New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-28
A THRIVING MARBLE TOWN.
PROCTOR, THE HOME OF THE SECRETARY
OF WAR.

,xpon Az oCCA soNAL CORRESPONDENT OF The TRIBUNE.
Proctor, VT, April 2o.-rhe town OF Proctor mas
the rspu taton OF being MODEL INDUSTRIAL community
III f. situated the heart Of the great marble ben
OF Vermont the sts Of the village occupying paoa"
overlooking one of the most beautiful and pctur-
.souc valleys in New England. The SURROUNDINGS oil
Proctor are very attractive. but the mountains ol
III arble that encompass 1t form It's gfea' souiVe Va
wealth aud given II a fame that Is almost "or"
wide. This place promises to become hho"n }" '"e
future too the home of Rediieid Proc'or inc SIC
Rotary OF War. The main office aad Works "i INC
Vermont Marble Company are here and of thl> cor
pnztion ex Governor Proctor has been the heal ana
front since rs organization
|, WIS less than a score Of years ago when MI.
Proc tor dissolved his Law partnership in Rutland win
Judge Wheelock O. Neazey, Of the Vermont supreme
,o,,r 10 become superintendent Of the sutherland
Falls Marble Company. then a small ana "caN GU"
ceIv, employing a handful Of men In QUA ing an"
on,shinr marble Mi Proctor became possessed oil
a., pr,perv by purchase, and 10y the exercise I'll Inv
business sagacity. energy and executive abiN WHY"
he POSSESSES in marked degree soon bun' UP d
great industry and became the PRESIDENT h'""s'
and chief owner of Tie largest and most eN''"'No
marble concern in America
TN, Vermont Marble Company has a 'ap"" v"
ysarly 80 Ooo 600 aud lis sales average NJ" ara oil
$1,000 600 per anuum. The company employs III
tie ouarrlcs and mills AT Piocior, West fuli' ANU
Centre Rutland over ZOO men. and has lou h'rs'S
tn service. The wages lald out % e"P'"A "'''
age Sal 900 per month
The company and works half s'"N u
on.rics which produce almost a man varieties
., marbe-hpm the pure white Rutland for >i''nafy
rurnoses to the Mountain Dark Tor manners an"
furniture covers. These quaales are '"hhe'''" ''
. ,ailroad some ten miles I'm length. owned ana "p
r,,sd nv the clarendon and Piusford Railroad Tom
nr ~ which the secretary OF War Is president.
rhs Vermont, Marble Company Is the only c"cein
g., ,.o State that makes a specially of binding hdFbi'
and has a separate department for such w"rh. IN
comnauv finishes and sets building fronts 'o"'l'''''
Amo.g the pieces of work done UN II HAY " ''''
,,o,.a tho terrace wall and grand stairway. '"'''
states Capitol. Washington the S'a'e """r'' -
a,,r,nous Ind the new sp'Ic OF Grace h"''"'
~. vo,k and Th- Advertiser building Boston
M. oomn,nv has branch yards in New-fork' Boston
.y,u,delnhia Chicago Detroit Cleveland - LOUIS
and Francisco. ~,
III. town OF Proctor formerly par' "i "a"
land but the Legislature, In le6"' III lc'oT''io" ~
.,c,ySror Proctor and the thriving VILLAGE which
he had built up at sutherland Fails. passed an a''
Incorporating the town Of Proctor when "'t o''"h
Law that year The town contains some LOO IN
hAbitants. and has property valuation Oh Fi-''V'0
The village Proc tor contains the main qua11e> ana
mills OF the Vermont Marble Compsny the business
NJ which CORPORATION Is under the supervision of
colonel Fletcher D. Proctor. the eldest son OF the
secretary OF War THE company employs here some
400 men to whom they pay In wages monthly over
100000. The village made up Of the mills Of The
company. which Immense marble structures. GOV
-ring an area Of upward Of 100 acres: large and
fine village hall costing 500 900, built BY taxation
three commodious schoolhouses. three church edi-
fees a public library, containing 5000 volumes. pre-
,rn,ed TO the village by the Ex-Governor. and 400
neat and comfortable tenement houses, 100 of which
are owned by their occupants.
The Proctor mills and shops have a frontage of
600 feet Otter Creek. with an average width
NJ ninety feet The buildings are OF marble and are
well lighted and ventilated. They contain $50 gangs
Of ssws 81 lsthes. Is rubbing beds ana large num-
her of other machines. The Otter Creek here has q