Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-10-06
JOHN G. NEWTON.
Death of the WelI-IxnOwn Engi-
neer and Manufacturer
who Had Large Interests at Holyoke,
Mass, and who pId Much TO Sevelop
Business In the DeerheId valley.

who Had Large Interests at Holyoke,
Mass, aud who nId Much TO Revelop
Business In the DeerheId valley.
John C. Newton, the well known engi-
neer and manufacturer, died suddenly Sat
urday at his home il Wilmington, follow
ing an operation for appendicitis. The
death of Mr.. Newton removes one who for
years had been active in large enterprises
in the region, man of great endurance
and opacity for work, and whose industry
had been rewarded by unusual success.
He had a large part in the industrial devel-
opment of Holyoke and of the Deertield
valley in southern Vermont, aud was for
several years engaged in the construction
of railroads in the West. He was man
of large heart and unpretending demeanor,
and commanded the respect OF large cir
Gle of business associates and friends.
John Carter Newton was born in Green
field, April 2l, 1888. He attended the
academy at Westminster, VT, and the
state normal school in Westfeld, where he
was graduated in 1858. During 1859 he
taught school in Vermont and Massachu
sets. In 1860 he abandoned teaching to
engage in building operations, and in that
year erected pas works at Westtield and
Greenfield and built an addition to the
Westfield normal school. The following
year he built the bridges on the Tunnel
railroad In 1862 he wentto Holyoke, and
with his elder brother, Daniel, established
the firm of D. II. IL j. G. Newton, mill en-
gineers and contractors, and for the ensu-
ing 20 years had practical charge OF the
construction of mills aud the development
of manufacturing plants there.
About 1882 Mr.. Newton, in connection
with his brothers, Daniel II. and Moses,
began the construction at Readsboro of the
Deerfield River pulp and paper mills, now
| the plant of the National metal edge box
company. To tap the Deer6eldyalley Mr..
| Newton built the narrow gauge railroad
| from Hoosac Tunnel to ReadsbOro in 1854,
and for a time personally managed ~
! Drawn TO the West by motives in which
! business and health played their respective
parts, Mr.. Newton spent some six or seven
! years there, being largely occupied during
thai time with railroad construction and
management. From 1888 to 1895 he was
vice president and general manager OF the
| Des Moines and Kansas City railway, re-
| linQuishing these positions when the road
became the property Of the Keokuk and
Western railroad company. In 1889, with
associates, he constructed the Indiana
and Lake Michigan railway from ooulH
Bend, Ind, TO ST. Joseph, Mich, taking
his pay in bonds of the road, which he
subsequently successfully negotiated.
In 1891 he resumed Lis labors in the
Deerfield valley by extending the railroad
terminating at Readsboro to Wilmington
giving it total length of about % miles
He then plunged fearlessly into the task Of
opening up this region to trade and manu-
features, establishing headquarters at vii
mington. Here he built the mountain
mills-pulp mill and saw mill-of which
he had since acted as resident manager
His brothers, Daniel II. and Moses, wer'
his partners in the several enterprises
which he had inaugurated.
Mr.. Newton married on Nov. %, 1860
Miss Leila Frederick Vulte of New Yorl
city. Four daughters have been born Il
this marriage, all of whom are still living
They are: Harriet Ensign, wife of Waite
II. Draper, a lumber merchant of Boston
Elizabeth, who was married last month t
Harry A. Cushing of New York; Evelyn
and Joan Carter, wife of Andrew Cuneo
IT,, a real estate broker and banker of New
York city.