Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-01-13

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consultation room and officers desks
are in the front near the entrance. The
tellers' cage with four windows is on
the. south of the entrance. Directly in
front of the vault is the safe deposit
department with three coupon booths.
| There also are two extra. coupon booths
down stairs, also toilet rooms for men
and for women, with lockers in each,
| and u large directors room. The bank
| is equipped with automatic vault alarm
and modern push button system. Work
was going on practically throughout the
year. In fact there is still some finish
| ing to be done. ,
| A ne-story addition was built on the
south side of the main heel plant of the
! Brat tleboro Last and Wood Heel Corp.
on Vernon road and was completed
about Aug | 1t is of wood construction
and is 40 feet wide by 70 feet long. Al
though no new machinery was added the
more spacious quarters has made posi-
BILE an increased production of about
| 80 per cent, the factory having become
so crowded that it was impossible to
work to the best advantage.
One building for school purposes was
built the past year. This is the tempo
rary structure erected on the high school
grounds Just south of the high school
building. 1t is 80 feet wide and Ga feet
long and is one story high. 1t is u
4
rooms, which accommodate the fourth
and sixth grades and the teacher train
ing class. The building was authorized
| by the voters of district No. 2 in Il spe
cial meeting June /. and was ready for
occupancy at the opening of the fall
term Sept. !.
A new laundry building is being
street on the vacant lot belonging to
the property which he BOUGHT recently
| of NJ. J. Moran The building is two
stores high. The u~oor floor, which viii
/ be entered from Church street, will b,
used for Office room and finishing room.
The ground floor will be used for wash
room, receiving room, etc. The building
| is about 60 per cent completed.
About 80 per cent of the construction
of the milk plant of the Windham
: County Cooperative Milk Producers,
Inc, figures in this years building rec
ord, 70 per cent having been included in
the record for 1920. The plant, which
is 60 feet wide by 80 feet long, began
operations April 80 and since then has
10000 pounds of milk daily. 1t is of ce-
ment brick construction and is located
on the site of the farm house on the So
called Bradley farm near the three
bridges.
The Christian Science church, which
/ is a handsome addition to the north sec
/ ton of the town and which adjoins the
ney road, was occupied for the first time
on Sunday, July 8, about two-thirds of
the work being done after the beginning
of 1921. 1t is frame structure, with
stucco finish and cream colored wood
trimmings. 1t is so feet long, SO feet
wide and 50 feet high and includes an
auditorium with seating capacity of
hal 1yhi hay IN
seating capacity of 100 when completed,
which will be done as the occasion re-
quires. There also is a large foyer, read
ers rooms and basement in which are
located the Sunday school rooms, lava
tories, cloak rooms, etc.
J The Grant Granite company completed
| its granite work shop, about 80 per cent
of the work having beeen done in 1920.
| 1t also has built a blacksmith shop and
a small garage on the same property on
tSoHth Main street. The granite work
shop is l20 feet long and 80 feet wide
and contains machinery for cutting OPP
erations as well as Office and storage
rooms. The blacksmith shop which was
built for q. L. Howe, is 60 feet long and
80 feet wide.
Jason f. Bushnell's repairs and al
terations on Elliot street since the Gus
tom laundry fire last fall are included
in the past year. building record. The
Van Doom house, recently bought by
Mr.. Bushnell, has been moved back al
feet TO new foundation The work OF
altering many of the rooms of the house
as well as building new brick founda-
ton walls is about 60 per cent finished
Mr. Bushnell also has built new retain
ing walls in the rear of his store, and
rebuilt the section which was damaged
by fire.
A new cattle shed was erected on the
rall Pot, H., he Vail :,
!. association to replace the shed which
was blown down. 1t stands south of the
poultry building and is about 100 feet
Hong.
Charles Miner extensively altered the
! Waterman house on Elliot street during
: the year, adding one story to the orig
inal building and building two new
stores in front. The stores are of ce
ment block construction with large dis
: play windows. One is occupied by The
Stearns bakery and the other by Her
l bert Post 3 ice cream parlor and lunch
room. Mr.. Miner also built a small gar
age in the rear of the Waterman house
(which is at present used for battery
station.
, The so-called Eaton place on the Put
ney road, which was bought by DR.. f
/, r.. lynch for home, underwent mate
l rial changes. Both the house and barr
were remodeled and about $50 feet o
{ cobblestone wall was laid next to tn
u highway All the buildings, which hav,
! worn "A familiar coat of dark red paint
were painted white.
> Mr.. and Mrs. II. o. .Beckman have en-
= tirely remodeled the DR.. Draper hous
which they bought of the Mrs. Mar,
!; j. Draper estate on Linden street. Par
u titions and ceilings were removed an,
Others put in, fire places We're installed
hardwood floors were laid, moderl
{ plumbing was put in and other altera
i tions made.
Fred c. Brown, ,ontractor, the bulk o
= whose work for 1927 was out of town
! made extensive alterations IN the int
v ror of the +. d. Whitney house o.
!, Green street, undermining some of tn
IL rooms and laying hardwood flooring. ii
also removed the clapboards from Mrs
e l.. II. Stellman Is house in West Brat
p tleboro, -papered and laid new claI
- boards. Alterations also were made a
y the cottage on the O. l.. French estat
- on Ames hill, and new cabin, n dupl
u cate of the one already there, wa
~ erected. ... -
e The George L. Crowell estate mad
~ extensive repairs on all its renting pro!
~ erty, putting in first class condition
y dozen tenements by Installing modcr
s lplumbing and electric lights, as well q