News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-09-08
SOME GOOD ROAD WORK
Selectmen Have Completed Permanent Work
for the Season.

The Morrisville Selectmen have prac
tically finished the permanent roac
work for this year, the last big job or
the east abutment of Tenney bridge be
ing finished. Theroad will be opened te
the public this week, having been CLOSED
for the past five weeks.
An inspection of the work at Tenney
Bridge shows that Thorough job has
been done and according to the opinion
of experts. the town has saved money
and secured equally as good results as
they would have, had the job been con-
tracted. The abutment is 10 feet down,
about 10 feet at the wings and 10 feet
| wide on the bottom. 1t is constructed
| of cement and stone, reinforced by twist
ed steel on top and steel rails at the bot
tom, $50 bags of cement being used in
the work.
This bridge has been built about seventy
years and is in good state of repair.
A B. & M. railroad civil engineer recent.
ly said that this style of lattice bridge is
better than steel.
Another permanent job finished in
July by the Selectmen is a REINFORCED &C.
ment bridge just above the McNall
farm on the Wolcott road. This is
handsome piece of work and a credit to
the selectmen. The concrete is 16 inches
thick and is REINFORCED by q inch steel
rods. five inches apart one way and II
inches apart the other way. 1t is OF 20
tons holding capacity. 1t cost complete,
including grading, ETC., 1854, of which
the state pays rs per cent. Another
permanent job has been done on the
abutments of the Belts bridge in the
west part of town. The expense to the
town for keeping the road from Norris
town Plains to the McNall place open dur
ing the repairs on the Tenney bridge was
about SIS, which included patrol work
during the Fair and work by the Road
Commissioner, which has placed the
road in better condition than ever before.
The Belts bridge abutment is heavy
concrete job, the abutment being II feet |
high. With new iron and plank the job |
cost the town $364.1S. 1t was work
that could no. be safely postponed.
1t is conceded that the roads leading |
to Morrisville were never in better con-
dition than now. The work now under
way in the "Dug-way" by the village,
where they are widening the narrow
places and putting the road in frst.class
will be greatly appreciated by
the travelling public. The expense of
this work is estimated around $500,
which will also come under the state
aid law
Guy S. Campbell has charge Of the
practical work and E. w. Gates, and
:. F. Smith have looked after the bust
ness end of the work. all being mem bers
Of the Board of Selectmen.
A summary OF the permanent road
work done the past three seasons under
the direction of the selectmen with Mr..
Campbell in charge, includes new con.
crete abutment on the road leading from
the A. B. Small place to the Elmore
road, two permanent concrete jobs on
Laporte road, heavy concrete arch at
Hyde Park line near hide house, two
permanent bridge aoutment jobs in Ster-
ling. a concrete job all below dirt in the
Allen road in south part of town.
Next year two jobs that the selectmeu
will have to do, are bridges at M. H.
mill and one near Harry
Newlaud's farm. Both of these are in
bad shape and both come under the
State Aid Act.