St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-12-30

Ell 10 ulstuSSinS the lIuib vi tildl iIcc
which children especially delight in.
AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
mass was celebrated at midnight of
Saturday, and services on Sunday had
special reference to the festival. The
church was more than usually decOra
ted
New Carriage Mandatory.
The new carriage mandatory of j.
ID. Miller and J. II. Ryan, on the corner
of Portland and Railroad streets, is
now under way, and we took occasion
on Monday to look the premises over.
Miller & Ryan discovered during the
early fall that they could not prudent
ly remain in their old quarters, and so
determined to build on the Portland
street lot. Operations were begun in
September, the work of building was
pushed forward, and about a week or
ten days ago things were in shape for
business. The buildings are of wood,
and so arranged as to give commo
dious and sunny yard for the location
of teams which come ''On business
The main building is 9Ox32 feet,
three stories high. On the first floor,
as one enters the building, is the firms
office. Connected with this is the en-
CINE room; in this is a 2-hOrse power
Holt & Co.'s engine, under charge of
Perry Cushing. The engine is an i'm
proved one and admirably fitted for
the work required of it. In this room
is IA steam box for the ''sOftening" of
such material as it is found necessary
to bend. This box is in such a posi-
ton that it can be connected with the
boiler, and is thus very easily made
ready for use. 1t is great improve
ment over the stOve-and-kettle steam
apparatus at the old shop. Opening
out of the engine room is the room
where the wood work is done. Here
are ten machines saws, plan
ers, etc.-and seven wOrkmen are en-
ployed in this part of the building. j..
II. Ryan has direct charge of this room,
as he does, in fact, of the entire work
ing force. Opening ont of this room
is the blacksmith shop, where the iron
work is done. In this room are used
the ''Sturtevant blower" and an emery
wheel and drill. Another improve
ment we noticed was the hoods over
the forge fires these are so arranged
as to be drawn down closely over the
fire, so that not a spark is visible nor
can communicate to anything else in
the room. Three men are EN-
ployed here. Just out of this room is
the trimming room. The upper stories
of the main building are devoted to
storing finished carriages and sleighs,
the rooms being conveniently connect
ed, and very spacious. In one of these
rooms we noticed a handsomely CON
structed express sleigh for the coming
firm of Spencer, Pearl and Merriam
The ell part and rear wing are each
two stories high. The former is 32x24
feet, with paint shop, over the black
smith shop, and opening out of this is
the vanishing room. The rear wing
is 45x66 feet, and is devoted to the
storing of vehicles that come in for re-
pairs, and the storing also of lumber,
etc.
The workrooms, and stOrerOOms fOl
finished work, are all light, clean and
pleasant, and have been arranged with
special reference to the demands of al
increasing business. Miller & Ryan
: appreciate the change from the dingy
quarters beyond the track, and feel
that they can do even better work than
ever before. They will be glad to see
their old friends and try to make new
ones by workmanship which will "stand
the racket" and speak for itself.