The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-15

HIGHWAY
IN DUMMERSTON
Project Decided Upon May
Require Expenditure
of 100000
TOWN REQUIRED TO
FURNISH LOCATION
Present Road to Be Used Principally,
But Some Changes Will Be Required,
Especially at Johnson Place-Oficials
Approve.

If the town of Dummerston furnishes
the location, five miles or more of federal
highway will be constructed III that town
next year, beginning at the Brattleboro
town line south of the Crosby pond on
the Putney road That town has agreed
to furnish the location, provided it can
be done at reasonable expense, and as
preliminary to determination of that
question 1t is expected that a professor
and corps of student surveyors from Nor
witch university will be on the ground the
latter part of this week to lay out the
proposed lines.
1t is the opinion of those most init
mately connected with the project that
the necessary rights of way can be Sc
cured at what would be termed reasonable
rates, and III event that the project goes
through the state OF Vermont and the
federal government will expend approx
mately 100000, to be divided equally be-
tween the two, while the expense to the
town of Dummerston will be only the
cost of the rights of way
The roadway from the Brattleboro line
to the Putney line is about six miles, but
it is estimated that the amount of money
available for this particular project will
build but five miles of federal road If it
should turn out that the sum available
is not required in the five miles it may
be that the entire six miles will be con-
strueted. once the job is started
| Within a few days this whole matter
/ has heeny game. over I'm the town of Dam,
merston by State Highway Commission
err Stoddard b. Bates of Derby, County
Road Commissioner David T. Perry oil
West Brattleboro and the Dummerston
selectmen.
1t was brought out that several chang
es would have to be made in the loca
tion of the road, although for the most
part the present roadway will be used
/ The principal changes will be made al
the johnson place a short distance NORTH
of the Crosby pond; the "hairpin,' just
beyond the old Burchard place; and al
!, Murder Hollow, short distance beyond
the Sholes place, now occupied by the
sl Tarbox families.
i The principal expense in the way o
new locations will be at the johnson
: place, 1t is proposed to eliminate tht
first hill north of the Crosby pond, usin.
the lower road at that point and swingin,
back into the present road farther nortl
by crossing the johnson premises clos
to the house. 1t is figured that the |
curves III the present road between thos
two points would be reduced to one. I
number of serious accidents have hap
, pened on that stretch of highway.
Unless unexpected complications aris
+ in securing the new locations it is prob
$ able that work on the road under tn
!, new auspices will be begun next spring
The road will be made first class grave
: highway, having a 2l-foot driveway be
T sides shoulders and bitches, the same a
the standard Massachusetts roads.
/ The governoN and state commissions
d examined the highway in question recent
J ly, together with the proposed new loci
tions, and accepted as a project by tn
government, representative having bee
over it two or three times, visiting
last spring for the last time.
z Whether the project will be carried OF
by contract or by some other plan ha
not yet been decided upon.