The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-09

on each of the second and third floors OF
Crosby block.
In 1856 Edward Crosby built a ware
house abutting Bridge street on the north
side, between the Boston < Maine railroad
and the Connecticut river, and in 1905 l..
Crosby < Co. built grain elevator adj
joining the warehouse on the north. In
May. 1912, the Edward Crosby Realty co.
sold the warehouse and +. Crosby x Go.
sold the elevator to the Boston x Maine
RAILROAD Co. which wanted part of the
site for double tracking the railroad to the
north. At the same time +. Crosby X Go.
bought of Alexander Allen a tract of land
on Vernon street. north of the White
River chair factory, and built that year
a three-stOry warehouse 200 feet long and
grain elevator H. feet square and 1lO
feet high. having a capacity of 10000
bushels. The plant was equipped with
grinding mills and special machinery, run
by electric motors, and since then a flour
mill has been installed and the plant mate
rally enlarged.
Mr. Crosby and Leroy T. Adams bought
the old American House property on Main
street in 1904 and two years later erected
the American building and annex. Mr..
| Crosby was the principal owner of these
| buildings and was the largest stakeholder
| in the Edward Crosby Realty Co, which
owns Crosby block and Harmony building
in the rear. In 1901 he bought the home
stead on High street, which was his
| home
For Several years Mr.. Crosby worked
| effectively as member of the town COM
mttee to secure the erection of a union
railroad station west of the tracks in
| Brattleboro. which was a part of the cX-
| tensive railroad improvements here a few
years ago. He was one of the contribu-
| tors toward the project of surveying for
/ n "A no BE i
cut river near here. which resulted in the
| construction of the Connecticut River
| Power Co. dam at Vernon.
| At the annual village Meeting in 1901
| Mr.. Crosby was elected a member of the
village bailiffs, in which capacity he
served four years. He again was elected
| a baihf in 1912. but declined to serve.
| He had served as president of the Pros
pect Hill Cemetery association, also as Il
| trustee of the Vermont tuberculosis SAM
| tarium at PittsfOrd.
For some time he had been a director of
the Peoples National bank. and at the
time of his death he was vice president.
He was a cOrporator of the BrattlebOr0
| Savings bank and the Vermont Savings
bank.
He was president Of the Vermont Wheel
club in 1S99-l900. and was an enthusiasts
| tic believer in the organization. Sparing
no pains "a make its activities successful
| 1t Afforded pleasure to himself az we'll rs
10 the public whenever he rode his old
| high-whcel bicycle at the head of Vince
club paradeS. As a representative of the
club he participated i'm numerous races il
the days of high-wheel bicycling, and il
| 1887 he won the half-mile state cham
piOHShip. He also won several other
races. lie was n charter member of tn,
club, which was organized Nov. 10. 1888
Mr.. Crosby also was a loyal mem
Der of the High School Alumni associa
ton. He was asmembcr Of the Brattle
berO Country club. Columbian lodge No
30. F. and 4. NJ. Beauseant commandery
No. {. knights Templar. the Brattlebor,
Chamber of Commerce. the Boston Cham
her of Commerce. and director of TIN
Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Co. u
Boston. In politics he had always beer
an ardent Republican.
| TWenty~one members of the Boston
Chamber of Commerce, principally grail
dealers, were guests of Mr. Crosby at Pin
Grove Springs. SpoffOrd lake. Chesterfield
y. H.. Sept. 10. 1910, and presented hin
loving cup. Just six years later Mr.
: Crosby entertained between 30 and 4
? members of the Boston Chamber of Com
merce and about as many other friends a
? the Country club and Pine Grove Springs
2 Mr.. Crosby married. in 1883. Miss Mar
tina A. Bemis of Brattleboro. who survive
e with five children. They are Marjorie
1 wife of Lyman VI. Smith of East Angu,
. i. O.. Godfrey, who is married and Ina
o. been associated with his father. and Svl
P VIA, Richard and Charles, jr, who live a