The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-06
Sixty-five Foot Structure
OF Steel on Stratton
Mountain Top
ADDRESSES WILL
BE MADE JUNE Is
Lieut.. Gov. Howe, James P. Taylor and
Attorney H. E. Eddy Engaged -
Project of Stratton Mountain Club
Slight Accident Delays Work.

Construction work on the steel OBJ
servation and fire protection tower on
the summit of Stratton mountain. which
is being erected by the Stratton Noun
tain club, has been delayed a little, the
wind having blown down one section
while the tower was being put up, but
the damage can be repaired easily and
the DELAY will not hinder the dedica-
tion. The club will hold dedicatory SER
vices on the mountain top Thursday
afternoon, June p, at o'clock Ev-
erybodv is invited to attend and to
help make the occasion memorable.
The speakers will be Lieut.. Gov.
Frank f. Howe of Bennington, James
Z. Taylor Of Burlington, president of
the Green Mountain club, and Attorney
H. e. Eddy of Brattleboro. Frederic c.
Adams of this town will sing
A conveyance viii be provided at a
moderate price to carry visitors from
the Green Mountain House ut West
Wardsboro to the foot Of the mountain.
People wishing to take advantage of
this conveyance should write to Raw
+. Lyman, West Wardsboro, Vt.
\ picnic luncheon will be enjoyed on
the summit, each one to provide for
/ himself
Three Trails Up Mountain.
/ Three accessible trails lead from the
! foot of the mountain to the top. One,
ON the southern side, starts from the
/ Observation-Disclosures highway about a
mile east Of the ''Grout Job = one
from the eastern side from the STRAIT
/ ton-damaica road about half mile be-
/ low the old Stratton church, aud one
I a ~ L : I ID
/ Forester 5. The distance from the
road to the summit by way of eacI
trail is about three miles.
The tower is 65 feet high. The view
from the top is one of unusual beauty
and extent. commanding a panorama
which includes all Of southern Yer
mont and sections of New York, New
Hampshire and Massachusetts
The Stratton Mountain club was or
I gained July 81, 1912. with 10 mem
bers, the object being to create interes
in mountain climbing in that region
1t now has nearly 60 members and TIN
officers are: President Miss Ethel 4
Eddy; vice president, Ray f. Lyman
: secretary, Miss Leola Forester; treas
urer, Mrs. Ray j.. Lyman. The presi
dent ans secretary will be glad to ans
wer any questions concerning trails
!. etc Their address is West WardsborC
Vt.
!, In its first season trail was bull
: to the summit from the east. The sun
r nit, while Of commanding elevation
I. is denselv wooded and the only mar
l. ner in which a view is to be obtaine
f is by climbing q tree by means of
: rude ladder. The club proved equ;
to this situation and at once planne
p for an observatory on the SUNNI
First giving literally from its treasur.
contributions were solicited, not onl
on account of the scenic uses of a toy
y er, but for the great value it woul
u be to the forestry department as a va
taee point in watching for forest fire
! Stairway Is Desired.
h, -Four hundred dollars was raise
W different towns and individuals co
ne tributing, and the structural steel W;
recently hauled up the east side
oxen Deep snow was encountere
: which has not yet entirely disappea
. ed The tower viii have platfor
n at the top, we'll garded by a railing.
Unfortunately, the club was not al
v to raise enough money to realize t
y fullest use Of the tower, as stairw
is lacking The means of ascent as nc
X planned is by a perpendicular laddt
This will discourage the fullest use
at the tower, as IS feet in air, sustain
ee only by one 5 tread and grip, is son
H. thing of climb. Then, too, thon
." the opportunity is the same and t
abilities equal, discretion may discol
age the women from ma king the aseer
A It is not too late, however, to provl
= q stairway with platform half way |
provided subscriptions come in
once, and it is greatly desired that Il
IN be brought about
Last fall the club built cabin abb
q half mile from the tower Both t
,er tower and cabin will be open to t
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