The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-12
The Upper West River Valley.
Its Busintss and the Outlook for tn,
Coming Year.
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railroad, Especially when it furnishes
the only means for both outward and
inward transportation. The past year
has beena red-lelter year Tor the mar
rpw gauge railroad, it having done
more business shan III any previous
year OF its existence. Today, to
move The fri shl offered IL, IL is taxed
to the full cipacity of its freight ears.
indeed, it inds itself unable To keep
squafeiy up with the demands made
upon II, ani will be compelled before
long 10 make large addition TO its
rolling stock.
This argues well.
1t meansn only prosperity for the
railroad bul that the business of the
section is receiving boom.
An examination of the facts will
justify this view, and the SITTER pro-
poses to lay them before its readers
in series Of articles.
First, below this, is the
Town OF JAMAICA, q
a large and heavily timbereV Vtown-
ship with many excellent water privi-
leges. 1t is also a good farming town
containing much excellent grazing
lands, and Is well adapted to stock
raising. Its present population is
about 1900.
The village is delightfully."- located
and pleasait, not only in summer
but in wintef, being protected from
the searching north westers and free
from drift blockades. 1T contains
about 75 hoises, Two churches, Con-
gregational and Baptist, good hotel,
three large and well filled stores, be-
sides one of the largest feed stores in
this section, kept by M. l.. Boynton,
at the depot, grist mill, tannefy, black
smith shop, harness shop, tin shop,
barber shop, etc. 1t has a savings
bank in furnishing condition, and
an Opera Hall with the best fitted
stage for dramatic and operate en-
tertainments to be. found north of
Braotleboro. The postotiice, q. w.
Holton, postmaster, is conveniently
located and com m.nodious. Here is
kept line of books, stationary and
fancy articles.
But the great interests of the town
center in and around it's numbering
business with its thirteen or fourteen
mills, giving employment to about
one hundred and fifty men and large
number of teams. OF these latter
something may be judged from the
fact that one day last week W. L.
Barnes, the village blacksmith, shod,
all around, 20 horses, 10 of them with
new shoes-an enormous days work.
And for the first four days of the
week he shod Ga horses and 8 or 10
yoke of oxen.
OF this numbering business, which
bids fair to assume immense proper
tlons the coming year, we propose tC
briefly particularize: First upon the
north, close beside the railroad track
is the steam mill owned by W. IL.
Taft. This has been in operation
over year and has sawed out over q
million feet, a large quantity Of which
still remains to be shipped. This
winter Mr.. Taft will clean up the
nearby timber, possibly cutting some
100000 feet. Near the depot is 10.
Gated another steam mill owned by
o. N. Wardwell. The piles of neat.
ly packed lumber fittingly attest, moi
only the capacity CT the mill, but the
push of its owner. Mr. Wardwell is
now stocking up heavily and will cut
this winter from one and half tt
two million feet. The steam mill
just erected, near the village, by
Wright, Reynolds & Holden, vii
probably cut two million feet, the
larger part of which will be worked
into dressed and matched lumber
Geo. +. Hartwell will cut 100000
feet of beech into plane woods Thi:
will be done at several mills. III. A
Mclean, who is running the Feltol
mill, is stocking up to the full capac
ily of the mill. James Ord, who re-
Gently purchased the Adams witch
ell farm and the Hosley mill, stir.
ring, energetic man, is putting in /;
large stock of logs. G. o. Gould, a
Pixies Falls, is putting in new en-
gine and will stock up heavily. A
West Jamaica are three mills, W
f. Gleason's, j. @. Adams, ant
Moses Johnson's, besides new steau
mill being put up by Everett n. John
son. All of these will be heavil,
stocked the coming winter. Also thu
one at East Jamaica, owned by SO
Ion Densmore.
Besides these there are smalle
manufacturing interests. W. II
Joslin, at the old stmill, gets ou
turned and grecian stock Alvin ant
Ransill Frost make a large numbe