The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-07

down stairs, also toilet rooms for men
and for women, with lockers IN each,
| and a large directors room. The bank
| is equipped with automatic vault alarm
and modern push button system work
WIS going on practically throughout the
| year. In fact there IS still some finish
ing to be done.
| A one-story addition was built on the
south side OF the main heel plant OF the
BrattleboTo Last and Wood Heel Corp.
lon Vernon road and was completed
about Aug. l. 1t is of wood construction
and IS ~ Ieet VIDE by 20 1eeU long. A.
/ though 40 new machinery was added the
more spacious quarters mas made posi-
| bic All Increased production OF about
/ 80 per cent, the factory having become
SO crowded that it was impossible TO
work to the best advantage.
/ Oue building for school purposes was
| built the past year. This Is the tempo
rary structure erected on the high school
grounds lust south OF the high school
building. II is - feet wide anf "a feet
| wooden structure. There are three
rooms, which accommodate the fourth
: and sixth grades and the teacher train
ing class. The building was authorized
| by the voters of district No. III spe-
clal meeting June l. and was ready for
occupancy at the opening OF the fall
\ new laundry building is being
erected by Hugh Agnew on Church
street on the vacant lot belonging to
the propertv which he bought recently
of N. J. Moran. The building Is two
| ,ol1es hiqh. The r,--,or floor. which will
be entered from Church street, viii be
fused for office room and finishing room.
The ground floor win be used for wash
room. receiving room, etc. The building
is about 60 per cent completed.
About 80 per cent OF the construction
/ Of no mil nf IA
County Cooperative Milk Producers,
Inc. figures in this years building rec
ord, 20 per cent having been included in
the record for 1920. The plant, which
is 90 feet wide by 90 feet long, began
operations April 80 and since then has
handled an average of approximately
1900 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 handsome addition to the north sec
ition of the town and which adjoins the
property of Mrs. J. Harry Estey of Put
lney road, was occupied for the first time
ON sunday, July 3, about two-thirds OF
the work being done after the beginning
EUf 1921. 1t Is a frame structure, with
istuccO finish and cream colored wood
trimmings. 1t i so feet long, &c feet
wide and 50 feet high and includes an
auditorium with seating capacity OF
2jO and Il balcony which will have a
seating capacity of 100 when completed,
which Will be done as the occasion re-
guires There also Is a large foyer, read
ers rooms and a basCsaent in which are
located the Sunday school rooms, lava
tories, cloak rooms, etc.
= The Grant Granite company completed
its granite work shop, about so per cent
OF the work having beeen done in 1929.
+, 1t also has built a blacksmith shop and
, Il small garage on the same property on
South Main street. The granite work
shop Is l20 feet long and 60 feet wide
and contains machinery for cutting OPP
; rooms. The blacksmith shop which was
built for Q. f. Howe, Is 90 feet long and
; SO feet wide
; !, Jason f. Bushnell 5 repairs and al
} teratiOns on Elliot street since the Gus
: tom laundry fire last fall are included
in the past year 8. building record The
Nam& Do@rA house, resent ly@abOught los
Mr.. Bushnell, has been moved back o.
, feet TO a new foundation. The work oil
altering many of the rooms of the house
l 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, anc
b rebuilt the section which was damaged
by fire.
4 new cattle shed was erected on tn,
Valley fair grounds by the Valley FAN
G association TO replace the shed whicl
was blown down. II stands south of tn,
rouItry building and Is about 100 fee
h long.
n Charles Miner extensively altered tn,
: Waterman house on Elliot street durinl
, the year, adding one story to the orig
+ inal building and building two new
! stores in front. The stores are of &c
= memt block construction with large dis
g play windows. One Is occupied by tn,
StearTs bakery and the other by Her
4 bert Post : ice-cream parlor and lunch
!, room. Mr. Miner also built a small gar
n age in the rear of the Waterman house
G which is at present used for batterl
a station.
+ The so-called Eaton place on the Put
7ney road, which was bought by DIR. +
i X. Lynch for a home. underwent mate
: raj changes. Both the house and barr
We're remodeled and about $50 feet o
70 cobblcstone wall was laid next to tn
II highway. All the buildings. which hav
= worn a familiar coat OF dark red paint
- were painted white.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Q. Beckman have en-
tirely remodeled the DIR. DraDer hous
which they bought of the Mrs. Mar,
j. Draper estate on Linden street. Par
titions and ceilings were removed an
Others put in, fire places were installed
hardwood floors were laid, moderl
u plumbing was put in and other altera
l. tions made.
/ Fred c. Brown, contractor, the bulk o
Ell whose work for 1921 was out of town
I. rade extensive alterations IN the int
A. rjor of the f. d. Whitney house o.
n Green street. modernizing some of tn
lrcoms and LAYING hardwood, flooring. II
= also removed the clanboards from Mr.,
Is /. II. Stellman : house in West Brat
IS tieboro. re-papered and laid new claT
~ boards. Alterations also were made a
ID the cottage on the 0. /. French estat
Or on Ames hill. and a new cabin, dupli
ID cate Of the one already there, wa
ne erected.
IN The George F. CrowelT estate mad
n, extensive repairs on all its renting pro!
Il nrty, putting in first class condition
X dozen tencments by installing moder
m plumbing and electric lights, as well a
IS making other alterations
A A. l. Billings. who bought of the 4