Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-02-12
NO. 2O--9O3.

| $. Y. Goss, NJ. d., is located on
Maple st. while Drs. NJ. H. Corwin,
A. b. Smith and f. II. Godfrey have
their offices on Main st.
j. X. Darling, attorney, has bis Of
flee in the Court House directly oppo-
site that of county clerk s.. B. Hebard.
q. X. Stow, attorney, has an Office in
the Union block. C. S. Emery does
general insurance business.
Industries.
The DESsMORE SAW MILL on North
Main st. is owned and operated by Geo.
Hutchinson. Mr.. II. purchased this
property in 1886 and has since expend-
ed a large amount OF money in improv-
ing his water power and putting in new
machinery. Here are three board saws,
several bench saws, and planer, and
there is just being put in matching
and joining machine. The power is
obtained from fall OF about l5ft. by
36 inch iron cased Eureka water
wheel, 40 b. p. Mr.. II. is doing a
large business which is rapidly grow
ing. Saving capacity 10 to IL M per
day.
PERLEY ROGERS is located a short
distance above the Densmore mill and
does carriage building and general re-
pairing. The power for operating the
shop is obtained from Tyler turbine
wheel. An l-2 #. 'shead" gives A.
bout 20 horse power.
.. p. BACON is directly above Rog-
ers' shop and does carriage building
and repairing. There is also cider
mill in this factory. Mr.. B. takes in
from 5000 to 10000 bus. of apples an
nuallv.
l.. G. BEcKwnH's mill is located
just south of the village. This mill
saws hard wood timber almost exclu-
sively. The stock being mostly ship
ped to Worcester, Mass. where it is
used in the manufacture of moving
horserakes, baby carriages.
Mr.. b. also manufactures shingles, us
ing Lane shingle mill, capacity 5000
It. lumber and 50t 0 shingles per day.
This mill has Is #. '.head," using a
water wheel which gives a.
bout 80 horse power.
While Chelsea lies some distance
rom the line OF railroad, it still enjoys
good travelling facilities. The "Chel-
iea stage" runs daily to South Royal
on and return, Is miles distant, con-
lecting with the c. V. r. r., making
he trip each way in two hours. There
$ also daily stage to Barre, l6 miles
Iistant, connecting with the Montpel-
er and Wells River r. h. and the
Dhetford stage running from Chelsea
o East Thettord on the Passumpsic
:. k. The bulk of travel and all the
reight for the town comes by way Of
'outh Royalton, this being the nearest
abroad point, and the road being al
most level the entire distance.
A business Opportunity.
Attention is not called to Chelsea for
he purpose of inducing the establish
lent of some industry, to boom some
eal estate purchase of the committee.
he members of the Citizens Industri-
! Committee have no private interests
! the matter and will not be benefited
My as greater business activity will
eneft their town at large. They are
OF acting in their individual capacities
ut as the representatives of the citi-
ems of the town. Chelsea is prepared
act more than literally with any per-
'n or persons who will come here with
business employing fifty or more op-
ratives who viii give assurance of it,
,ntinuance.
The property known as the Godfrey
ill consisting of house, barn, new mill
hiding with good water power and
'out one acre Of land is now in the
ands of the committee who have re-
ntly purchased it with view to offer
g unusual advantages as location
r some manufacturing industry.
At the instigation of this corrmittee
special town meeting has recently been
Id and vote passed exempting from
xatlon all manufactures hereafter es-
bhshed, for term of ten years.
Good help can be obtained while the
st Of living, compared with factory
les, in the matter of provisions, rents,
:, is from 20 to so per cent less to
e operatives.
Any one desiring to change his place
business, or any party desiring to
M branch factory would do well to
-ite the Citizens Industrial Commit
!, Chelsea, VT, as the citizens of this