| iSI26; retaining wall. 4SS3.>O and paw
| ing the entire length of Flat street,
Sl2, ,034.S0. a total. including the pay
! ing of that street, of s14.l36.30. With
out the paving and land damages the
| total for Flat street would be only
S2.1O1.5o.
| The committee reported. on the re
quest to determine the feasibility of
laying track on Flat street for the
moving OF large freight ears, that the
corner ut Main and Fiat streets j. not
| wide enough for the purpose and rec
| ommend that no track bc laid there
| The committee was composed OF q. X.
! Crosby. J. II. Estey and :. \. Rich
mond.
| c. Il. Crosby read the two following
resolutions and moved their adoption,
and the motion was carried:
The Resolutions Adopted.
- Resolved. that il j. the intention
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