Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-09-18

Small PHI, smsO ns;a s~''' o.
the first of its kind in this section, or, i'll
fact, in the East. In the West they are
rapidly coming into USE and are proving
so satisfactory that they are displacing the
steel bridges. They need no painting or
| repairs of any kind. All that needs at
| tention is the roadway, which in this case
is simply n part of the highway The lar
gest bridge of tho kind in the United States
is in Ameda county. California, and was
built by Henry Root, who was also the
i engineer of the bridge at Essex.
MARBLE CUTTER SERIOUSLY HURT.
After having a block of marble seven
feet and four inches long. three feet and
ten inches wide and eight inches thick fall
4 upon his body &. Fregonie, an Italian who
is employed as marble cutter at the Column
: bian Marble Quarry companys works on
4 Columbian avenue, Rutland is still alive.
I Mr.. Fregonie. as the result of the accident
has broken left thigh and is probably in
! jured internally. The extent OF his injur-
/ les cannot be ascertained as yet num-
Der of men We're engaged putting tho block
of marble on to rollers preparatory to roll
ing it out into the shipping yard. In rails
/ ing the block in some way il got away
from the men and fell on Mr.. Fregonie
pnni1g him to what is called banker
lie was caught in such a way that he re-
ceived nearly the whole weight of the
block. Fregonie was Immediately taken to
ms rome on Watkins avenue, where he
was attended by Drs. Hammond and
Hedcl.
SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR RAILROAD.
The annual report of the Woodstock
i Railway Co.. just issued. shows an unusu-
ally prosperous year just closed the earn
inSs of the road being much larger than
last year, and in fact larger than in any
II previous year. There was a noteworthy
increase of traffic. and the net cost of OPP
Grafton was smaller than usual by reason
of the sale of large amount of old rails
at price higher than they were invoiced
last YEAR The improvements include the
! construction of an arched stone culvcrt
over the Tracy brook, the reinforcements
Of the long bank wall al Taftsvile by lay
lhg an outside retaining wall the placing
or an unusually large amount Of balla st
In the track, repainting of all the stations
ana buildings, the purchase of two new
HAT cars, etc. new combination passen-
ger coach has also been ordered, to be de-
!iNered Jan. l.-Nermont Standard.
RUTLAND's STREET MIDDLE.
An injunction restraining the street COM
mittoe and engineer from constructing a
sewer on Mussey street, Rutland has
ford on petition signed by May
or D. W. Temple and Ave mem
bers of the city council. 1t was claimed
In the papers submitted to the Judge that
action of the street committee was not in
accordance with the action of the city
council. which body refused to pass over
the mayors veto a resolution appropriate
ing money for the Mussey street sewer.
II is claimed by the orators that the work
or laying Of the sewer would cost nearly
5 ?Oo.-Rutand Herald
f SCHOOL HOUSES SOLD AT AUCTION.
The selectmen of Mount Holly have sold
at auction three buildings. which were
originally built to be used as school houses,
ana which We're so used in most cases for
many years. The school house in
the Barr district was sold to Il.
D. Barr, the one in the mountain
district to Matthew Herman, and the
one in the village of Bowlville to
George Sherman. The latter is a brick
building and is in excellent condition. Pros
: porous schools were formerly maintained
} IN all OF these places. but owing to the de-
crease in the population to other parts Of
the town they have been practically unus d
for several years. All three of the buiid-
ines will be remodeled and turned into
dwellings. The land on which the school
houses stand was included in the sales
: st. Adams Messenger.
NOIED MOI III DlSBAND.
The Vermont Central Baptist Union
brought their annual convention at Ran.
dolph to close Wednesday night The
session has been largely attended and was
productive of much good. During the ses-
i sion the Rev. Guy c. IAmson, of Montpel-
| Ter presided and Mrs j. w. Leland of
Montpelier acted as clerk and treasurer.
The question of disbanding, owing to the
small number of societies represented In
ton for some time. 1t was unanimously
/ voted at the session not to disband The
1 centennial celebration of the associa ton
will take place five years hence. The Rev.
1 g. w Clough, of Groton. delivered the an
nual sermon before the members yester-
day afternoon. Montpelier Argus.
CHANGES AT NORWICH UNIVERSITY
t Capt. II. w. Hovey 24th infantry. U. S.
1 A, who has arrived In Mortified from Al
| aska, will assume his duties as professor
OF military science and tactics at Norwich
university on Sept. %. Capt. c. S. Carle-
ton Of Westbrook, Me, who served as e M
I mandant and professor of mathema tics
last year will be relieved of his military
t duties and will devote his attention TO
mathematics. The summer school Of en-
: Gineortng. which is in charge OF Capt Car
Teton and Professor Winslow. is engaged
in railroad survey from the Central Ver-
2 mont track to q point on the Watstiel d
road, some five miles distant from the
Z Common. Present indications are that the
$ freshmen class this year will number "a
men. At recent meeting of the board Of
I trustees, Prof. c. c. Brill was elected dean
of the faculty.
. MRS. ROGERS CANNOT BE TRIED IN
! DEC hAiBER.
1t Is understood that there will be no
5 grand jury called at the December term OF
the Bennington county court to consider
I the cases OF Mrs. Mary Rogers, Stella
= Bates and Leon Pcrham, in Jail in Ben
4 nington charged with the murder of Mar
4 Gus Rogers Their cases will not come up
until the regular meeting of the grand jury
! which will not be until next June The
physicians say that Mrs, Rogers will be-
come mother in January, II not before,
and 1t is not thought best to undertake any
s jury proceedings about that time 1t Is
G probable that the governor will soon be
e asked to order the removal OF the women
, to Rutland or Windsor, as their accomo-
$ cations are limited, and the room now oc-
e cupiod by them is needed for other pur-
3 poses. Both women are in the best OF