Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-20
MANY IMP MOVEMENTS
PLANNED FOR THE POST
State Of Vermont Likely to Have
Opportunity TO Cooperate in
Making Repairs on Main High
way between Winooski and
Essex Junction

The United States government is to fur
nish this locality with an industry en-
blowing hundreds of men for a period OF
four or i've months, and will begin
operations in big way within very
short time The work is to be done at
Fort Ethan Allen. and men in practically
an the building trades will be employed
Work has already been started In small
way and as soon as SOME arrangements
can be completed the big crews will be
put at work
Major II. c. Bruhaker of Washington,
d. C.. arrived In the city yesterday to
look over the ground. for a large APP
nropristton has been put at the disposal
of those in charge OF the work at the
fort. One Of the principal things which
will be done will be extensive road work.
and incidentally there will probably be
an excellent opportunity to secure a good
hit of trunk road for the State. with
suure cooperation on the part of the
State Of Vermont In addition to the
road work. all kinds of repairs and inn
provernents will be made to the buildings,
the sewerage. and nearly everything else
that can be done to a municipality. So far
as possible, local civilian help will be
employed.
definitely AZ yet, and that is where the
spirit OF cooperation with the govern
ment on the part of Colchester. Essex
Junction and the State can come in.
While the military people do not use the
main road between Winooski and Essex
junction, between the limits of the Post,
to any extent, they do use the approaches,
the road between the fort and Winoosk.
and between the fort and Essex juno
ton. They cannot spend money outside
Of the reservation but they can put in
money and a good lot of it in the part
of the main highway which lies in the
reservation. They have the authority to
put in more than mile of REINFORCED
concrete, which costs between s35, 600 and
~, 900 per mile The officials would be
severely censored If they put in this
money on a stretch of road which was
not used to any extent by the govern
ment but If the civil population will come
half way q. solution may be found where
by the State roads, which are used by
the army In approaching the fort, could
be put into shape. and the military au-
thorities would have then a good reason
| for furnishing more than a mile of what
| would be the best roadbed In Vermont
| and a part Of the most used. The re-
enforced concrete stays year after year
| and is believed to DO the most economical
in the end. although the size of the in
vestment makes 1t impracticable for
| anything but rich organizations to use
1t.
, The reason why the war department
would Ne loath to put much money into
the main highway is that it uses the
other roads through the reservation al
most exclusively and the government
would severely criticize an outlay OF
money that would benefit outsiders wher
1t might be used on the roads in the
reservation with stand the heavy army
traffic.
In addition to the road bed, the worl
on the barracks is to be no small con
tract. This is being done by II. d. Nc
Intosh. superintendent. of construction
who will do the wo.k under the super
vision Of Lieut.. ". D. Young of tn,
quartermaster's corps 1t Is here that thu
men in the building trades will have thei
innings. for when business is begun il
earnest between 70 and 100 artisans, in
GLIDING plasterers, painters, masons
plumbers. roofers and everybody else vii
be used. About 30 of these have now beer
set to work and more will be employee,
| later on.