Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-08-08
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

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X. d. sherry has been appointed
receiver for the Lisbon Granite Co. OF
Groton.
The Bristol News plant has been
sold TO }. NJ. Lull oil Rutland and E-N.
Fuller, who have taken possession.
The Lincoln Lumber Co., manu-
facturers of butter tubs and boxes,
reports the largest business this year
il ever had.
The Richmond Underwear companys
factory is temporarily closed, but VIII
open in two weeks with facilities Tor
an increased output.
Business at the Frost veneer seating
works in Newport is very good. One
order for IS. 600 panels was begun last
week and will take six months TO I'LL.
The Montpelier branch Of the Gran
tie Cutters Union is planning a cele-
bration tor Labor day. Sept. z, with a
parade in the morning followed by
speeches and games.
Frank Culbertson, the buttermaker
at the new creamery in Benson, sent a
tub of his butter to the Pan-American
exposition and got a score of 30, which
entities him to medal.
The granite manufacturers of Barre
. have Welded to the demands OF the
men and there will be no shut out. The
trouble arose over the Interpretation OF
! clause in the bill OF prices.
The project is being agitated Of a
trolley road from Fair Haven to
Poultney and South Poultney TO
!. connect at the latter place with the
contemplated road from Granville,
NY.
I +. & T. Fairbanks & Co., Of st.
Johnsbury, have shipped by mail four
boxes each containing nine postal
: scales and weighing ij pounds, to the
director general of posts for Cuba al
1, Havana.
The drive of logs OF the international
PAPER company has begun arriving al
h Bellows Falls. The drive consists o.
about five and one-half million feetanc
has been doomed for some months a
Sharon.
4 The mammoth stone sheds now be
4. inc built forE b Ellis and Gross Bros
!, In Mortified are among the largest anC
: best in the state Each shed is 230 Il
{, long and the two will give employment
10 about 800 men.
4 The Granite City creamery Of Barre
i +. l.. Hinsdale. proprietor has Deel
/ closed BY the serving OF writ o
! attachment DR.. w. Q. Northen !
- the largest creditor his claim beln!
y 5000. but there are a large number 0
Il smaller creditors.
1. sIxty-hve non-union men nave bee
sent 70 Qeaepsaare, Y. T., from alon.
d. the line OF the Rutland railroad to TAX
~ the places of the striking longshore
a men at the warehouse and docks OF tn
N Rutland Transit g5mbanr,
N The timber contained in thte
a hundred trees Is belha converted int
r. lumber at Shelburne to bs used in tn
re construction of the new steame
y Vermont The steamer Horizon Of
Lake George will also be thoroughly
,. rebuilt at the close of the season.
il The firms of f. L. Smith & Co.
ID Milne. Clarihew 4 Gray, ant
IS Mcdonald. Cutler Il Co., owners o
in some Of the principal Barre grant,
Is quarries, expended over $4,000 LAS
n month in putting in new cable derrick'
o at their quarries The old style
e derrick could be used only on a radiu;
Is of some l25 feet, while with the new
one stone can be handled at a distance
= up to 1000 feet.
!. The stockholders of the proposed
i railroad from Morrisville to Lowell
l. have met and partially organized. The
J. company will be known as the
n Midland Railway company. Five
: directors were chosen. George B.Allen,
I North Hyde Park. II. H. Powers,
!. lMorrisville. W. l.. Wilcox, Fall River,
!. Mass, Z. H. Blossom, Morrisville,
NJ f. Tucker. Hardwick. -Four more
directors will be chosen.
At the annual meeting of the stock
/, holders of the Rutland railroad in
, Rutland Tuesday, the agreement for
! the consolidation and merger of the
Bennington Il Rutland Railway Co.
land its property with the Rutland
railroad and its property was ratified
as was also the plan for the CONSOLE
dation and merger of the Ogdensburg
& Lake Champlain Railway Co. and
its property. A new set OF bylaws
was adopted and the following board
of directors was elected for the ensuing
year DR.. W Seward Webb of
Shelburne. p. W Clement, Wallace 9.
Clement of Rutland, John W. Stewart
of Middlebury, George S. Bird, 5. r.
Callovrav + V W RnSSitpr of New
York. G. H. Ball, Edgar Harding of
Boston.
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