The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-01-01
BARRE CONSTRUCTIONS IN Igii;.
Total ::oiriay of Projects Started EST
nafs1.in Vicinity of Sqon.ono !:

4
Total :oitiay of Projects Started EST
nateI.in Vicinity of 100000.
BuIldihs..' operations approximat.i.t
$500, ,0et. .Esss carried on and brought i
a state Q! .:asar completion in Barre. ..is
ing 1911. IIi. sum total repssents.. q
considerable e.luss..... over ts..r.''.d .
last year, when. :l9o4Q9 ''s:as' silent on
building projects. rd :.ssi rs.bI6ty stand
comparison with any single year in the
past decade 1t does not indicate that
the city is experiencing one of those
sporadic booms that used to strike a
town in the far West and transform II
into bustling city over night; but it
does indicate healthy growth that any
resident of Barre may survey with a
feeling of pride. 1t is a record which
measures favorably by comparison with
the published figures of any city OF town
in Vermont. In the total, 100000, a
rough estimate of the money spent on
repairs and minor additions Is included.
Construction work of this kind annually
makes up pretty sizeable budget in
Barre. and to reckon the total outlay OF
money for building purposes without in
Guiding this item would not truly rel
resent the results.
Three notable building projects go .
swell the grand total. Each struct =
was started in 1914, and its successe :
procession of years will not be
many months old before all thre
completed. The new City hospitf
new hotel and the Spaulding high schoel
annex, all three Of which are located on
Washington street, properly come with
in the limits of a 1914 estimate. In no
instance where figures are given has
there been any attempt TO obtain the
exact cost, but persons connected with
each building project are authority for
the estimates. Something like S245,000
is involved in the erection of the three
buildings mentioned.
Upward of S2l 90 has been expended
in additions or improvements to business
blocks, stonesheds and other manufac-
turing plants. Perhaps the most notable
OF an outlay on a business
may be seen at the Zanleoni
block on North Main street. Changes
there are not vet completed and the
carly spring Of 1915 may see renewal
81 work ON the proposed moving picture
theatre at the rear Of the block. IL Is
thought that $4,000 or 81 600 has been
expended already in improving the prop
arty there. Trow & Holden spent $4,000
1r thel eabouts In the erection Of very |
annex to their plant on
south Main street G. Tomasi put him
self to a probable outlay Of $1,000 in /
building an addition ON the north side /
ii the block, and the Granite Savings |
Bank & Trust Co. erected restaurant /
IN Depot square costing in the vicinity i
u $1,000. All of the buildings enumerat-
q thus far have been walled In with /
.olid brick or at least an enclosure Of
rick veneer
Others who chose 1914 for contem.
lated changes and repairs were Barclay
brothers. who built an addition az their
toneshed in Batehelder's meadow; Louis
}omanis. who remodeled a house on
respect street into a store, and Hyder
iabeb who built a brick annex 10 hiss
tore on Prospect street None Of the
operations mentioned viii scarcely fall
'elow the $1,000 mark Probably twice
hat sum was expended BY Paul Kings.
on in enlarging his brick house NJ
,orth Barre, the work being started
fter n disastrous FIRE visited The dwelk
lg.
Tho sru Of $4,000, approximately,
las expended on new houses within the
ity limits. Ten dwellings were built
rom the foundations. and in number
{ instances as vet unreekoned old
ouses were practically transformed into
ew structures.
Prospects for 1915 are considered fair Z
! bright, although the total AZ the end
I the year ran hardly be expected 10
lual this years record Builders say 2
here i 4 steadily increasing demand for
rst-elass tenements. and the opportuni-
es for structural operations ia this III. I
sction are many aud varied Some Of I
lese opportunities may be grasped,