Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-07-03
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
There is some talk OF moving the
Rutland railroad shops from Rutland
to Burlington and if this is done the
general office Of the company will be
moved from Rutland also.
At meeting Of the supreme lodge,
Ancient order United Workmen, held
at Portland, Ore, lately, an effort
was made to unite Vermont with the
Quebec Jurisdiction but instead Yer
mont and New Hampshire were joined,
The Bennington machine works re-
Gently shipped TO Germany a part OF
an outfit for a pulp mill. The estab-
1 lishment, which is also turning out the
equipment for mill tor the American
Powder company and one for the Rand
Powder company, is preparing to I'LL a
/ large order tor pulp-making machin-
cry for a firm in Norway
II. NJ. Gipson, receiver, has sold the
High street marble property, Brandon,
at auction for g.. 100 10 III. ID. Bacon OF
the Brandon Italian Marble company.
The property consists of marble
quarry, a parcel OF land, tools and ma
chinery aud about 100 blocks of mar
BILE. II was formerly owned and OPP
Grated by Williams q Field.
It IS said that plans for the new de-
pot at Bellows Falls have been pract-
callv determined upon and that the
work of remodelling will be begun be-
fore winter. According TO the report,
the present depot will be remodeled,
the cafe made smaller, the waiting
rooms enlarged, new closets put in.
telegraph office moved upstairs, and
train sheds added on both sides of the
depot.
The lockout at the International
Paper mills at Bellows Falls ended
June 90. the men gaining nearly all the
disputed points and the mills opened
Monday morning. The clause relating
to the employment of non-union men
is held open and will be settled by ar
bitration, pending such settlement the
mills 10 run. The lockout affected 600
men who return 10 work on a shorter
time schedule with increased wages,
after contest with the mill owners
lasting nearly three weeks.
The damage to the Central Vermont
railway by the washouts at MiddleseX
and Waterbury amounts TO over
500. 600, of which $4,000 alone can
be charged up to putting the tracks
I'm the condition in which they were
before the storm. The balance and
probably much more was lost by the
company in the way of traffic. Inc
company has decided not TO put IN
any stone culverts at points where
the washouts occurred. but to build
steel bridges in their places, and the
engineers are now at work on plans
4 stone culvert was located at the
point where the wreck occurred.
This gorge will be bridged by steele
structure so that all fear OF future
danger will be eliminated.
The much talked of railroad to run
from Manchester to Granville. y, :,
via Dorset, is now about TO be begun.
For several years the project has been
under consideration, but with no prac-
tical results until recently, but Tuesday
a charter for the Manchester, Dorset
and Granville railroad was authorized
bv the secretary OF state at Mont
pelier. The capital stock is placed
nj $3.50. goo. and a sufficient amount
has been taken to warrant the COM
mencement OF the work, and survey
ors will be put on at once. The road
will be steam road, and II Is eA-
pected that it will be completed as lar
as Dorset before winter. The road
win be % miles long, OF re-
markablv easy grade, and will run
through rich farming country and
near locations where there are I'M
limited quarries of marble and slate
which are now in operation. No aid
viii he asked OF the towns OF Man,
chester and Dorset. and it is expected
mat owners of the land will be liberal
n Granting rights of way, as the road
will greatly benefit both towns.