The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-23
FOR BENNINGTON COUNTY
DEVELOPMENT AND
bETTERMEMT
This Department Edited by Secretary
Willard w. Bartlett Of the County
Improvement Association

| during the summer OF 1915 under tn
direction Of Mr.. James l.. Davis, Coun
ty Supervisor of Highways. Mr.. Dav
is is maintained jointly by thee Stat,
Department of Highways and the Ben
nington County improvement Associs
tion.
The first half OF this article appeared
last Wednesday.
Bennington County Road Construction
| During 1915
| Peru: The road from the Bromley
House east was improved for 27 rods
the work consisting of widening
Z Strengthening and grading. One mile
to the east the Cosmus Hill was i'm
proved, length, 16 1-2 rods. One mile
west OF Peru Village work done in 1914
was extended 76 rods toward Manches
ter and grading done several rods fur
ther. Grade was reduced and large
stone culvert extended. A large stone
: culvert IA mile west of Peru Village,
built in 1914, was paved with concrete
as the stone paving originally put in
showed settlement due to a severe
freshet in July.
Rupert: On the road from East Ru-
pert to Granville three-fourths mile
from Pawlet line. gap between pieces
built in 1913 and 1915 was filed in and
an extension added to the 1913 work.
Length 80 1-2 rods, width IS feet. A
stone foundation was used and re-
tanning wall and guard rail were built.
On the west side of the town at Mr..
Smith Sheldon's farm, IA miles from
Pawlet line, sharp curve and steep
hill were reduced. A retaining wall
and guard were built. BY this work
specially dangerous spot has been
corrected. Length so rods with part
ial grading and ditching extending 13
rods further.
Readsboro: In the village OF Heart
wellville length of LA rods was
built. With the exception of about
40 rods there is now a continuously
improved road extending from the four
corners at the east end of the village
TO Stamford line, distance of'two
mileS. Gov rafg ~ i1CANi e94
One mile below Readsboro Falls a
gap between two pieces OF old state
road was filed Length 25 rods. wild
tn. IS feet. A mile and quarter
above Readsboro Falls length of 70
rods was built. NSurfacing material
was taken from an obstructing bank
at the roadside located north Of the i'm
provement. For the greater part Of
the distance the location was one side
hill and many boulders and points OF
ledge had to be removed by blasting.
The work extends to the north
piece Of State work put in six year
ago. Grading and widening was also
done near the gravel bank for a dis
tance of % rods.
village and near the intersection Of the
Hamilton Hollow road gap between
work done in 1914 and an older piece
OF state road was filled. Length, 25
rods. Stone foundation was used In
the Gallipo woods mile and a half
south Of Sandgata village a piece of
state work built about ten years ago
was widened It having been originally
built to a width of only IL feet It's
side hill location made 1t very dan
gerous piece Of road because of the in
creasing number of automobiles CON-
ing to Sandgate and owned there.
Length, 38 rods, of which IA rods was
in slate rock excavation on one side.
Sandgate roads are 18 feet wide eTa
Searsburg: For several years the
road up the mountain from the Deer
field River has been extended consec-
utively.a This years extension was
81 rods in length. A second piece of
work was done near the old Eames
place. swampy spot being rebuilt
with stone base. Length "a rods.
These roads are 20 feet wide. The
latter work was done entirely at the
States expense.
Shaftsbury: At the Lake Shaftsbury
turn one mile north of SALISBURY Stat
ION an especially dangerous curve was
reduced by heavy ledge excavation on
one side and bank cutting on the 9TH
err. Nearby hollows were filed and
grades ~improved. Length, SS hods
Three-fourths mile north of Shafts
bury Centre three large boulders pro-
jecting from the wheeltrack and road
bank were removed making it posi-.
BILE to widen and straighten the road;
a minor improvement but one that had
been conspicuously needed for many
years.
On the White Greek road within
about three-fourths mile of New York
line three metal culverts were reset to
give better drainage.
Stamford: North of Stamford vii
lage the road was extended for 81 rods
using crushed stone for surfacing
This makes continuously improved
road from Massachusetts line north
ward for nearly two miles.
Near A. e. Dunns farm IL miles
north of Stamford village the road