Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-15
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
There is a gold craze on in the
Deerfield valley and vicinity. Specu-
lators are buying up lands or taking
leases at large prices.
Beginning Monday, May 10, the
plumbers, steam filters and sheet metal
workers of Burlington will demand a
nine-hour day with ten hours pay.
The contract for building a second
immense dam at East Pittsford which
the Chittenden Power company will
use TO store water for immediate use at
the power house, has been awarded
and work will begin at once.
Whitcomb Brothers have granted
their employees at the Montpelier
steam laundry a fifty-fve hour week
with pay for sixty hours, beginning
Monday. Instead of working fewer
hours during the week the employees
win take half holiday Saturdays.
The Scott Stocking company is the
legal name of the successor of the
Lasher Stocking company, of Benning-
ton. The company is working on
large order for John Wanamaker for
hosiery. Many other orders for goods
are on file. The new style of knitting
machines will be made in Bennington
as in the past.
A new industry has been established
in Burlington by the Burlington Bill
Hard Table Co. 1t is the manufacture
of all kinds of billiard and pool tables.
In the regular table, quartered oak
frames are used, the bed is of Vermont
slate and the cushions and cloth are Of
the best variety, the latter being Sc
cured direct from the importers.
Hall q Cochrane and John +. and
Oscar G. Hatch of Groton have sold a
piece of timber land in Peacbam with
l4,0O0,0 feet OF hard and soft timber
to &C. and j. w. Whitcher of Lisbon,
n. II. The Whitcher firm has been
running a saw mill in Lisbon but it is
understood that it is to move its bust
ness 10 Peacham and work is TO be be-
gun at once
The Brattleboro Gas and Electric
Light company has awarded the con-
tract to build dam across West river,
north Of Brattleboro, hemlock logs to
be sunk and weighted with granite.
The company expects to spend some
$50, 900 on the dam and power plant
and viii develop a large amount OF
electric power for its own business
and for other Brattleboro industries.
At largely attended meeting of the
Granite Manufacturers association OF
Barre it was voted to make few cor
rections in the prices, which the ex
change suggested, and it was also vot-
ed to employ travelling men TO solicit
work for the smaller manufacturers
who are not individually doing busi-
ness enough to have their own men
out All the manufacturers expressed
themselves as satisfied with the work.
ings OF the exchange.
New facilities for the manufacture
OF the new Estey pipe organs at Brat
tleboro are required. A new shop, de-
signed specially Tor use in the building
OF church organs, will be built during
the coming summer. 1t will be in the
rear of shops and s, but will be dit
ferent from the other shops in its gen.
eral plan. Although the company has
been engaged in building pipe organs
but a short time, it promises TO be-
come one of the important branches Of
the industry.
Several Burlington contractors and
builders have organized the Burling- |
ton Builders Exchange. The object |
of the exchange is TO treat with labor
unions in case of any difference of
opinion as TO wages or hours. II Is
said that the carpenters, masons and
painters desire a nine-hour day, with
ten hours pay, while the plumbers
wish nine-hour day, with nine hours
pay, although not all of the workmen |
have as yet made any formal demand |
of their employers.