The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-29
ROAD COMMITTEES
TOHOLOMEET|NG
ON EARLY DATE
Appointments Made by -Four Bus
mess Organizations
PRELIMINARY WORK UNDER WAY
Modern Highway Between Benning.
ton and Brattleboro Would Be
Source Of Big Income.

Committees from among the mem-
bel's OF the trade organizations in the
towns interested in the construction
Of the proposed mountain road be-
tween Bennington and Brattleboro
have been appointed and a joint
meeting OF the committees will be-
held in the near future to outline a
plan of campaign to be carried on
during the coming winter.
Considerable enthusiasm for tue
project was created by the recent trip
OF the business men Of Wilmington,
Brattleboro and by the visit here OF
the Brattleboro and Bellows Falls
business mems organization. Mem.
bers Of the committees and others in
terested realize that the preliminary
work on the project must be done
during the coming winter and that ill.,
order to carry the project to a con-
clusion strong organization must be
set at work.
With public support the road can
be built. The highway between the
two teNnini has been in existence for
many years. Some changes will be
necessary, a number OF grades must
be reduced and much of the distance
must be resurfaced but the work can
be done at fraction OF the cost en-.
tanned in the construction Of similar
scenic routes in other states,
By most tourists the trip from Ben
nington to Brattleboro, Is considered
to be far more attractive than that
over the Mohawk Trail In Massachus-
etts. The Mohawk Trail has brought
thousands OF dollars into western
Massachusetts and the income that
will be realized by residents of that
section through the tourist travel will
increase from year to year as the
trip over the trail becomes moro
popular h
Should the Bennington-Brattle
project be realized the highway
would become Il continuous asset for
the towns through which it would
pass and all of southern Vermont
would share in the benefits to be de-
rived. Other communities are reach
ing out for their share of the increas.
ing income from the summer touring
business and il the opportunity to
participate is lost Bennington and
Windham counties viii eventually
see this great traffic diverted to other
r,la .fn
made to secure IT, q
Tourists are almost unanimous in
the assertion that there is no more
attractive section in New England
than southern Vermont and the num-
Der who would pass through the two
counties would be largely in excess
of present total were some of the az.
gravating stretches OF highway put In
proper condition. H 53.is. ~
Residents OF the mountain towns
would be benefited out of proportion
to all others by the building of the
proposed highway. BECAUSE of the
distance to market and the difficulties
presented by poor roads the popula-
WIN anu b0oihCoo VI luSoc tVNuo ueiS
steadily decreased as the inhabitants
have moved TO communities where
better facilities and conveniences can
be obtained. A highway we'll surfac-
ed and with improved grades would
remove many of the difficulties under
which the residents of these towns
now live.
The list of committees from the
several towns is as follows:
Bennington-Ed L. Bates, A.
j. Cooper, j. c. Colgate, Thomas Han
non, Edwin d. Moore, w. p Hogan.
Guy B. Johnson. George B. Yelling,
Collins NJ Graves, j. Oliver Burt,
Robert E. Healey, Frank Z. Howe,
Dexter M. Gleason of Woodford and
George Briggs of Searsburg.
ilmington-Clarence B. Kelland.
DR.. l.. r. Page, NJ. e, Lyman. H. Il.
Mann, F. S. Crafts, L. A. Brown, Roy
j. Courtemanche.
Brattleboro. D. T. Perry G. Il.
Sherman, w L. Walker, C. R. Crosby.
], B. Manley, w. E. Stellman, K L.
Mosher, G. s. Hopkins.
Bellows Falls-W. c. Belltnap, H.
d. Ryder, w. G.. Moody, DR.. Edward
Kirkland, Edward L. Walker, Thomas
e. O'Brien, Walter A. Graham.