The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-24
Candidates Prominently Mentioned for the Republican Pres
Dental Nomination
GOV. FRANK O.uOWOEN

good hard road should be treated to
prevent unraveling. This work could
be done at cost of 81 500.
Elliot street should also GET atten-
ton. 1t is much Travelled and is wear
ing out fast
Main street: The new drainage svs-
TEN viii be completed in the early
spring, when the street should get at
tention and be put in good passable
condition for the summer, for the con-
venience of the town people and to
avoid criticism from the travelling tour
lists.
1t has been fully demonstrated by
the construction Of the drain that the
next step before an expensive perma-
nent pavement should be considered for
this street is that all service pipes.
both water and gas, should be replaced
by new services to prevent the tear
ing up of the street in the near future.
Regarding a pavement there is,
strictly speaking, no really permanent
pavement up to this time. the best
being only of a semi-permanent nature.
and granite blocks in our opinion stand
first. 4 properly constructed and we'll
land granite pavement on a concrete
base has long life without much
maintenance cost and could be built
for about $27 900 at the present prices.
If laid in gravel foundation. such as
some already laid in the town. the cost
would be materially cut down but YOU
would find the unwise condition along
the rails of the street ear system that
ind - n
ready laid. This would cost about
81 900
A vitrifed block pavement makes a
very desirable and sometimes lasting
improvement, but it is not in our opin-
ion adaptable for our Main street, from
the fact that vitrifed block is not
always of an even hardness and should
only be laid on streets where the APP
proaches are improved. In our case all
streets leading on Main street are I'M
improved with a gravel surface, there
fore the grit is carried on to Main
street by rains, hence the surface of
the block pavement would be cut up by
friction of traffic. In consequence the
intersections of such streets would have
only short life and would have to be
replaced. This pavement would cost
very little less than granite at present
prices.
Our recommendations would be:
First, insist on an inspection of all
service pipes. dnd have them replaced
where necessary. Second, the replacing
Of all old ties with sound standard ties
and heavy standard rails, the ties in
side the rails and outside to a width
OF il inches to be imbedded in concrete
and brought up to the established
grade of the street; from curb to curb
a tWo-course concrete pavement. four
inches to the course, making a pave
ment of eight inches. This form of
pavement by reason of the abundance
of natural product always close at
hand would make one of the so-ealled
permanent pavements at less cost than
any we have in mind, and at present
prices and labor conditions it could be
built for about $4,000.
Drainage.-The Main street drainage
system, when complete in few weeks,
VIII be big improvement for this see
ton of the town, and notwithstanding
the obstacles which were met with. as
result of which we had to excavate
very much deeper than we planned (and
the nature of the soil made the digging
very dangerously, the system will be