Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-07-18
FEDERAL HIGHWAY
IN DUNN ERST0N
Project Decided Upon May Re-
quire 100000
Present Road to Be Used Principally,
But Some Changes Will Be Required,
Especially at johnson Place.

If the town of Dummerston furnishes
the location, five miles or more of federal
highway will be constructed i'll 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 1t can
be done at a reasonable expense, and as
preliminary to determination. of that
question it is expected that 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 in 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-
structed, once the job is started.
Within few days this whole matter
has been gone over in the town of DUN
merston by State Highway Commission
er Stoddard b. Bates of Derby, County
Road Commissioner David T. Perry of
West Brattleboro and the Dummerston
sccctmen.
1t was brought out that several chang
es would have to be made in the loca
ton of the road, although for the most
part the present roadway will be used
The principal changes will be made at
the johnson place a short distance north
of the Crosby pond; the "harpin," just
beyond the old Burchard place: and at
Murder Hollow, a short distance beyond
the Sholes place, now occupied by the
Tarbox families.
The principal expense in the way Of
new locations will be at the johnson
place 1t is proposed to eliminate the
first hill north of the Crosby pond, using
the lower road at that point and swinging
back into the present road farther nortl
by crossing the johnson premises clos,
W IHc nOuSc. II III ilRuIeu lHHl tHc
curves in the present road between thos'
two points would be reduced to one. 4
number of serious accidents have hap
pened on that stretch of highway.
Unless unexpected complications arts
in securing the new locations it is prof.
able that work on the road under tn
new auspices will be begun next spring
The road will be made a first class grave
highway, having a 2lfoot driveway be
sides shoulders and bitches, the same a
the standard Massachusetts roads.
The governor and state commissions
examined the highway in question recent
~, together with the proposed new loca
tions, and accepted it as a project. |
already had been accepted as project b.
the government a representative havln
been over it two or three times, visitin
it last spring for the last time
Whether the project will be carried OH
by contract or Hby some other plan Ina
not yet been decided upon.