Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-05-01
The Industry of Burlington.
NEW AND IMPORTANT KNTERPEISE S.

commercial and industrial facilities OF our
city which have been rapidly maturing OF
late, choosing to wait until they should have
taken such definite and practical shape as to
enable US to speak without a peradventure
concerning them. During the past week
some Of the most important contracts, Tor the
contemplated works have been signed, and we
can now speak of the enterprises as fixed
| facts. The Rutland r. K. Co. in connection
| with LAWRENCE BARNES & Co. have already
commenced the execution of plan which Is
soon to convert the low ground on the Lake
shore. south of the Rutland depot, into Il
busy centre of industry. The 81 cove which
has been a mere frog pond in summer and
skating ground in winter, is to be converted
into a spacious basin, with an extensive pier,
canals, and grounds to be occupied by new
mills, spacious lumber yards, &c. The work
begins by the construction Of pier, scrcH
hundred tet long, extending from the shore
OUT llllo llit lAtht- lol lllN oO4t'A tiei
mediation of boats and shipping. Some Of
the cribs for this pier were sunk through the
ice before 1t went out On the north side Of
this pier. channel so feet wide and S feet
deep at low water, Will he drcdged out, lead
ING into the basin The track of the Rut-
land Railroad will cross this channel by a
draw bridge The Basin is TO be 500 feet
square, with sides - timbcred up" like the
wharyes and docks, and holding eight feet
of water at low mark.
From the southwest corner of the basin a
canal, sercnty-fre feet wide, viii he extend
ed to the South, as far as may he required,
with room for further extension in years to
come. From the Northeast corner of the
basin another canal or slip, Gily feet wide
and sir hundred feet long, viii be extended
to the North The land about the basin and
canals was mainly owned by Mr.. Barnes,
who has sold considerable portions Of it to
heavy manufacturing and lumber concerns,
who will make the most Of the unsurpassed
facilities for business thus afforded Among
these are Messrs. Kilburn i Gates, A. G..
Stearns, Otis Shepard, and Flint 4 Hall.
Messrs. Kilburn & Gates now occupy
large portion Of the Pioneer shops, and en-
ploy from $50 to 200 men in the manufac-
ture Of cottage furniture. Their increasing
business demands more room, however, and
they have taken six acres Of the land skirt
ing the slip or northern canal. on which they
propose to erect large mill, some 600 feet
long by 50 feet wide and two stories high.
Messrs Flint d Hall are well known
Lumber firm, who have been heavily in the
lumber trade here for the past two years,
and who contemplate a large increase Of
their business, as soon as the ground for their
new lumber yards can be prepared. They
have taken Scrcn acres. to he South, We
believe. Of the basin. The other gentlemen
named are Boston men, as are Mcs-rs Flint
& Hall, who have for some time recognized
the great business advantages of this point.
and who take the first opportunity to
secure a foothold here for active business.
Mr.: Stearns takes seven acres of the ground.
and proposes to erect on i; a large mill for the
manufacture Of all kinds of moulding, gut
tiers. cave troughs, &c, sc. He expects 10
employ large number Of hands and to work
up two or three million feet of lumber
annually in the business. Mr.. Shepard is an
active and entcrprising lumber merchant who
proposes to open wholesale lumber yard. a-
soon as the ground for the same can be pre-
pared He takes for this purpose tiroe acre.. .
Other similar concerns Will doubtless follow
in due time, for there is still abundant room |
for more on the basin and canals, which Mr..
BAENEs, who loses no opportunity to encour-
age business men to establish themselves here. |
will sell at fair and reasonable prices.
The contractor for the Pier, Basin and Can
ais is Mr. Luther Whitney of Port Douglas,
Ny, a stirring man. who is not won't to fall /
short in anything he undertakes, and who ex-
poets to complete the work in the summer of
1863
But the catalogue of improvements by no
means ends here. The increasing business of
the Thunderstorm Lumber Co, 80 which is our
o dest lumber concern and one Of our heavi-
est, also demands increased room, and in con-
nection with Messrs. Flint and Hall, whose
are insufficient for their
needs, and the Vermont Central Rail Road
Co., they propose to build an extensive
wharf, north of the steam mill Of 5. :. Chur-
hill d Co. This wharf we understand viii
oe some serea hundred feet long The space
between it and the bank is to be filled in with
,arth, giving six acres of made land for lum-
Der yards and other business. The contrac
or for the wharf is Mr.. Luther Whitney, and
he filling in will be done by the Vt. Central
railroad. We have heard that still other
'arties contemplate an extension of the
wharf and grounds, still further to the north;
ut as to that we have no definite informa-
ion
\ very little reflection will show any one.
hat these enterprises will be among the most +
Important Improvements ever undertaken in
burlington.
We have heretofore alluded briefly to the
cw steam mill of L. Barnes & Co., now in :
recess of erection. The large chimney is ,
ow rising daily and is already prominent f
beet at the foot of College street 1t will i
e the tallest chimney in Burlington, being $
few feet higher than that of the iron mills =
ne engine and boiler room will be of brick, !,
Is feet long by SO wide. The main build h
z will be of wood, go feet long by "A !,
ct wide. The engine, building by the
orliss Steam Engine Company of Providence,
l., is to be OF two hundred horse power -
he machinery will be of the most i'm -
owed construction, and no money or pains =,
il be spared to have it one of the best, as -
will be one Of the largest mills Of the kind y