St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-05-07
VERMONT NEWS.

mast alone WIN "N5t 0i "
li 3r teet in height, and the aperture is
;hoe ~ enough 10 conceal a good-s'zed
aIE' The derrick is being constructed
maT' NJ Boutwell, of Barre, and is to be
g J.JJod in the dark quarry OF the Lang
P'a,NC Granite Company. This will in
don fbr number of derricks at the
V 'orr;,s of the company to five. The
IuDt is of Oregon pine and in dimensions
l iD1oo feet long by 2l2 'eet square at The
E.tt bv 2 leet square at the tip. The
g pnsI is IS feet long by % inches square
O pthe Init by IS inches squa,e at the
a. a. This derrick will have guarantee ed
tHPP;oo canacitv OF Is tons but will really
IDa ',aT OF lifting double that weight.
TLs cost of the derr elk alone will be
about 81 1000.
Gov. Pages Long Business Record
Gov Page last week closed his tol ty-
seventh wear of continuous and success
aJbnsiness in green calf skins, record
led by VERY lew business men, says
tbe Uorrisville News and Citizen. 1t is
sa;d that there is not today in New York,
CHICAGO. Philadelphia, Boston, Balti-
more Cincinnati, St. Louis, nor in any
nttbe other OF the larger American cities,
any dealer-certainly, no extensive dealer
in raw calf skins who was in business
when Coy. Page commenced at Hyde
Park in 1855, They have all either died,
failed. incorpora ed, or in some way
nassed out OF business. The governor is
TO-DAY in excellent health and bids fair to
eosily round out half century in bust
ness Indeed, so far as surface indica-
tons 90, he is apparently good tor
twenty years more.
Value of Vermont Farms.
The census report on agriculture in
Vermont gives the following summary
on the basis OF June /, 1900. Number OF
farms, 331O5. value SS3O71, go; of
this amount As per cent represents the
value of buildings and the rest of lands
and improvements other than buildings.
The value OF farm implements and farm
machinery was $753S 400, and of live
stock S17,S41,317. The total value OF
farm property was SIS, Ash APT and the
value OF farm products in 1899 was
S3357O.S 500. OF which 46 per cent was
in animal products. The gross farm in
come for 1899 was $21 994 4O2.
President Roosevelt May Visit Vermont.
Col. Charles S, Forbes, OF St. AIbans,
secretary of the Vermont Sons of the
Revolution, was in Washington last
week, and incompany with Senator Proc
torcaIed on President Roosevelt and in
yited him to visit Montpelier next fall
as the guest of the society and to deliver
an address before the members on the
occasion of the annual meeting. The
President took the matter under consid-
Grafton and will notify the acting pres
idcut OF the society, Hon. Fletcher D.
Proctor, of his acceptance or declnatlon
at an early date.
Dr.. Webb is President of the Rutland
System.
At meeting of tie board OF directors
Of the Rutland railroad system, held in
New York, Wednesday, DR.. w. Seward
Webb of Shelburne was elected president
to succeed Percival w. Clement OF Rut-
land resigned. F. H. Button OF Rutland
was elected clerk and secretary OF the
board and corporation to succeed Henry
6, Smith of Rutland. 1t was also voted
to buy the stock OF the Canada Atlantic
raiIray and to guarantee its bonds o the
amount Of $11 200 900 subject to the
approval of the stockholders, who will
meet IN Rutland May 18th. John w.
Smith a native OF St. Adams, has been
appointed purchasing agent of the sys-
tenn. lie is SO years old, and tor 10
years has been connected with the Can
ada Atlantic road. His father, Edward
A, Smith, who died last winter, was a
brother OF Gen. ". F. C'Baldy') Smith.
The Barre Emergency Hospital was
opened last week. A large thrtestory
residence has been remodeled for the pur.
pose and there is accommodation for ! 2
patients. The hospital is in charge OF
Dr. W. F. Gilman, a graduate OF a New
York medical college.
William Finnegan of Island Pond, a
brakeman on the Grand Trunk railroad,
was killed by being thrown from a
freight train at Berlin, N. H.
Warren X. Dunton, a Vermont volun-
teer and regular army officer, died in
BoonyiIle, Mo-, last week. In 1861 he
enlisted in Co. E. 9th Vermont Vols,
reached the rank OF first lieutenant and
was mustered out i'll 1868 on account oil
disabilities. In 1865 he was commits,
stoned captain in the veteran eserve ser
vice and in the same year was brevtted
MAJOR OF volunteers for meritorious ser.
vice. In 1867 he went iuto the regular
service as a second lieutenant of infantry
and retired in 1878 as first lieutenant
Since that time he has lived in Dorset
ne was a trustee of Burr and Buttor
Seminary at Manchester.
The Bond & Whitcomb Granite Co. o
Barre have commenced the survey for E
railroad to their quarries on Barre
mountain. This will be a continuation
OF the Barre railroad leading TO the Mari
q Gordon quarries. 1t will be a halt
mite long and end at the highest part o
the mountain.
beede & Cowles of Barton took i'll &C
tons OF maple sugar one day recently
Ihcre were teams which reached about
aquarter OF a mile from the depot to
ward Irasburgh aud some of the men ii
tde procession were in the line three
nouns before they could be waited on
oyer $4,000 was paid out for sugar as il
sOlI Tor seven cents per pound. 1t wa!
o.g day for the sugar trade.
A strike among the men of the Cont
mental mill OF the Vermont Marble Co
at Center Rutland was settled Wednes
Gay. The strike began April Is anc
about 1875 men were concerned. The dit