Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-06-08
New Manufacturing Business.

"Deut. XIV, 15" The above quota
ton from the Scriptures. printed in larg
, letters, and posted in a conspicuous place
was what first called our attention t,
another of the original enterprises fo
which the genuine Yankee is famous.
Having business in Bennington few
days since, we had occasion to pass tn,
extensive shops of tho Bennington Ma
chine works, where we observed in a win
dow of one of the buildings the poster
above mentioned, and upon closer exami
nation we read the injunction, "Buy one
Of Scott's .. s. standard measuring rods,
and having slight business acquaintance
with Mr.. Scott, the proprietor of the
works, we called at the Office for an ex.
PLANTATION of the unusual display of a
scriptural quotation, for having called to
our aid our entire recollections of Deuter-
onomy, we could only remember that the
ancient people for whose benefit the laws
of those days were promulgated, were en-
Joined, somewhere about that time and
place, to shave a just and perfect meas
ure," and being unable to see that any rela-
ton existed between the laws of ancient
times and the business of modern times,
we sought for light on the subject.
In response to our inquiry, we were in
formed of the inauguration of q new
business which had grown out of want
long felt by almost every class of men in
active business, viz: the want of uni
form and reliable measure of length.
Every one is quite familiar with the COM
mon pocket rule also with the carpenters
steel square, as tools for measuring length,
but few are aware that hardly any two
rules or squares are of the same length,
and that most makers of these articles
have different standard of length, by
which their measures are made, and the
difference in such measures often causes
much Inconvenience and damage.
Furthermore, such measures are not re
lied upon by mechanics to measure long
lengths. because in such cases the errors
are greatly multiplied, in fact it has been
nearly an impossibility for any person to
measure accurately distance of 100 feet,
or for any two persons to measure as
great distance, with the same result. In
view of these facts, Mr.. Scott has fitted
up an extensive shop, with the suitable
andother appliances for manu-
large varietyof measuring rods
varying in length from 16 1-2 feet to 4 IT,.
all made exactly to U. s. standard lengths,
and marked with the various divisions
and subdivisions of length, as required
by engineers, mechanics and others, and
having the ends protected by metal
plates, and finished in the same style as
the ordinary pocket rule, except that
they have no folding joints. He has a
great variety of machines and tools
adapted to the work, most of which are
If bis own invention, and which have
been built by him during the past year at
an expense of more than two thousand
dollars, and he has contracts for materials
or 100000 of the measuring rods, TO be
made the present season. He is now
making about 300 per day, and in few
lays will make 500 The demand for the
DDS has already extended from Boston to
be Mississippi, and it is expected these =
DDS will become the standard measure :
or length
These measures are being introduced
n all parts of the country, and are re- 6
eived with universal favor.
They are for sale in Rutland, by Mr..
!. G. Kingsley. where the rods may be
cen, and descriptive lists obtained.