Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-07-07

or eight feet in diameter. The recent d.
version of water to mills has caused a
a shrinkage in the volume of the falls here.
II was of them that an early writer named
Peters said that the compression of the
water between the rocks was so strong that
it was solidifed and crowbar could not
be driven into it"
The Abenauqui Toilet Paper company
have erected building near the Cheshire
freight house, and moved their machinery
and stock into it this week. The building
is ~ by % feet, two stories high, and
one-story addition, "a by 2S feet. 1t is
built heavy enough so the second story can
be rented for machinery of almost any kind,
as the first story is of sufficient size for the
present need of the company, and it is
built with this expectation. A three-horse
power electric motor furnishes power to
the first story, and as the capacity of our
electric plant is ample any amount of power
could be supplied up stairs The business
of the paper company is the cutting and
wrapping of toilet paper and placing il
upon the market. The business has in
creased very largely in the past few months,
requiring extended facilities, which it now
enjoys. The principal owners and manag-
ers are w. A. Truax and c. H. Williams.
The Fourth of July was an unusually
quiet one this year in our village, most of
the places of business being closed, all of
the mills shut down and general air of
quiet pervading the whole locality. The
usual noisy demonstrations at midnight
the night before were INDUCED in, but
were not kept up as fully as usual during
the latter part of the night Several pic
mic parties were had at different places,
mostly family affairs. Thirteen or four
teen of those interested in bicycling start
ed early in the morning and wheeled to
Keene to see the races there, returning in
the evening, The at picnic North Wal
pole was the only public affair; quite a
number went over from here. The large
celebration of last year here seemed to
have exhausted large part of the stock
of energy of our people, so that as whole
it was one of the most quiet in our vicini-
ty we have seen for many years.
The dangers of bicycle riding upon the
sidewalks of our village were illustrated
one evening last week when Miss McCune,
formerly of Putney, now employed in the
paper mill of John T. Moore, was run
down near Barber's music store by Edwin
Bush, and quite severely injured, so she
has been confined to the house portion of
the time since. Although the village or
dinances are broken every day in this and
other respects, little notice seems to be
taken of it until some unfortunate result
follows like this, when the party who is
''in the boat at that particular time has
to suffer for it, as was the case when on
Monday complaint was entered against
young Bush and Justice Williams fined
him $685., including costs. 1t would seem
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taken notice of without waiting till the ac-
cidents occur to particularly draw atten-
ton to them, as in this case Bush was no
more to blame than hundreds of others,
yet his punishment was just. This, and
other dangerous practices, should be stop
ped.
Few of our people appreciate the extent
OF an industry, or trade, in our village
carried on by w. b. Carpenter. who has an
office and store house on the land of the
Central Vermont road near their freight
depot. But little of his stock of lumber
and iron roofing is sold from here, he has
agents in all parts of New England and
ships very large amounts direct to all points.
In the construction of his office building is
shown his different grades and styles of
steel roofing ceilings, imitation of clap
boarding, imitation of brick walls, and a
number of other parts of building made
from the steel material in which he deals
so largely This material is entering into
the construction of buildings in rapidly
increasing degree, being used on outsides
of all classes of buildings, but more largely
in ceilings of churches, opera houses, ho-
tells, stores and other public buildings.
Mr.. Carpenter seems to be on the top wave
of the increasing trade. He employs two
or three men here all the time putting the
iron and steel on local buildings.