Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-08-01
INDUSTRIAL NOTES

What is thought to be a rich vein OF
gold ore has been discovered in Shell
burne
A branch Of the International Asso-
citation Of Machinists is to be organic
ed at Barre.
Employees in the Boston q Maine
| railroad shops at Lyndonyille have
been granted a Saturday halt holiday
during the summer
The Village improvement society of
Danville has received $50 from James
Rollins toward a permanent fund for
the care Of the cemetery.
Operations have been suspended
along the line OF the Rutland Canadian
railroad until certain litigation now
pending IN the courts is settled.
The Mortified Enterprise company
has been organized and will raise
$4,000 to erect a new building for
Z. b. Ellis, the granite dealer and thus
secure tor Mortified a large stone
cutting contract.
The contract for putting in the ex-
tension Of the Concord. n. H., street
railway to the Concord state fair
grounds has been awarded to Ward q
| Douglass Of Barre. who are doing the
work on the Concord & Manchester
road.
One Of the largest deals consum-
mated in Vermont for some time is the
recent sale by the Groton Lumber com
pany to Mitchell Goslant of Marshfeld
OF tract OF 1900 acres situated in
the towns Of Groton, Marshfeld and
Peacham.
Letters patent have been taken out
at Washington by Yermonters as fol-
lows Frank Bonori, Bennington,
view mechanism for slot machine
Perley a. kimball, Bellows Falls, yer.
teal shaft bearing VIM. G. Lindsay,
Newport, seat bolt.
Owing to a rapid increase in bust
ness the Brandon Italian Marble COM
pany viii al once build an addition to
is finishing department in Middle
bgrY The company's marble Office
building which is nearing completion,
will bp one Of the finest buildings I'M
town.
One Barre granite manufacturer is
using some stock that comes from the
new quarry near Windsor The stone
is greenish in color is very hard and
takes q fine polish. As yet the quarry
has not been operated long enough to
enable good stock OF large dimensions
70 be taken.
An so horsepower hosting engine
built BY Whitcomb Bros, especially
Tor service on Z. l.. Smith q Cos
light quarry has been taken to the
freight station of the Barre railroad for
shipment to the hill. 1t is one OF the
most perfect and powerful machines OF
il kind ever built in Barre.
Twenty-four years ago the Bristol
Manufacturing company was organized
as a stock concern with capital stock |
of SIS. 900. Today the company has a
capital stock OF 100000, and a surplus
fund of about $4,000. The company
is prosperous. having annually paid a
good dividend. It's product is collins
and Baskets
The Rutland-Florence Marble Co Is
about to build large mill. The struc-
tire will be erected either at West |
Rutland or at Pittsford. Ii built at the
True Blue marble quarries at West
Rutland. a branch railroad will be 4
built connecting the mill with the
company's quarries at Pittsford. Ope-
rations will be begun before the end OF
the summer.
The work OF manutactulingt the stone
blocks for repairing the Burlington
breakwater will begin very soon, ana
that of laying them early in September
when the water reaches its lowest
point. There is still sufficient LETT o.
the government appropriation, par
italy used last season, 20 continue the
work for several months. The break
water. with the exception Of that por-
ton recently rebuilt, is in a bad way
and is constantly getting worse.
The Chatham x Lebanon Valley
Railway company is arranging for q
LARGE outlay OF money on its line this
wear. The gravel for the reballasting
OF the roadbed will be secured al
Ravyille and South Berlin, and
steam shovel will be set up at one OF
these places at once. Part OF the
81. 600 ties have arrived ana nave Deeh
strung along the line There has been
no change in the running OF the trains
since the road was merged IN the f,
Rutland system.
There is a demand in Barre at the
present time for fully $50 additional
stone cutters. while on the hill third
OF that number more quarrymen coulu !
find work win quarry owners. More
men are al work IN the stone business
in Barre than ever before and the rate :
AT which orders are coming IN az
present means a piling up OF business
that argues well tor the year 70 come.
Every skilled man in Barre has steady
work. and even the most unskilliul
have a lob. Fully loo new houses are
being erected in the city this summer.
Barre is growing as fast as at any time
III her history and will grow faster vet !
If the granite manufacturers can GET
the men they want at present
rBarre Times.
Pranks Of Sleep-WsIker. Z