The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-11
Pavilion to Be Erected on
Vernon Street Coming
Summer
THIS TOWN TO BE
NEW ENGLAND CENTER
Purebred Cattle of All Breeds to Be
Disposed of-Eighteen Sales a Year
Will Attract Large Number of Buy
ers-Details of Plan.


Will Attract Large Number of Buy
ers-Details of Plan.
Brattleboro is to be made the cen-l
ter IN New England for auction sales
Of purebred cattle Of all breeds. Ar
ticles Of association for The Purebred
Live Stock Sales Company, Inc, of
Brattleboro, Vermont, have been filed
today with the secretary of state, and
the company has bought the Henry J.
Allen place on Vernon street, compris-
ing about three acres, on which will
be erected q modern sales pavilion.
which vii, be the only one of its kind
in New England
The organization of the company has
not been formally effected, but the in
corPorators and preliminary organiza-
tion committee consists Of the follow
ing: j. w. Prentiss of Alstead, y. H..
president of the New Hampshire Hol-
stein Breeders club; George f. Greg
ory of Dummerston, president of the
Vermont Holstein Breeders club; Ar
thur B. Ciapp of Brattleboro, president
of the Brattleboro Trust Co; Lewis
c. Lowell of Bellows Falls; the Hol-
n-Friesian Register Co. of Brattle-
boro, Houghton Seaverns treasurer; FL
bert c. Tennev of Brattleboro, presi-
dent Of the Vermont Guernsey Breed
ers' club; Walter S. Pratt of Brattle-
boro director Of the American short
horn Breedes association and vice
president of the New England Short
horn Breeders club Adelbert a.
Dunklee of South Vernon.
i 1t is planned to hold IS sales a wear.
which will attract from 200 to 500
persons and viii mean the transfer Of
from $500 to 5000 head of purebred
cattle. 1t is probable also that a few
sales of grade cattle viii be held. A
commission of TO per cent upon the
highest bid win be charged by the
company as its source of revenue.
Dates have been decided upon for
the sales of Holstein cattle and dates
have been suggested, but not definitely
fixed, for sales of Jersey, Guernsey,
Ayrshire and Shorthorn cattle. The
dates for the Holstein sales this year
are June IS and IA, August ] and ?,
!, October and /, and December and
Work on the pavilion will be begun
at once, or as soon as the contract can
be awarded. The pavilion will not be
completed III time for the June sale
; which will be held in Bellows Falls
but the August sale will be held here
, The land acquired from Mr. Allen has
E frontage Of $50 feet on Vernon
street. The section upon which tbs
pavilion will be erected is free from
/ buildings at the present time
The pavilion will be practically IL.
| feet square and viii be two storie.
: nigh, although the second story vii
] be much narrower than the first Or
0 the first floor the entrance will oper
( into lobby. in which will be located
an office. On both sides and in tn,
rear win be stalls and pens and ii
;he central part of the building viii
be an arena into which the cattle fo
sale will be led. Around the aren;
: viii be seats for 400 persons. Th
second floor will contain a gallery, tn,
central space being open, and on on
] end viii be a dining room, kitchen ant
pantry and in the other end a dor
!. mitory and hay loft. The. buildin,
will be equipped with telephone booth
: and other eonveniences 1t has bee
: designed by A. l.. Brockway of syria
cuse, n. Y, well-known breeder an
! architect, and it will have side-trac
> privilege from the Boston & Main
: railroad, convenient for unloading an
loading.
: The capital stock of the compan
: will be fixed at about $25 900. Thi
= will be suitably divided into shares
Each breeder and intending consigno
will be invited to subscribe for share
of q par value of $25 The entire prt
ceeds of the sale of the stock will b
devoted to the purchase of Lane
erection and furnishing of the paw
ion and providing capital for its OF
GRAFTON and the conduct of the bus
e ness.
Sales Of purebred cattle have bee
held in Bellows Falls, Rutland, Whit
y River Junction and other places, bl
no permanent or modern quarters hay
been provided for such sales, and
I is to be expected that men, havin
n cattle for sale viii prefer to brin
i them to Brattleboro, where there wi
ie be more buyers and where larg,
81 prices consequently win be realize
e There are hundreds of breeders
II New England who have surplus ca
" tie for sale, but who fail to get goo
s. value for the animals because the
are no recognized headquarters
which they can go and meet the bu
ers. The Brattieboro sales paviliC
,u- viii remove that handicap.
The greatest advantage followiI
this enterprise win be to the breede
he especially the beginner and sma
ei breeder. To these it will afford
up first class market for their cattle u
er on an equal basis with large breede
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