Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-12-26

Mrs. Louise Royce of Barre has n
book containing the original survey of
the Central Vermont railroad from
Montpelier through Barre and Orange
i to Bradford, also a survey OF the Gulf
route. The engineering work was
done by j. i. Dodge, former resi-
dent OF Barre, and graduate of the
U. V. NJ. The surveys were made
about the year 1915.
1t is now an assured fact that the
new $4,000 summer hotel at Man
chester will be erected and open
August !. The capital will be furnish
ed by New York and Saratoga parties
and it is also understood that one or
more OF the prominent officials OF the
Rutland railroad are also interested.
A new station near the hotel will be
erected. The company viii also erect
several cottages near the hotel. The
hotel itself will accommodate over 300
persons.
Relative TO the railroad agitation the
Montpelier Argus says that the amount
OF railroad business in the section is
likely 10 prove surprising when il is
put in statistical form by the COM
mittee. There are $4,000 tons of hard
coal used in Montpelier and Barre
every year, besides much larger
amount OF soft coal The hardware
stores and dealers in quarry supplies
pay heavy freight bills and the ship
ments OF ordinary forms of merchan-
disc are heavy.
The Vermont Bee Keepers associa-
ton in session at Nergennes last week
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year President, j. L. Crane
of Middlebury vice presidents, Addi-
son county l.. o. Bascom of Orwell
Orange county. +. II. Edison of Ran
delphi Center Lamoille county. +. X.
Seaver OF Cady's Falls; Chittenden
county, o. j. Lowry OF Jericho; Rut-
land county, v. N. Forbes OF West
Brookfield secretary, NJ +. Cram OF
West BroOkfeld; treasurer, IL. l.. /
Leonard of Brandon.
A dozen masons employed by the |
Mosely & Stoddard Mfg. Co. in erect /
ing new silo plant at Rutland de-
clared a strike last week The trouble 4
dates back several weeks when the /
men were employed on another build /
ing for the same concern. Alderman /
james +. Greed was employed to I
oversee the work at that time. One
day he lifted a stone and set it on the I
wall and this they considered nobody /
but a mason had a right TO do, so they +
struck. The company will delay con-
struction until other arrangements can
be made.
DR. w. Seward Webb has just COM
pleted the purchase of several farms
and when negotiations for the purchase
Of one more farm are completed he will +
own the entire property on Shelburne
point, with the exception OF about six
acres now owned by the Champlain
Transportation Co. and as he owns a
large amount OF stock in that company
the shipyards will not be obnoxious to
him The purchase includes about
400 acres, which makes his entire es-
tate about 1000 acres in extent, and
the price he paid for the 1000 acres is
said to be little less than 100000.
The eleventh annual session of the
Vermont dairy school will open at
Jan. Is, and will last four
weeks. The school viii be conducted
on the same lines as hitherto, teaching
the science and art of butter making
in all its branches by lecture, text
book, laboratory, and by actual work
with separators, churn, and butter
workers. The cost of the months
schooling in modern dairying, includ-
inc board, need not exceed S25. Near
Iy live hundred Vermont boys have at
tended during the paA ten years, and
al speak well of the value of the
course.
The brewery" on an island of the