St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-02-04
VERMONT NEWS.
Mount Mansfield Electric Road.

leave Stowe TO connect with all passen-
ger trains over the Central Vermont,
except the midnight trains but will con-
meet with these during the summer.
This new road is something OF which
Stowe people are especially proud and
though it's promoter, II. w. Burgett OF
Boston, does not boast at all he must
feel considerable satisfaction in looking
at his work. The season has been very
unfavorable one, greatly retarding the
work OF construction and the project has
often been abandoned as an unleasible
one when even the best Of weather was
expected. Despite all these unfavorable
features Mr.. Burgett has ignored the
grnmblers, persisted in his work, built
the road and won the sincere gratitude
OF the entire people. For over halt the
distance the road runs through private
property and between 40 and so land
owners besides the seectmen of the two
towns were to be dealt with and every
claim has been satisfactorily settled with.
out any litigation. Whenever the track
is inside the limits of the highway the
road bed has not been taken except at
the crossings.
This is practically steam road with
an electric equipment. The electric motor
used Tor freight draws the largest and
heaviest loaded cars with perfect ease
For passenger service vestibuled, combi-
nation double trucked cars are used
The road has required large amount Of
grading. A short distance from the
Waterbury depot cut 1000 feet long,
and 100 eet wide at the surface, and 40
feet deep at one point was made.
large amount of filing has also been
done. Several substantial bridges have
been built and at Waterbury Center a
at the highest point has been reconstructed.
Twelve miles OF track III miles in the
main line and one in sidings,) have been
laid and equi' ped at an approximate
cost OF 500 900 per mile. For power
duplicate steam electric plant has been
built in which there are two engines OF
$50 horse power, with generators to
match. Mr.. Burgett has secured rotary
snow plow, the only one OF it's kind in
New England, which is warranted to
make its way through ten feet OF snow
50 the management expect it will be
long time before they are showed in"
At he Stowe terminus new depot has
been built. This is large wooden build
ing with two story front.
Tobacco at st. Adams.
A shipment of tobacco amounting to
215 bales and valued at $27 900 was en-.
tered at st. Adams port last week Thurs
day. However Uncle Sam will not re-
ceive this sum in lump, but in small
amounts. 1t comes about in this way.
The tobacco was shipped from Havana
to Boston and placed in bonded ware
house. This gave the owners chance to
avoid paying the duty IN lump sum
and the privilege of taking it out in small
quantities, paying the duty simply on
the amount taken out. But at the end
OF the year the duty on all remaining in
the warehouse must be paid or the to-
bacco exported. So the owners ship it
to Montreal and from there it is at once
sent back to Boston and placed in the
warehouse for another year. Not onlyis
the interest on the total duty saved, but
as the tobacco dries it shrinks enough in
weight to more than pay the expense OF
the trip to Montreal and the bonding
charges. The tobacco was all weighed at
St. Adams and a sample caret. weighing
from pound to a pound and halt
taken from every fourth bale. These
samples are kept until the bond is cam
.celled.
Exciting Episode.
The hamlet of Granville was thrown
into an intense state of excitement last
Tuesday over short elopement. Roy
Clayton. aged twenty years, and Miss
Kittie Carr, the 16 year-old daughter OF
L. Carr, proprietor OF store, were the
principals. The couple went out to dine
that evening and went to the parsonage
of the South Granville Presbyterian
church, where they were united in mar
riage by Rev. w. X. Curtis, after which
they returned and announced the event.
The Young bride is an attractive girl,
and until recently has been student at
the union school, leaving school to enter
her fathers store. The groom is grad
uate OF the Granville union school. and
had entered Union college. For the past
few months he has been an assistant in
the store with his wife. Although the
parents oil the couple are grieved overthe
affair they will be forgiven.
Ball Of the Old Guard.
In the inability OF Gov. Grout and
Lieut.. Gov. Fisk to be present at the ball
OF the Old Guard, which took place at
the Metropolitan Opera House. New
York city, on the evening OF January 25,
Gov. Grout directed that the state
should be represented by Adjutant Gen
eral Peck and Coils. Chandler, Converse
and Hatch, aides-de-camp on the gov
ernors staff Mrs. Chandler, Mrs. Ed
ward Hatch and Miss Titus of New
York, Mrs John H. Converse, and Miss
Helen Converse of Philadelphia, A. E.
Chandler of New York and Miss Senton
OF Rutland were in the box with the YER
mont party. At this ball were many
prominent persons from all parts of the
country, including governors, senator's
and members Of the diplomatic corps
from Washington.
Some four weeks ago a man giving the
name OF Prof w. F. Willis OF Boston
opened store in North Bennington for
the purpose of cleaning watches clocks
and organs. He rented space in HUI
ling's clothing store, but on the morning
OF Jan. 80 he hired man to take him to
Hoosick Junction, where he took train
for Boston. With him disappeared
quantity OF clothing, etc, from Huling's
store. They offer reward of 500 Tor
his srrest and conviction. 1t is learned
that Willis under another name recently
ran away from Schenectady n Y, where
he had been running shop with num-
Der OF watches that belonged to custom
erS.