Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-04-24
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
The lowest bid for the new govern
ment building at Newport is by S. E.
Moore of Indiana for $4,000.
There are over $500 names on the
pay roll OF the Vermont Marble COM
pany OF Proctor and the amount for
the month of March was about $40, 600.
The st. Adams branch of the r. G.
PaysOn a Co. canning concern will
more than double its output of corn
this season, beside putting up large
quantities of apples and baked beans,
string beans and peas to limited eX-
tent. The output the coming year is
expected to be million cans of corn.
The Water Paint company of Amer
lea is the name of corporation or
ganized aud closely associated with
the Casein company of America. The
new company intends to control all
the water paint business of the coun-
try and since the product is manutac-
tured at Bellows Falls, the business
there will gradually be increased.
A large timber deal was closed by
Prouty Il Miller of Newport few days
ago which brought them into posses
sion of nearly the whole OF the town.
ship of Crockertown in Franklin
county, Me. II comprises $4,000
acres, well timbered, mostly spruce, a
large mill in running order, and stu
ated within AZ miles of Pennington.
The two new mills at the Columbian
Quarrying company's plant at Rut-
land will probably be put in operation
in about three weeks. The work of
setting the fourteen new gangs and
the 300-horse power engine is nearly
the new mills it will necessitate a con-
siderable addition to the present force
of employees.
Montpelier's newly organized Paint
ers', Paperhangers' and Plasterers'
Union has adopted resolutions to the
effect that no union man will work for
a contractor who employs non-union
men for house painting, decorating or
paper hanging A copy of this reso-
luton was served on ID. p. Clark,
who now has in his en-
plOy one union man and eight nom
union men.
The Vermont Farm Machine COM
pany of Bellows Falls is contemplating
some important additions to its plant
during the coming season. One is a
i6-foot, three-story addition to the
south end Of the present plant and an
other is a large store house, two stories
on one side and three stories on the
other, to be located on the bank west
Of the present building and next to the
electric road.
P. B. Norton and Clark Bros, of
Yergennes, started April 10Th with
sixty merino sheep for Sydney,
Australia. They will 90 to Nancou-
yer, b. c.. where they will embark for
their destination. The trip, barring
accidents, will take about forty-two
days time. These sheep were bought
m Addison county and are valued at
10000. This is Mr.. Norton's seventh
rip to Australia. from which he eX-
poets to return about the first Of Sep
.ember.
Through the efforts of a represen-
tative of the American Federation of
Labor about IS Middlebury men have
affiliated with that body, principally
of the Brandon Italian Mar
Die company. A local BARRIERS union |
will be organized within a few days |
md probably an organization will be
Effected among the grocery clerks.
This is the first attempt in Middlebury |
o interest workingmen as a body in |
labor, although there were
many individual members of unions
there.
The contract has been awarded by |
he American Wooden Co.of Lawrence,
Mass, for the construction of a large |
addition to the mill plant at Winooski,
md workmen have already begun to
lemolish a part of the old mill upon
he site of which the new structure
will be erected. When the contemplate
d changes in the plant are completed,
which will be by October LIST, the con-
.ern will employ 1,200 hands, with a
pay roll of from $4,000 to
s35, 900. There are now 400 employees
It work and the pay roll aggregates
$500 weekly.