St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-03-29
VERnONT NEWS.
birthplace of Landlords.

produced. Warren +. Leland, landlord
of the Windsor that has just been
destroyed by fire in New York, was born
in Landgrove, in Bennington county
Other members of the Leland family have
been landlords of the Metropolitan hotel,
Sturtevant and Coleman houses in New
York and other famous hotels in Albany,
Saratoga Springs, Chicago and San
Francisco. Uriah WEIGH, formerly Of the
st. Nicholas in New York, was born in
Cavendish; Edward Mortified, formerly
of the Continental hotel, New York, is a
native OF Jamaica; the Wizards OF Will
lard hotel at Washington were born in
Westminster; the late Charles c. Waite
of the Brevoort House and the Windsor
in NewYork, was native OF Newfane
the late H. l.. Powers, famous hotel
man OF the metropolis, was born in MARI
boro, and Franklin H. Orvis OF the Equi-
nox House at Manchester and of winter
hotels in Florida was born in Manches-
ter, Bennington county.
Heavy Freight Business.
The Rutland railroad is doing a very
heavy freight business at present. In
addition to the local work it is carrying
a large amount OF through freight which
comes over the Ogdensburg and Lake
Champlain railroad and from points in
Canada. A great deal of he freight con.
sists of "popple" wood, which comes in
from the north and goes to Corinth, N.
Y. The pulp wood traffic is especially
heavy at this season, because it can only
be drawn from the Canadian forests
when there is snow on the ground. The
freight also includes lumber, grain, flour,
potatoes, hay and coal.
1t is estimated that the Rutland rail-
road now gets, in addition to it's former
business, from 35 to 40 car loads Of
through freight day from the Ogdens-
burg and Lake Champlain railroad, and
the carrying capacity of the railroad is
taxed to its full capacity. Two new
freight engines are expected.
A Vermont Journalist Monored.
Robert Moore Collins, a former resi-
dent of Middlebury and a graduate Of
the college there in 1889, has been put in
charge of the entire Associated Press SER
vice in the Philippines. His first news
paper work was on the Washington
Post, and from there he went into the
Associated Press office in that city.
Three years in the press galleries OF the
national capitol, three conventions in
the last presidential campaign and other
assignments OF national Importance were
part of his work in this country before
he was sent to London at the time OF the
Queens jubilee. From London he went
to Paris to have charge of the Associated
Press work during the session of the
peace commission.
Central Vermont Road Sold.
The Central Vermont railroad was
sold on March 81 in the interest of the
bondhoders and Tor the purpose of carry
ing out the reorganization scheme of
September %. 1898, tor 100000.
There was only one bid. Notice was
filed by Owen D. Young, ESQ.,, of New
York, counsel of the Lamoie Valley ex-
tension bondholders in which the New
York Central joined, that the parties
purchasing did so subject to the claims
of said parties. The document is long
one. The proceedings were purely formal
throughout. Very few were present from
out of the city. This means of course
under the reorganiza ton scheme which
was agreed to between that road and
the Central Vermont bondholders.
US. Clothes Pin Company.
Those who feel that business enter
prises in Vermont are slow of growth
have an object lesson to the contrary in
the strides made by the United States
Clothes Pin Company of Montpelier in
the last few months. The business of
the concern has become so extensive that
the work of construction of wing sixty
by twenty-four feet, two stories high, to
the present plant has been begun. Since
last August the number OF hands EN-
ployed in the clothes pin department
alone has been increased from two to
eight and the orders for the goods would
warrant more could the springs be made
fast enough. Some idea of the output OF
clothespns by the company can be OBJ
tanned when it is known that an order oil
one carload, or 5000 gross of pins, will
be shipped to Europe within a few days.
Gill Odd Fellows, Home.
When fitted up at an expense Of $12 900
this was intended to be home for aged
and INDECENT brothers Of the craft, but
as many prefer staying at their homes or
with friends, the result is that the order
has been caring for sick and infirm mem.
bers at home besides paying an assess.
ment annually of $4,000 or more for the
maintenance of the home at Ludlow
Only four members have been admitted
to the home since it was started, and the
expense annually for each has been about
$500, not counting the cost for nursing
Oldest Bunk President.
G. w. Scott, vice president of the Mont
pelier National bank, has reached hi
Goth birthday. He celebrated the event
by going to the banking rooms in the
morning and taking look about as ha,
been his custom. He is in fine health fol
a man of his years. His hearing ant
thinking faculties are as good as the,
have been for years. Mr.. Scott is proba
bly, the oldest bank president in Yer
mont and possibly in New England. H
is the oldest man in Montpelier.
Vermont Pensions.
q Additional, John Gleason, soldiers
home, Bennington, $4 to $40; origina
widows, ETC., Hannah G. Knight, Wo
colt, So.
t The Morgan Breeders Association CO,
It template offering special premium
S amounting to $3.50, to be competed fo