Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-01-07

and had we the necessary capital W
would employ 100 men"
i The Central Vermont II. X. man
agement, always ready to help build y
Vermont towns, controls and operate
the railroad running here and it give
the same rates for the carriage of gran
lite from this town that it gives Barre
The granite worker finds here low
rents, low prices for land upon whicl
to build his sheds and an opportunit,
to ship his granite to its market at thu
same price he would have to pay il
Barre. If his capital is small and h
wishes to build himself home the Con,
struction Co. will help him. He pays
a small sum for building lot and put.
in the foundation for his house which
the Construction Co. will build and he
paying monthly installments that will
be low compared with the rent charged
in larger towns, soon has his home.
Williamstown is but II miles south
of Montpelier and is in the great valley
that extends from Lake Memphrema-
Cog to the White river. About two
miles south of the r. r. station is a
small stream the waters Of which di-
vide, one part flowing south to the
White river, down which it goes to the
Connecticut and to Long Island Sound I;
the other part goes north into the Stew
ems branch of the Winooski, into Lake
Champlain, down the st. Lawrence to
the Atlantic, many hundred miles away
from where the southern flowing stream
reaches the same ocean. The Mont
pelier and White river r. X. now euds
here but a survey has been made down
the valley through Brookfield, Ran
dolph and Bethel to Royalton where if
the road is built, connection will be
made with the main line Of the Central
Vermont. Over east is Chelsea, the
county seat, the inhabitants of which
want railroad and will offer many in
ducements for the building of a road.
A feasible route would be one starting
from this village, running past the gran
lite quarries and going through Chel-
sea down the first branch of the White
river, striking the main line the Cen
trai VT. at South Royalton. What
route will finally be taken is not known
but this is certain the terminal of the
Montpelier and White River II. r.
will not be Williamstown many years
longer. The laws of progression pre-
vailing, in five years from date the
business of this town will be so large
better railroad facilities will be de-
manded. Before the five years are
past those facilities will be given.
1t is nor upon granite alone that the
town has to depend for its future pros
perity. The weekly shipments of but
Ter from the town amount to from two
10 six tons and for this butter the ship
oers receive pound for pound, as much
and more, in some instances, than is
paid for the best creamery product
Silicious limestone is found in all parts
If the town. This gives to the soil
grain and grass producing qualities
md makes this one of the best of graz
ng towns. The horses bred here have
,een noted both in the line Of speed
md endurance. There are here Nor
gan horses that are capable of doing all
hat the earlier Morgans did in the
way of ''roading" and are much speed
err than were those of the early days.
The famed blue grass region of Ken
lucky has no sweeter or better grasses
han those found upon the hillsides of
his town, and it has not as good eli
nate for the production of hardy hors-
5. Pure soft water is abundant as is
llso pure air, and these combined with
he best of pasturage make this anideal
own for the horse-breeder. This
anne combination of pure air, water
md sweet grasses gives TO the cattle
md sheep raised here value that the
anne stock raised in less favored To-
.alities cannot have and these natural
.auses supplemented by the intelligence
# the people engaged in dairying, give
o the dairy products of this town
-alue equalled only by the product of
he best creameries.
Surrounded all oftheir lives by seem
.ry as beautiful as any there is in the
world, many Vermonters have failed to
'ealize the beauty of then state, but ar
lists who have worked in all parts of
he world assert that along our country
Dads are found the most delicate and
bits of scenery the world af-
ords. The ''gulf'' near the southern
boundary of this town has long been
loted and is visited yearly by hundreds
# beauty loving people. North of the
gulf is the bed of that runaway
,ond known as Lime pond and below
he outlet through which the waters
vent wien the pond ran away, are
ouud the natural terraces that aeolo-