The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-02-17
FOR BENNINGTON COUNTY vELoPMENT AND
RETIREMENT.

l. Anthony Station 10 New York lin,
The soil is clayey and eons:ructio
4 |Hill necessarily be expensive Strip
n pisg Was done to a width Of q feel
and bitches improved For over hal
{ the distance grading and draining wa
Z nearly completed A ,elford base wa
. put in for 27 rods on a soft subgrad
p and covered with crushed stone. Tota
length. 40l rods. The undertaking o
this much needed improvement: wa
. made possible through the generosit!
If Mr. J G. Colgate who contributed
! funds to be matched by the State /
is hoped special funds will be raised
by subscription for continuing thi.
work next year
Harwood HILL The drainage work.
bull: on the original construction were
inadequate Repairs to a paved gut
ter were made and a new concrete cul-
vert built.
Dorset:
Three-fourths mile north of East
Dorset station 81 rods of gravel road
was built, The road through the hol-
low az the north end of Dorset village
was rebuilt. The road was raised
y feet covering a frequently muddy
bottom. Length 81 rods.
In the "dugway," one and one-halt
miles north of the village at two blind
turns the road was widened, the OBJ
structing banks cut back and the two
hollows filed. Grades were reduced
and the road made much safer but the
improvement was not finished. The
work was done entirely at the States
expense. Length 51l2 rods.
Glastonbury:
Only a small amount of money was
available. On the road 20 North
SALISBURY the steep hill near Mr.. Or
vile lifts home was improved by
Strengthening, filling the sag at the
foot with stone, widening and gravel
ing. Ledge at the roadside was re-
moved. Length, Is rods.
Landgrove:
The steep hill at Peru line on the
road from North Landgrove to Peru
Village was improved by filing with
stone at the bottom, cutting down the
top, widening and crawling. Length,
3Gla rods, width Is feet.
In connection with this work the
selectmen widened the bridge at the
foot Of the hill, adding to the safety
of travel. This work completes the
of the branch of the
road leading across The flats.
Improvement was begun on the
road leading from l.. N. Wolcott's
house, North Landgrove, to Weston.
This was a narrow, badly drained
stretch. 1t was graded, widened to Is
feet, and graveled for 81 rods with
grading and ditching extending Is
rods further. !
On the road leading from Manches- !
.er Center to South Dorset the por- I
ion known as the "dugway" was built
If gravel with grades improved and b
urves Strengthened. This was a steep a
ide hill location. The town built h
,uard fence for the entire length. This t
greatly increases the |
afety and convenience of travel as y
he old road here was the worst on the n
oute between The two towns. n
.ength, 14412 rods.
AT East Manchester the cross state !
QUITE leading through Peru was built ::
Or 40i2 rods The old road was I
ai'row and contained steep hill !.
'hich was reduced This improvement Z
as continuous with 1914 work. I
At Manchester Village work begun /.
J 1914 was continued. The culvert at I.
atoms brook was finished and the /.
rade reduced on the Bel Hill adjac- /.
1t on the south. A stone foundation Z
as put in and graYeling begun :
unds were not sufficient for conplet- !
g the work. Length IS rods. Z
,wnal: /:
The work done was continuous with Z
e 1914 improvement on the route I
tween Pownal Village and Pownal !
inter. The grading on this work I
IS the heaviest in the County, a fill !.
fee: in depth being made A sharp !
rye was greatly reduced and grades I
proved. A strong guard rail was {
lit on the ombankment which was !
out 20 rods long. Total length, 1870 /.
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