The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-18
rIE LOCAL BUSINESS


on the line of the Harlem Extension rail
road has grown to be of great Importance
and is now the leading branch of industry
in the valley through which that road passes
Most of the companies engaged in it are
from other states than our own, but in adj
dition to the lumber trade Mr. Griffith is
largely engage in it. In 1872, at the instila-
ton mostly of Hon w IL Barnum of Connec-
cut-who needed the coal to use in his large
furnaces, he erected near his mill 6 coal
kilns and in 1873, he erected more, in
Guiding two that are located near the depot.
Each kiln has II capacity of - cords of
wood, and . days is usually taken to burn
one. after which it takes days to cool of
and each to empty aud fill again, making
20 days that it takes to prepare kiln full
for market TO supply these kilns he an
nually cuts 10000 cords of wood and aver
ages to have 10 men chopping. all the year.
He now has 1890 cords of wood on hand
which he will use between now and the first
of January, what is cut now being allowed
10 lHN ullll next SEASON.. Nntn IL VIII e tut
into the kilns dry, and burned. Each cord
OF dry wood producing about 80 bushels Of
coal, while cord of green wood will only
produce 40 bushels. 1t requires gang ol
6 men and one team to fill kiln a day.
the wood being first drawn from the hills
and piled up near the kilns, which is gen.
orally done in the winter as much as posi-
BILE. From tho kilns the coal is drawn to
the railroad on wagons, each wagon having
on it two baskets which will contain from
I25 to $50 bushels of coal. In the bottom
of these baskets are doors, which omen
down, and the baskets being raised to the
top of the car by the aid of derrick the
doors are opened, and the coal tails into the
car, each car having n capacity of 200
bushels. This coal is all sold to Barnun,
Richardson K Co., and 10 the Lime RO, k
Iron Co.., he having contract with each
company to supply them with l,000,C00
bushels each and it viii require four or five
wears to fill the contract although during
the present year he will ship 400 car loads
of coal, The total number of men in his
employ at the present time is 100, and his
monthly expenses will average over 5000
1t is said 10 be the largest concern on the
road and the one that ships the most freight
over it, At the mill he has 80 tenement
houses, anu tuls year thtlf VIII DC eTcctfu
there school house, the district being the
largest in the town and in which Mr. Grit
fifth owns four fiilhs of the property, so that
in reality it might be said that he would
erect the building at his own expense. Mr.
Griffith is yet young man just in the prime
of life, is an energetic and stirring man,
taking the general oversight of his works,
and during the panic last fall he employed
over 100 men every day, he has neYer
missed but one pay day since he commenced.
and if any OF your readers wish to take II
pleasant trip see sights that will pay them
well in addition to being very Hospitality
and kindly entertained and we know that
they will come away feeling rs well pleased
and grati0cd with their visit MS was yonr
correspondent who passed one of the Meas
ATTEST days OF the season with Mr. e., and
family and who hopes some time to make
them another. Il,