The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-12

railroad Freight Yard 10 BE Paved
with Concrete and Time Seems Oppor-
tune for Extending the Work Across
Vernon Street.
Whether Brattleboro will have YER
non street paved in conjunction with
the paving of the new freight house
yard on that street or viii take some
other action will be determined by
special town meeting. and the selectmen
viii meet tonight to draw up and post
a call for a special meeting to be held
Monday. Sept %, according to present
plans.
The subject considered in the regular
weekly meeting of the selectmeD last
night, which was attended by A c.
Eaton of st. Albans, engineer in charge
of the work of relocating the Central
Vermont freight house, and A E. Burr
of Worcester, Mass. district manager
for Massachusetts, New York, Vermont
and Rhode Island for the Hassam Paw
ing CO., of Worcester. who is in charge
OF the paving on the railroad company's
property.
1t is the plan of the railroad com
pany to have the paving extend from
the north line of the freight house,
which is 80 feet or more below the
union passenger station, south about
$50 feet and west to the Vernon street
highway line This will require about
400 square yards of paving, and the
Hassam Paving Co, IS ready to begin
this work
If the town desires the Hassam Paw
ing Co. to paw Vernon street the com
pany will do so for $3.I2 a yard, and if
1t IS to do so the work in connection
with the railroad Job it Will have to be
notified to that effect without delay.
On account of the expense the selectmen
did not feel justified in authorizing the
work without further consideration and
without a vote of the town, hence the
decision to call a special town
meeting for the 25th, which is the earil-
est date on which it can be held under
the law.
The Hassam Paving Co.'S process is
patented. but the manager SAYS no eX-
ira charge is made on account OF the
patent. tho paving being put In at cost
pllIs a percentage 1t is of concrete six
inches thick laid on specially pre-
pared foundation making very at
tractiYe surface. The price quoted IN
cludes drainage.
The section of Vernon street adjacent
to the proposed railroad company paw
ing embraces 2,740 yards of highway;
To nave that section at the price quOttu
would cost approximately $4,000. 1t IS
not the intention of the railroad com
pany to pave in front of the passenger
station at present. but If the town
should pave as far north as the Main
street bridge it would add 766 yards
| and about 50. 400 to the cost, making the
| total surface 3.506 yards and the total
expense around S11,000.
One of the selectmen said last mghC
| that he had talked with several regard
I ing the proposition to pave the street
and everyone favored having the paving
/ done. eliminating the annual spring
| mudhole
If the street is paved it viii make
| continuous stretch of paving between
| the Vernon street ledge and the railroad
which in effect would materially widen
/ the street. The situation could be tur-
! ther improved by moving the Connect
/ cut River Power Cos line of poles from
| the east side of the street to the west
| side. and it is probable that the company
will be approached as TO its attitude on
] this phase of the matter. When the
poles were put in it was said that put
| ling them on the east side of the high
wav removed the possibility Of children
or others throwing wires or other pieces
! of metal across, the wires from the top
| of the ledge and causing serious dam
age to the Power Co. property.