Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-01-30
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

10 ihiNI W. 60.
The +. X. Patch Manufacturing
company of Rutland is building large
addition to its foundry.
There is possibility that a company
. with $4,000 capital may establish a
brick-making plant at Bellows Falls.
The following prices for produce rule
IN Bennington: Potatoes, 81 a bushel
eggs, 35c. dozen butter, Soc pound ;
hay ,Sl2 to SIG a ton.
Lumbermen say there are at least
300 carloads of lumber held up on the
Brattleboro d Londonderry narrow
gauge road for the want of suitable
transportation.
The receipts of the Danville Cream
cry association for the past year were
a little over $4,000. Average net
price paid patrons per pound % pile.
The old board of officers was re-
elected.
Z. X. Howe of Glover has a COW
which he has MIXED twice daily for
four years, four months and twenty
four days and during that time has
made an average of five hundred
pounds OF butter each year.
The King of Barnet, the phenome-
nal heavyweight in bulls, is now two
years and two months old and weighs
1900 pounds and is Is hands high
girts six feet and nine inches, having
gained ia pounds in the last two
months.
The state board Of agriculture holds
meetings this week as follows; At
Pomfret Monday, January p at Shar-
on Tuesday, January rs; at Bridge
water Corners Wednesday. January
20 at West Windsor Thursday, Janu-
AIRY 30 at Cayendish Friday, January
l3l
A deal has been consummated where
by telephone connections will be estab-
lished by the New England Telephone
and Telegraph company with the Weed
q Abbey Telephone company Of Essex,
thus giving toll line connections with a
number OF towns that have heretofore
been without the service.
The Brattleboro Gas Light company
has voted to increase the capital stock
to a sum not exceeding Sl0e,0 900 and TO
issue bonds for the purpose ofbuilding
a dam on White river at West Dunn
merstOn. six miles from Brattleboro,
where an electric station Will be estab-
lished which viii deliver from 1000 to
1900 horse power in the village. The
work will be pushed to completion the
coming season.
The Westinghouse company Of Chi
cago has spent about Sl,O00.000 in
machinery and buildings at its copper
mine in Copperiield, short distance
from Fairlee. A smelling plant is
being constructed near the mine so
that the ore can be smelted. The ore
is said to contain large percentage of
pure copper The industry promises
to become one OF the most important
in the state.
The Harrison Granite company of
Barre has recently secured the contract /
for mausoleum to be built of Barre I
granite, in which will be entombed 4
the body of the late Marcus DAILY, the I
famous copper king and owner and !
breeder of fast horses at Butte, Mont. I
MIR. DAILY died in New York and the 4
mausoleum is to be erected in Green I
Nbbu NNHiNANi y ~ VIII VN tAAN "a NAAS j
finest ever cut OF Barre granite.
The following persons are among
the speakers at the meeting OF the Yer
mont Maple Sugar Makers association
10 be held in Burlington Feb. ) and O.
Hon. Clifford Pinchot. chief of the d.
vision of forestry of Washington, ID.
c. Prot. j. L. Hills, director of the
Vermont station at Burlington; j. o.
state highway commissioner
of Stamford and Charles Green, agent
OF the International Paper company OF
White River Junction. Premiums ag-
5000 have been offered.
It is learned from Nova Scotia
sources that there is a strong probable
itv of Messrs. Mackenzie Il Mann Civ
inc up the Halifax q Yarmouth railway
contract. on account OF serious difficult
ties between those gentlemen and the
Hon. Geo. Murray. IL is also said that
DR.. w. $. Webb and his friends OF the
Cape Breton railway, are willing and
even anxious to take up the work on
more favorable terms than those agreed
upon between the Nova Scotia govern
nent and Messrs. Mackenzie 4 Mann.
The annual meeting ofthe Vermont
Merino Sheep Breeders association
was held at Middlebury Wednesday of
asst week and was largely attended.
The reports of the several officers ,
we're read and accepted, after
which the following officers were elect (
"a President, c. II. Smith of Town
inc vice presidents, II. f. Sanford OF
Vest Cornwall, Chas. NJ. Remele OF {
secretary and treasurer,
IA Hamblin of Middlebury; directors,
!. c. ;. Hamilton of Bridport, J. 7. ,
,tickney of Shoreham. +. j. Carpenter !
II Addison and 4. j Field of Cornwall; r
committee on pedigrees, f. n. Blssell
# East Shorham, c. p. Crane of Bird I
,ort and Chas. A. Chapman of Ferris /:
,urg. 1t was voted to give the secre-
ary and treasurer $500.