The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-03-17
Persons


LamoIlle, - -
Orange, 80 9OC bS
Orleans, 10000 It'll
Rutland 1IOOO IS
Washington, 1900 Is
Windsor, 225OO -
Windsor, 2SS,OO0 $40
1t will be noted the distribution of
these enterprises through the State is
quite general, and the nature of them is
quite varied. Creameries have been
started at Vergennes, Danville, Shell
burne, LnDenburg, Corinth, Fairlee,
Chelsea, Topsham, Mount Tabor, New
fame, two at Westford, and two at New.
bury. Thirty-three thousand dollars
were invested in this business and 81
persons are employed. Cheese factories
have been started at BridPoTt, Guildhall
and Jamaica, IS, 800 being invested and
six persons employed. Electric light
plants at Bristol and Hartford have
called for an investment of $50, 900 and
eight persons are employed. In new
granite works at Manchester, Hardwick,
Williamstown, Newport, Waterbury,
East Montpelier and Danville, 1924, 200
! have been invested and $50 persons en-
ployed. Five thousand dollars have been
invested in new marble quarries at Bran
don and Manchester and nine persons
are employed. At Norwich and West
minister $4,000 have been invested in
corn canning factories, which employ
about 50 persons in their season. Saw
mills and mills for the manufacture of
various lumber products have called for
an investment of S54,5OO and the en-
ployment of 100 persons. These mills
are located at Wheelock, Fayston, STRAIT
ton, Windham, Norwich, Marshfield,
Manchester, Pitts ord, Montgomery,
Victory Canaan and Moretown. Ma
chine shops at Troy, Swanton and St.
Johnsbury, in which $4,000 are invested
employing q persons. In the paper
mandatory at Bellows Falls, $4,000
are invested, and 20 men are employed.
At Westmore, the Willoughby Lake I'm
provement Co. has been formed with
100000 capital, for the purpose of estab-
fishing a summer resort. Sixty thousand
dollars have been invested in wooden
mandatory at Ludlow where 60 porsens
are employed. Burlington and Mont
pelier have invested $4,000 and en-
ploy 35 persons in working brass. Bur
lington, also, has match factory, in
$4,000 are invested, and so persons en-
ployed, and new lumber company with
S2j,0 900 capital, that employs 20 persons.
Milton has plant for the manufacture
of excelsior, with a capital of 900
and six persons employed; Randolph, a
new screen mill, $4,000 invested and 30
persons employed Barton factory for
ladies' muslin underwear, S25, 900 invest
ed and 100 persons employed. Bethel
has increased both the capital and work
ing force bf its shoe factory, and Brat
tleboro of its jelly mandatory. Enos-
burgh is just undertaking the quarrying
of slate. Glover has an overall factory.
Bennington has increased the capacity
of its hosiery and Jersey mills. Pitts
ford has opened new marble quarry.
| Clarendon las increased its marble pro-
duction; Richford, its foundry plant;
and Enosburgh, its evaporation works.
The summer hotels at Woodstock and
Lake Dunmore were completed last sea-
son and involved an investment of capt.
tai largely in excess of last years esti-
mates. Several new enterprises are
thought to be assured for 1898, among
which may be mentioned, creameries at
Peacham and Waitsfield, large canning
establishment at Burlington, and at Ca
naan furniture factory to employ 100
persons and calling for an Investment of
S75. 900. Brighton feels practically
sure" of a shirt factory to employ 800
persons. Other towns report an interest
in new enterprises but do not say just
what is expected. An inspection of the
foregoing figures shows that with an in
crease of invested capital over 1891, only
about half as much help is employed in
operating it, This is largely due to the
fact that the investments of the past
year have been on somewhat different
lines, where large capital employs the
service of only limited number of per-
sJns-like the electric light for an exam
pie. The investments for 1892 have also
been of more permanent character,
putting up good buildings and introduce
ing modern machinery; and in many
cases it is expected that the number of
employees will largely increase. 1t is,
perhaps, but fair to say that the granite
industry was very much retarded by the
labor troubles of 1892; and several local
tiles that expected to undertake the
work on granite were prevented by these
troubles from so doing.
As a whole, it appears that for 1892
more farms were sold, more enterprises
undertaken, and more capital invested
in them than during the year previous.
This certainly indicates healthy condi-
ton of both our agricultural and manu-.
featuring interests and goes to show that
those who have fOreseen an i'm proved
! condition of our agricultural affairs have