St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-03-26

lecIS 10 ln6 IOunuTy upon WhetIudI-
row. Many of his friends thought he
had made a mistake in trying to revive
a business that had so long lain idle.
But he thought otherwise and with
good courage he went to the work, which
gradually increased, until a few months
since when he took a partner, Mr.. V.
w. Hartman, since which time quite
revolution has taken place in their ia
vor, and what is equally pleasurable,
their business is on the increase. The
new company now employ from 10 to
IL men, and are doing the work for
three railroad cOrporations-the Port
land & Ogdensburg, the South Eastern,
and the Passumpsic River lines. The
work is that of general repairs of cars
and engines. They are receiving almost
daily new orders from new parties, and
are now two months behind orders.
Besides this special work, they are do
ing considerable job work, which they
are prepared to do in all its varieties.
They make speciality of pillow repair
lng-casting the points of all patterns,
which they intend to keep on hand.
They also repair stoves with new cast
ings, all of which work and the prices,
they say shall be satisfactory. They
are now melting iron daily-from to
II tons per week. They are now using
coal at the rate of about six carloads
per year, and their plans are to paw
their help promptly every month.
A new feature just being introduced
here, is that of brass casting. Mr.. Har-
rlman is well posted in this branch of
the business, and anything in this line
the company are now prepared to do.
VI course everybody will wish success
TO these young men, as their prosperity
VIII be the prosperity of other indus
tries IN this community. Near by are
the works of
b. F. ROLLINS,
manufacturer and repairer of tbresbino
machines. Mr.. Rollins has carried on
this industry since 1860, with apparent
success, and as we understand, against
more or less competition. His machines.
consisting of Horse Powers, Separators.
Circular and Drag Saws, and Manure
Spreaders, have been largely used in
all of the surrounding regions, and con-
siderably in Canada. His Horse Pow
ers received the highest award at the
Centennial Exhibition. Not having
seen Mr.. Rollins in our visits to his
works, we are unable to speak of them
in detail, but will say that this industry
has been of considerable importance in
the past, as we hope it will be in the
future. Passing over to the south side
of the river, we visit the
CALEDONIA FIGURING MILLS.
owned and run by A. H. Mcleod, a
resolute business man, and one who
has produced marked changes in this
part of the village. The old, brown
looking, one story little grist mill, first
built by James Ramsay ia 1842, and
run for so many years by VIM. D. Rob-
lnson, and afterwards repaired and run
a while by the Gosses, has given way to
a structure of cOmmodious dimensions.
and is to-day doing large business.
Mr.. Mcleod purchased here in 1871.
There were then three run of stones.
with storage capacity for only 1000
bushels of grain. Now there are six
run of stones, with a capacity of storing
so carloads of grain, or %, 900 bushels.
There has been added large quantity
of new and improved machinery, with
vast amount of fixtures, used in the
modem methods of grinding. There
are several large bins for storing grain
One lot measuring feet wide, by Ia
long, and 26 deep, each, with hopper
shaped bottoms, the capacity of which
is 80 carloads, OF about $1,000 bushels.
There is conveyer running from these
bins the whole length, which carries the
grain to the mill, returns the same to
an elevator for cooling purposes, or
will carry it back again to the cars for
reloading.
The additions Mr.. Mcleod has put
up to the mill are store house 60 bv
AZ feet, and q stories high. Back of
this is barrel room, 81 by 60 feet, and
IL stories high, with a capacity of stor-
ing 5000 barrels. Near by this room is
the cooper shop, for making new, and
repairing second hand barrels, and
where one or two men are employed. |
The cooper stock, consisting of elm and
ash slaves and bass heads, comes from
New York, while the hoop stuff comes
from Coventry, in Orleans county.
Outside Of the mill a great change
has been wrought. Old buildings have
been removed, rocks blasted, land
graded, and side track of at least $50
eet IN length, has been laid from the
Passumpsic main line, in front of. and
within four feet of one corner of the
mill, and past it to the cooper shop.
10 unload car now, is comparatively
| work of little moment. One man
will unload and weigh carload within
IN hours time,
Mr.. McLeod's business averages about
s7O,OOO annually. He has a chance to-
lay OF doing a still larger business, did
he see fit to invest more capital. This
mill has made 60 barrels of flour, and