The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-28
GOOD PROGRESS IN
BUILDING WORK
Machinery Being Installed
at New KOlstad-Tay-
lor Factory
VERMONT NATIONAL
BANK ALTERATIONS
First Story Walls to Be Marble-Better-
ley Garage on Elliot Street Nearing
About Finished.

Work on the various business build
ing projects in Brattleboro is progress
ing well despite the fact that there is
shortage of help in some of the crafts,
and unless unforeseen circumstances
arise operations in the new Kolstead,
Taylor & Co. factory on Flat street will
be begun at the end of August or early
in September. The new I. A. Better
ley garage on Elliot street also will
be ready for occupancy by the middle
or last of August. and d. f. Shea 81
garage will be ready to open within al
few weeks, while the alterations at the
Vermont National bank viii consume
several months more.
At the factory of Kolstad, Taylor
& Co., Inc, construction work was be-
gun about June Is under the direction
of Ernest Warwick, superintendent for
the Z. F. Carlson Co. of Springfield,
Mass, contractors, the main factory
building is practically completed, and
A. K. Park, formerly of Brattleboro
and foreman for the c. f. Church Co.
in Holvoke, Mass, is here to superin-
all but four machines already having
arrived The main factory is one
story building, mill construction, with
cement floor. The boiler room. which is
of brick, is nearing completion. while but
little Of the brick work has been done
on the dry house. which is in the rear
of the other building, the work here
having been held up on account of the
shortage of brick layers. Twenty-Five
men now are employed on the con-
struction work and the number has
varied from - to 90 since the work,
was started. 1t is expected that from
35 to 40 men will be employed in the
| factory in the course of few months.
The company viii manufacture pyra-
| lin toilet sets.
James Z. Helyar, contractor for the
Betterley garage building, says he ex-
pects to have his part of the work
| there done in about three weeks. The
| work of tearing down the old brick
Bugbee house, on the site of the garage
building, was begun about May l. The
construction work, has been made
rather difficult from the fact that it
| was necessary to do practically all the
work from the inside. much of the
construction material occupying space
on the site. At present about two
thirds of the roofing is on and about
the same proportion of the cement floor
has been laid. Weather permitting, the
front of the garage will be closed in
in about two weeks. The plumbers
and electricians will then begin their
work Six to eight men have been EN-
ploved by Mr.. Helvar.
Alterations at the Vermont National
bank, which are going on under Pellett
& Skinner, contractors, are well under
way and workmen are employed night
and dav The second and third stories,
above the bank, have been shored up
by the use of railroad rails which are
put through short distances apart over
the second floor, heavy square upright
supporting beams being put under the
projecting ends to hold the rails in
place and support the weight The
| rear brick wall and section of the
south wall of the bank building have
| been removed. The front windows have
| been set in to allow work on the front,
and the granite steps have been re-
placed by smaller temporary wooden
steps. The front south and back walls
on the first story of the bank build
| ing will be of marble, part of which
talready has arrived. The length of
time which win be required to complete
tho alterations is problematical.
Delay in the receipt of cement is now
deferring the completion of the Shea
garage building, the roof of which al
ready is completed. Mr.. Shea states
that he has not decided definitely about
the management of the garage, which
he has not rented and which he may d.
eide to conduct himself. The work
on this building also is under Pellet
/ & Skinner.