The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-16

Pownal line. Length ls5 rods.

West Road. This Improvement wa
begun for the entire distance from
Anthony Station to New York line
The soil is clayey and construction
will necessarily be expensive. Strip
ping was done to a widthsof 2Sft. an(
bitches improved. For over half thu
distance grading and draining wal
nearly completed. A telford. base was
| put in for q rods on a soft subgrade
| and covered with crushed stone
/ Total length 4O1 rods. The undertake
| ing of this much needed improvement
i was made possible through the gener
osity of Mr.. j. C. Colgate who contri.
buted funds to be matched by the
state 1t is hoped special funds will
be raised by subscription for continu-
/ ing this work next year.
Harwood Hill. The drainage works
built on the original construction
were inadequate. Repairs to paved
gutter were made and a new concrete
culvert built.
Dorset 70
Three.fourhs mile north of East
Dorset station 81 lrodscOf Gravelroad
was built. The road dsthroughs the nholu
Iowl a jthe north end iof norsnt. lyils
Iage was Is rebuilt. The ifoad shwas
raised about ! Ia feetsceyeringlRf
quentiy muddy bottom: Length 81
rode. n sn2 al.sse ass,.x 1csass'.l. Brls.
Inethe "dugway, Zone and one-half
miles north of the village ,ats 1.-Two
blind turns the road lwasgdwidened,'
the obstructing banks cut back land
two holiows filled. Grades were re-
duced and the road made much safer
but the Improvement was not fin
ished The work was, done entirely
at the States expense. Length
81 1.2 rods.
Glastonbury: -... .,..
Only a small amount OF money was
available. On the road to North
Salisbury the steep hill near Mr.
Orville Tiffts home was improved by
Strengthening, filing the sag at the
foot with stone, widening aud gravel
ing. Ledge at the roadside was relS
moved. Length, Is rods, "a,
LandgrOve:
The steep Hill at Perm line on the
road from North Land grove, IN fefnl
Village was improved by fjlfihg Win
stone at the bottom, cutting down the
top. widening and graveling. Lengths
SO 1-2 rods, width 18 It. tS''l ,'i'illi'
In connection with this work the
selectmen widened the bridge at the
foot of the hill, adding to the safely
of travel This work completes the
Improvement OF the branch of the
road leading across the fats.
Improvement Was begun ON the
road leading from l.. N. Wolcotts
house, North Landgrove, to Weston.
This was narrow. badly drained
stretch. 1t was graded, widened to
Is feet. and graveled for 81 rods with
grading and ditching extending Is
rods further. sifi soa
Manchester:
On the road leading from Manchest-,
er Center to South Dorset the por-
tion known as the ''dugway' was
built of gravel with grades improved
and curves Strengthened. This was
steep side hill location The town
built a guard fence for the entire
length. This improvement greatly in
creases the safety and convenience of
travel as the cid road here was the
worst on the route between the two
towns. Length, 144 1-2 rods.
At East Manchester the cross state
route leading through Peru was built
for 40 1-2 rods The old road was
narrow and contained steep hill
which was reduced. This improve
ment was continuous with 1914 work
AT Manchester Village work begun
In, 1914 was continued The culyert
the grade reduced on the Bell Hill ad-
jacent on the south. A stone founda-
tion was put in and gravelings begun.
Funds were not sufficient for complet-
ing the work Length, 65 rods. %.
Pownal: tsGTC'i
guThe work done was continuous
with the 1914 improvement on the
route between Pownal village and
'Pownal Center. The grading on this
work was the heaviest in the County.
a fill IA feet in depth being made. A
sharp curve was greatly reduced and
grades improved. A strong guard
rail was built ON the embankment
which was about 90 rods long. Total
length, 130 rods.
Continued next Wednesday,.