The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-09
NUMBER 80.
BRAINS AND CAPITAL
or TTE GRE1T GRANITE IND USTR Y
Ar QUTNCY LARGELY REPRE-
SCENTED Ar MONTPELTER

Eighty Manufacturers from that Massa-
chusetts City Enjoy an Outing in Barre
and observation-disclosures at Pavilion.
The special train that pulled into Mont
pelier over the Central Vermont railroad at
six O'Clock last Friday morning had on
board eighty prominent granite manufac-
turers of Quincy, Mass, who were taking
their annual outing, the objective point this
year being the granite works at Montpelier
and Barre, and the quarries at the latter
place.
THE PERSONNEL OF THE PARTY.
As they repaired to the pavilion for break
fast 1t needed only casual observation to
note that they were an intelligent and wide
awake body of business men, representing,
as they did, a large share of the brains and
capital of the granite industry that for many
years has made Quincy famous.
MONTPELIER AND BARRE ADJUNCT.
At Montpelier. they were met by Albert
Johonnott, president, and w. f. Adams,
vice-president Of the Wetmore & Morse
Granite Company, Michael Kellehel,
Thomas w. Eagan and others, who ac-
companied them to Barre on the special
train provided for their accommodation by
the Central Vermont railroad. At Barre
the party was met by a committee from the
Manufacturers Association, and, after
short interchange Of courtesies, a special
train of observation cars, provided by
Superintendent f. W. Stanyan of the Barre
railroad, was boarded for a trip to the quar-
ries Superintendent Stanyan and Presi-
dent ID. r. Sortwell of the Montpelier 81
Wells River railroad accompanied the party
and were untiring in their attentions to
their guests, the most of whom had never
visited Barre before. The representatives
of the press who accompanied the excur-
sion as invited guests were Frank +. Pres
colt, city editor of the Quincy Daily Ledqer,
W. F. Scott of the Enterprise, c. j. Kinsey
of the Ledder, and L. a. Mutt of the WATCH
MAN. The members of the committee in
charge of arrangements for the visitors were
Fred H. Badger, of Badger Brothers, and
John l.. Miller, of Thomas & Miller.
THE SKY ROUTE"
Nearly all the visitors had heard of the
" Sky Route " to the Barre quarries, but
their conceptions of this wonderful feat of
engineering We're far below the reality, and
they We're not slow to say so. AS the
" Boulder pushed the five loaded cars up
the steep grade smoothly and swiftly, eX-
CARNATIONS of surprise were heard on every
hand, and the railroad officials were kept
busy answering questions in regard TO the
road. No less surprise to the visitors was
the twenty-five miles of track on the noun
tain, with side track to all the principal
quarries. Some of these side tracks have
grade of six hundred thirty-three feet to the
mile, and to practical granite men the fact
that heavily-loaded cars could be handled
with perfect safety over such toboggan
shutes was almost too much for belief.
THE BARRE QUARRIEs.
1t took three hours to look over the prin-
cipal quarries, and even then many equally
as large as those visited were passed by,
Superintendent Stanyan placed the train at
the disposal of the party, and it was
switched from place to place for their ac-
commodation; but even then lots of hard
tramping was put in and before the last
ftfrn hah l,n1.
enously-hungry party charged on the rasp-
berry bushes with which the mountain
is covered. Among the quarries visited
were those of the Empire Granite Company,
where the crucix for Buffalo, n. Y,
weighing in the rough one hundred twelve
tons, is ready to be taken to the sheds at
Barre to be cut, then to those of the Ver-
mont Granite Company, E. l., Smith & Co.,
Wells, Lamson & Co., the Langdon Granite
Company, Jones Brothers, Wetmore 81
Morse Granite Company, and c. E. Tayn-
tor. At the latter an exhibition of the
working Of the new steel derrick was given.
WORDS OF COMBINATION.
1t was no Sunday-school picnic that Mr..
Stanyan had as guests that morning but
party of practical men who knew every
twist and turn of the business they were
investigating, men who were not slow to
approve or condemn whatever came under
their practiced eyes. 1t was, therefore, a
the quarry of the Wetmore & Morse Granite
Company to hear many of those experienced
and practical men declare that they had
never seen a granite quarry like it, one
where it was so easy to get out stone of any
dimensions, and to load for shipment OF
course they tackled on an addenda that if
the quarry was in Quincy it would be worth
steen times steen thousand dollars.
DINNER AND BUSINESS MEETING
altar twp n'plnaLr ,uba -,
whistled into Barre on the return trip, and
the crowd at once repaired To the City res
taurant, where as guests of the Barre Man
ufacturers' Association, they partook of an
excellent dinner. The afternoon was spent
in visiting some of the principal works at
Barre. At six O'Clock an informal Joint
business meeting of the Barre and Quincy
associations was held in Bolster's hall, at
which the matter of getting better prices
for work was discussed, as was the matter
of getting out a standard bill of prices No
definite action was taken.
BANQUET AT THE PAVILION.
At half-past eight in the evening a special
train for Montpelier over the Central Ver-
mont was taken. On arriving at the Mont
pelier and Wells River railroad station the
party was met by the Montpelier Military
Band and escorted to the Pavilion, where
the annual banquet was held. The band
was stationed outside and play ed at inter-
walls during the dinner. The committee of
from the Barre Association
and few invited guests from Montpelier
were present. There were no post-prandial
exercises, but John l.. Miller vice president
OF the Quincy Association and one of the
visiting committee of arrangements took
occasion, in behalf of the visitors, to thank
the people of Montpelier for their hospital
ity and the band for its services
PLEASURE CONFINED WITH BUSINESS.
The time Saturday forenoon was taken in
sightseeing, or visiting the granite works
Some of the party returned to Barre TO wit
ness the sports at the Clan Gordon picnic,
and at one O'Clock the special train for Bos-
ton was taken,