Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-09

i which viii furnish the marble for build
/ ing the new postotiice and Custom
li0nse.
The Howard Relief OF Burlington
through the liberality OF Miss Howars
OF That city, completed last wear hand
, some brick three story building, viii
basement, ornamented with "a Inansart
roof. The building cost $4,000. Al
addition was made 70 the Mary Fletcher
Hospital 10 Burlington IN 1878 at a
cost of $4,000. The addition includes i
spacious ward 30 by 30 feet in size Tho
II. Adams Hospital in st. Adams was
remodeled and repaired at cost ot
Sll,0
The new Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation Building, erected in Burlington
the past year is one of the finest struc-
lures OF the Kind in New England. The
block is IA by 80 feet in size and fronts
/ Church ana College streets aud City
Park. The building is of brick, with
brown sandstone trimmings, and is four
stories high. The remainder of the
block Belongs TO the Association, ex-
ccpt the corner store which is owned by
Samuel Huntington. The main entrance
leading to the rooms of the Ass0-
ciatiOn is eight feet wide. On the
second floor is a reception room 26 by 30
| feet, a reading room 30 by 30 feet, an as
sembly room - by 30 feet and a room
for the boys branch. The front of the
third floor contains three offices, back of
which are dressing rooms. lockers. baths
and small hall 80 by 40 feet in size.
| The Exhibition Hall is also on this floor.
Ii is 10 have stage and galleries, with
an audience room seating 100 persons.
| The fourth floor has two class rooms, a
| Directors room and gymnasium 80 by
81 feet in size, extending to the roof.
The Principals rooms viii be finished in
oak, the rest in ash. The building will
be completed next year. The cost of the
block will exceed $4,000.
CHURCH BUILDINGS ERECTED AND
REPAIRED.
Six new church buildings were erected
during the year ard nearly dozen old
houses of worship had extensive repairs
made upon them. The new church ed
itices built were as follows A marble
church at Rutland, costing $4,000, by
the Uuiyersaist society; granite church
at st. Johnsbury, costing 500 .0O0, by the
R0mah Catholics; a wooden church at
Cambridge, costing $1,000, by the Con-
grcgationalists; a wooden church ut
Poultney, costing $1,000, by the Metho
dists; a wooden church at Richford,
costing Sl2, 600, by the Baptists and
Roman Catholic church OF brick at Bar
re, costing $4,000.
Among the church buildings which 4
were remodeled or extensively repaired /
may be mentioned the following; The /
81. Albans Congregational church, which F.
was remodeled, refurnished and redecor-
ated &C cost of Sll 600; the South Con-
gregational church OF st. JOhnshury, re-
modelled and refurnished at a cost Of
81. 0gO; the Brattleb0rO Congregational
church, which was thoroughly repaired
at an expense OF $4,000; also the Baptist
ehurch-at Rutland, tile Congregational
church 81 Winooski, the BAPTIST church
I. Westiord and The Baptist church at
GsseN jar ction, all Of which had eXten-
'iye repairs.
FOR oRINDUsTRIAL AND BUSINESS
PURPOSES.
The Vermont Marble Company built a
arge addition TO its finishing mill &C
Proctor. The new mill is of marble, no
" so feet in size, with an extension 90 !
~ go feet for storage. Ii is three stories
ligh with deep basement for the ma
hiuery and power. The new mill has a
apacity for four rubber beds, II gangs
# saws and 20 turning and polishing !
athes. The new water power utilized
" the construction of the additional J
mill is over 500 horse-p power, The motor I
onsists of two 33-inch double horizontal J
wheels. with "A vertical shaft s. feet {
ong and 3 IL inches in diameter.
The Vermont Farm Machine Company {
# Bellows Falls erected a new factory {
n the "lsland at Bellows Falls. The [
is OF brick three stories high, Z
nd is 355 feet long and 60 feet wide. {
he first floor is for the wood and iron I
Working machines. The second story is :
ntirely devoted to the tin room and ]
ainting department. and the third floor s
for storage. The Office is on the first J
oor and 60 bv 2S feet in size. Tie base
lent occupies space 81 by GO feet. :
he removal of the company to its new .
actorv enables them to double the man {
factured production, which includes u
ne Cooley creameTs aud other creamery i
nd dairy apparatus.
A large addition was built by j. r. I
ooth to the Pioneer Shops IN Burling a
IN. The new building is 40 by 100 feet
/ size and three stories high. 1t is ec- +
lpied by the Baldwin Manufacturing u
ompany, makers of the Baldwin dry air b
,frgerator. Mr.. Booth also erected an s
flee building for his lumber business 30 n
: 80 feet in size and two stories high. p
he main part of this building is oceu- {
led for office purposes by Col. L. =. s.
'oodbury, manager for Nj. Booth. The l.
,st of these improvements was about p
10000.
The Carona Marble Company of Bran y
)n is erecting fine new mill in Bran p
N 1863 by 95 feet in size, the mill will IN
equipped with 10 gangs of saws and pi
i'll cost $4,000. pl
Carrick Brother of st. Johnsbury have p'
tilt extensive additions to their granite &c
orks at st. Johnsbury, thereby dou- @
ing the capacity of their finishing de- ca
rtment.
The Fall Mountain paper Company of m
allows Falls rebuilt portion of its de
Ills, erected a new pulp mill. built a III
rge new flume and sct up mammoth ST