Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-04-04
EDWARD G. DANA.
General Vermont News.


Ryegate by which the Blue Mountain gran
lite company, and the NJ. II. Gibson granite
works company have been united under one
management to be known as the Ryegate
granite works company with a capital of
$l25OO0. The officers are President II.
II. Bailey, Newbury; vice-presidcnt, Alex.
Cochran, Groton; manager ". ii. Gibson,
Ryegate directors, the officers with II. W.
Allen. Woodsville, n. H., aud Alexander
Dunnett, st. Johnsbury. 1t Is an excellent
board and there is no reason why business
won't boom in Ryegate this season. Rye
gate has all the varieties of granite
needed for the very best classes OF
work, and 1t has sent ont some OF
the finest mausoleums in the country.
At the annual meeting of the Hardwick 4
Woodbury. railroad company the following
directors were elected T.. II. Blossom, st.
Johnsbury George NJ. Powers. Morrisville;
T.. II. Fletcher, St. Albans J.V. Dutton.
Hardwick W. II. Fullerton. Manchester ;
4: b. Thomas, Hardwick e. A. Watson,
Woodbury.. The directors chose the follow
ing officers president, George flowers ;
vice-presdent, &. A. Watson secretary, G.
L. Sanford, Hardwick treasurer,J. II. Nc
Loud, Hardwick manager. +. II. Blossom.
The directors decided to accept the Offer of
the Fletcher granite company to complete
the road and trains are to he running
by June Is. To do this will re-
quire a force Of 200 or more men from the
time snow goes until the road is completed.
1t means that large amount of building
must he done in Hardwick this season and 1t
also means the location of several large
granite firms there in the near future, as
soon as arrangements can be perfected. 1t
Is expected that the population ofthe village
will be doubled this year.
st. Johnsbury is working hard for shoe
factory. An enthusiastic meeting of the
board of trade was held this week attended
by practically all the business men of the
village and all were strongly in favor of going
ahead and raising the required capital soms
$50, 900 to equip the factory for work. Tho
subscription paper has already begun its
round and the success so far Is encouraging.
While shoe factories are not rs desirable rs
some classes of manufacturing, it will be
good thing for st. Johnsbury, which has
been founded on scales too long.
At the annual meeting Of the Vermont in
sernational telegraph company the following
directors were chosen George w. Hendee,
Morrisvile o. $. Rixford Highgate; Ar
thur +. Stone, st. Johnsbury; T.. A. Sils-
buIy, St. Johnsbury. The directors organ
lied by choosing the following officers
president. George W. IIendee ; vice-presi-
dent, Arthur Il. Stone ; secretary, John C.
Clark superintendent and treasurer, E. A.
Silsby. Within the past two years the line
from Lunenburg to Swanton has been al
most entirely rebuilt and will be completed
early this season. The business Of the COM
pany has increased the past year and the
| corporation is on u sound financial basis.
Northern Vermont was subjected to an
other snow blockade last week. Communica-
tion with Boston and New York was cut of
and great decentralization of business re-
suited. The blockades in March have been
serious and at no time since the first one Oc
Cured have the roads been entirely clear.
Hundreds of freight ears have been stuck
fast and passengers would have made better
connections on snow shoes.
The executive committee of the Vermont
Firemen's association met ut tho Pavilion in
Montpelier and made arrangements for the
coming tournament in Montpelier and Barre.
| to be held July % and %. About $1,000 will
| be given in prizes Hose prizes--llrst, $3.50;
second. 500 third, $50. Hook and ladder
prizes-llrst, T12 second, So; third 90.
Hand engine contest-lirst, $3.50; second,
$3.50; third, $50.
bennington is to have u new passenger
depot. 1t will be built of granite and will
cost $40, 900.
The quarry and mill of the Rutland white
marble company at Rutland, has been pur-
chased by New York syndicate and 1t will
be put in thorough repair for starting imme-
diately.
Ex-Governor Fuller has been compelled to
60 South for the benefit of his health for an
indefinite stay. He has gone to Jacksonville,
Fla, whence he will visit other places in the
state as his strength permits. He has taken
his family physician with him.
The Congregational society of NIorrisvlle
| has voted to erect new church building.
| The cost has not yet been definitely decided
but it will be u good one and built in modern
style.
The Crystal Lake house at Barton Is to be
| remodeled into flrst-class summer hotel
this spring.
Summer business in this state promises
| better than ever before. Late years 1t has
been rapidly increasing until nOwit isassum-
ing vast proportions, bringing in annually
| hundreds of thousands of dollars which
would otherwise be expended elsewhere. 1t
is n healthy indication, therefore, to see so
many proprietors of hotels making plans
for improvements in their houses. The
movement is general, and will result In at-
tracing many more hereafter.
Maple sugar making received tremen-
dous set back by the last freeze; so far little
has been made and the prospect isn't prom
Using. There has been no good sugar sea-
son for several years and farmers hoped for
one this year to help them make up for
some of the loss in other directions. The
indications month ago pointed to good
season, but it must necessarily be short now
1t has got SO late and the best that can be
done won't be large yield.
| Royalton has voted to exempt any manu-
featuring industry from taxation for ten
years that will locate there and employ
| twenty-five hands. Other towns are Offer
ing inducements either in the way OF build
ings, contributed capital or exemption from
taxation. Apparently Vermont has come to
q realizing sense of the necessity of encour-
agement if additional enterprises are
wanted.
Tho IN nm ,vbo caouro optiono IN daoi Llo
water falls, even If they are located far in
the woods will reap a reward before many
| years commensurate with their courage and
farsightedness. 1t won't be long before
every available water power In the state will
be generating electricity for light, heat and
| transportation purposes. Some of the mora
desirable ones are already picked up and
others will be taken shortly.
There was serious freight wreck near
Randolph last week when broken rail
threw sixteen loaded cars down q sixty
foot embankment, piling them three and
four deep. Conductor +. s. Kimball was
seriously hurt, and the cars 80 thoroughly
demolished as to be worthless except for
kindling wood.
The movement for organizing new cream
cries and establishing new separator sta
tlons for those already established indicates
an encouraging condition of the dairying
interests. Improved stock and modern
machinery and methods have made Vermont
the finest dairy state in the world. 1t is to
be hoped that creameries will be established
in every locality where there are enough
cows to make it profitable within reaching
distance.
The bulletin, numbered so, containing an
analysis OF fertilizers, is ready for mailin,.
at the Burlington experiment station. Is
should be in the hands Of every farmer who
buys commercial fertilizers. II he under
stands the condition Of his soil and the need
Of his proposed crops, he can learn which
one to buy by careful study Of the compar-
ative analysis published in this bulletin.
Bellows Falls is to have new high school,
anecessity which has long existed.
The franklin county summer school for
teachers will be held at st. Albans this year.
1t is expected that fully 200 teachers will be
present and some of the most prominent
educators Of the country will address them.
The Boston Maine railroad will irnproye