Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-09-15
TO VOTE ON PAVING QUESTION.
Vernon Street job Would COST from 49,
600 to $tt,OOO--Price Quoted by Has
sam pnving Co

600 to $t1,OOO--Price Quoted by Has
sam Paving Co.
Whether Brattleboro will have Yer
non street paved in conjunction with
the paving of the new freight house
yard on that street or will take some
other action will be determined by
special town meeting, and the selectmen
met Tuesday night and drew up and
posted a call for n special meeting to be
held Tuesday, Sept. 26.
The subject considered in the regular
weekly meeting of the selectmen Monday
night, which was attended by A. g..
Eaton of st. Adams, engineer in charge
of the work of relocating the Central
Vermont freight house, and A. Il. 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 Paying Co., is ready to begin
| this work
If the town desires the Hassam Paw
| ing Co. to pave Vernon street the COM
| panv will do so for 1912 a yard, and if
| it is to do so the work in connection
with the railroad Job it will h9Ye t., be
notified to that effect without delay
On account of the expense the secctmer
did not feel justified in authorizing the
work without further consideration and
without vote of the town, hence the
decision to call a special town
meeting for the 25th, which is the earl
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
plus a percentage. 1t is of concrete sly
inches thick. laid on a specially pre-
pared foundation making very, at
tractive surface. The price quoted in
cludes drainage.
The section of Vernon street adiacen
to the proposed railroad company paw
ing embraces 2.T40 yards of highway
To pave that section at the price quoted
would cost approximately SS.6OO. 1t il
not the intention of the railroad com
pany to pave in front of the passenge
station at present, but if the tow
should pave as far north as the Man
street bridge it would add I66 yard
and about So. 400 TO the cost. making tn
total surface 3,506 yards and the tota
expense around $1,000.
One of the selectmpn said Monda,
that he had talked with several regard
ing the proposition to pave the stree
and everyone favored having the pavin
done. eliminating the annual sprin
mudhOle.
If the street is paved it will make
continuous stretch of paving betweel
the Vernon street ledge and the railroad
which in effect would materially wide
the street The situation could be fur
ther improved by moving the Connect
cut River Power Cos line of poles fror
the east side of the street to the ives
side. and it is probable that the compan
will be approached as to its attitude o
this phase of the matter. When tn
poles were put in it was said that pu
! ting them on the east side of the higl
way removed the possibility of childre
or others throwing wires or other piece
. of metal across the wires from the to
of the ledge and causing serious dan
: age to the Power Co. property.
= The seectmen have called speci;
q meeting TNesday night Sept. 26, in Fee
E tival hall TAT D. III. The warrant col
| tains four articles.
First is one to see if the town wi
vote to instruct the selectmen to pay
Vernon street from Bridge street to III
southerly end of the new freight yard. {
|, any part thereof
If it is voted to have the paving dor
= it will be necessary to raise money an
the next article is to see whether I'll
I money shall be raised by a special ia
or otherwise.
The third article is to see if the tow
will appropriate money to complete II
= permanent highway on Western avenr
now under construction. Road COmmi
sioner DUDE is putting in hard surfaC
section of road between Carl :. Hol
kinss residence west to Ernest VII
chester's, near the creamery bridge, tn
section being between two hard surfac
sections already built, but the none
available is not sufficient TO compile
the job. The road commissioner is pr
pairing estimates of the cost. not only
completing this job but also of pavir
Vernon street independently of Il
HaSsam Paving Co.