The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-26
WALLACE'S VIEWS.
Continued from Page IT,

Some towns the size of Brattleboro |
have their main thoroughfares built |
rs the permanent work on Canal street |
was built, and it Stands up fairly we'll |
This is "a bitaminous maeadam road |
with tarvia B for binder, An asphalt |
binder would be more durable, but it
is more expensive. The Canal street
job is the same type of job as the Mo-
fiaHk Naif, but several types of bind |
ers wereSpsed on the Trail. NI,A II
When askeds as tothe probable edat
Id aSf paving afsn street Mr. WALLACE
said several factors entered TE>iatoI the
question. The cost off p5piiBs from FL
hot STREET to the Brooks House wouA be
Tefatively mere than the cost of. paving
as far nbr3hSasc Grove Street BECAUSE
the charges for materials, in a small
Quantity would be more in proportion
than for, q larger quantity. Brick paw
ing such as was put in about fiyetyears
ago in Keene, y H., would cost from
81 to 50 a SQUARE yard, which is about
double sflIe cosfat that time. Syt,;
Roughly speaking Mr.. Wallace esti-'
mated that the paving of Main street
would be a $4,000 to $4,000 job:
One question which would have to be
settled before the paving was done
and it is by no means an easy one,--is
the problem of drainage. At present
there are a great variety of pipes run
ming under the street in all directions,
and they are in various stages of decay.
Some uniform system of drainage
would have to be adopted and pipes
laid in conformity Herewith before
paving the street, otherwise there
would be a continual digging up of the
street, such as has been experienced in
the past and has contributed to the UNI
evenness of the surface This would
cost several thousand dollars
The questions of sprinkling also. is inn
portant Mr.. Wallace said he did not
wish to say anything that. would in any
way compromise his successor, and he
has only the best of sentiments toward
the village commissioners, who have
been accommodating to him, but he
feels that the road commissioner should
have charge of the street sprinkling.
Road experts know that too much
sprinking is an expensive luxury and
is ruinous to roads. There is no ques-
ton but that Main street and some
of the other streets are watered too
much for their good, and the system in
vogue is responsible.
Mr. Wallace has from $1,000 to $17,-
600 to spend each year on 100 miles of
read. This has to cover not only the
road work but the sidewalk work as
well, so it has to be spread out Tath-
| er thin i'll some places. The past sea-
| son Mr.. Wallace kept track of all the
| requests for cement sidewalks and
found that they would cost about 500
| 900, or several thousand dollars more
| han the whole amount available for
both roads and sidewalks
| When questioned relative to his de-
cision TO give up his position as road
| commissioner September /, Mr.. Wal
lace said he had contemplated a change
for some time, but was not ready to
make an announcement as to what he
Iintended to do. lie has had offers from
other places where he is wanted in road
work, but he plans to take up some 9th.
or line of work
| Brattleboro is paying all it ought to
Ipay in the way of salary for the expen-
Iditurc of the road money which tht
town appropriates, Mr. Wallace said
When asked if he thought more money
ought to be raised ne said. the people
would not be satisfied with the road,
(which the present appropriation woulf
/ build, As it cests double to do the work
which the same amount of money would
pay for three or four years ago
At that, he said, the roads in Brat
tlcboro are better than in many town,
of this size In many places the road,
have deteriorated, and they viii dc. :,
sill more if more money is not provid
led.