The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-05-17
Rail Road Shops and Depot at
81. Adams.


"Undor the courteous guidance OF
Il. f. Perkins. the able Master Me-
chanic of the road" the editor Of the
Burlington Free Press has been look
ing through the new railroad shops
and the new depot at ST. Adams, and
gives description of them in his pa
per of the Sth inst The writer
speaks in high terms of praise of Mr..
Perkins department, and well OBJ
serves: THE influence Of the quiet
presence and watchful eye of Mr.. Per
lins, is every where felt, and judging
by the system and order of the work
as well as the high excellence which
marks the results the road is to be con-
graduated on the good fortune which
gave it SO competent and faithful a
Master Mechanic" We extract from
the Free Press description of the
new depot;
Extending at right angles to the
depot, to the East, is a capacions three
story wing, 1870 feet by rs, with man
sard roof and two square towers con-
tanning the offices of the road A
spacious hall runs lengthwise through
each story in the centre. On the low
er floor is the Custom House, allowed
{ to be on the whole the neatest i'll its
finish and furniture in the district -
We found here our friends, formerly
in Burlington, deputies w. II. Meal
lister and Warren Gibbs. From the
main room opens the private Office oil
, Mr.. NJ. +. Chase, the wide-awake and
watchful deputy collector in charge
On this floor also are the offices of Mr.
Elliott, the ticket master of the road
and of Mr.. Hobart master of trans
portation, large rooms with numerou.
, desks of black walnut for clerks, anC
! large fre-proof vaults for the keeping
of vouchers. Here too are the room.
of Mr.. George c. Hunt, the genial anC
= competent paymaster of the road. r
efThat Mr. Hunt has something to do
= in the payment of all the employees
bridge builders, engineers, section
' men, machinists and men ofall work, o
the Vermont Central, Vermont & Can
ada, Canada Junction, Waterloo anC
and Sullivan roads, all of which ar,
! now run by the Trustees of the Yer
= mont Central, may well be believed
: The money SO disbursed by hin
s amounts to from $4,000 to 10000
e month. All his work is simplifed
Y however, as far as possible, each man
= monthly wages being placed in Il mum
bered envelope, which has its prope
e place in the compartments of a serio
> of drawers, and its corresponding
n number on the books, and is handle
- over on pay day without any troubl
of making change.
On the floor above are the offices {
y Mr. Merrill, the careful and excellon
'e Superintendent of the Road, and {
r Mr.. Locklin, the capable Assistar
le Superintendent; the Telegraph oflic'
6 where the whereabouts of every trai
on the road is known, and throug
- which all are kept moving, with ia
x least possible delay, by telegraph
pit orders; the printing Office where til
n road does all its own printing of tim
cards, circulars, tickets, tariffs sc
the Office of the Treasurer, Mr.. SAM
nc el Williams, and the Suporintendei
at of Bridges, Mr.. Tenney; the priya
wv Office of ex-Gov. Smith, Managir
he Trustee; and the Trustees room,
no large and elegant apartment, fnishC
in native woods, carpeted with WI
nu ton carpet, provided with elegant in
niture of green plush, and marb
er- mantles, and wanting only painting
NJ on the walls to resemble the priya
Of porlor of gentleman of wealth.
, row of speaking tubes, on one side
lie the room, affords communication wi
w, the Offices of the General Superinten
IN. emit, Treasurer, Telegraph Office, al
,ot other principal offices, which are
a. so connected with each other in Ii
" manner by speaking tubes On t
hg third story is the room for the Lib
ny belonging to the employees Of t
urt road; the lodge room for the associ
or. ton of locomotive engineers, a
~ rooms for other purposes.