Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-08
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

: June 2.
Nine hours will be days work for
| Burlington masons and bricklayers
! after May 49,.
The business of the n. X. Brown
Medicine Co. OF Burlington has been
sold to Jermon. Pheuger & Kuehmsted
Co. wholesale druggists of Milwaukee,
Wis.
Norcross Bros. of Bennington are
daily making large shipments of mar
bic to New York to be used in the con-
struction of a library. 1t will be sew
eral months before the shipments will
cease.
A reduction of IS cents per ton in
the prices of all kinds of anthracite
coal went into effect at Rutland last
week. The new prices are as follows:
Stove, chestnut and egg, So; CRATE,
1910; pea, So
DIR. w. II. Corey recently applied
the tuberculosis test to the 90 cows
owned by George G. Thompson of
Woodstock and found II OF them af-
Iflicted with the disease. These were
slaughtered at once.
The Rutland Railroad company
adopted new excess baggage rate
Nav |. The new rate will be the same
as that charged on most of the New
England railroads. 1t will reduce the
rates now in force on the Rutland road.
The Carpenter Organ company of
.Brattleboro reports that the shipments
for March exceeded those of any March
in the history of its business, while
those of the first quarter of this year
show an increase of about 10 per cent
over the first quarter OF 1901.
G. A. Rows and James Cross contem-
plate starting a horn hairpin man
ufacturing industry in Mortified !
next fall, hoping to employ not
less than ten hands. A.W. Spauldino /
OF Leominster, Mass, will be associa- |
ted with them in the business.
Barre merchants are uniting in an
effort to do away with the custom of
giving 10 per cent discount to mer-
chants, clerks, teachers, students, /
stage drivers and others, believing
that it is unbusiness-like and unjust to
the customer who pays the full price.
The strike Of the marble polishers in
the Continental mill Of the Vermont
Marble company at Center Rutland
was settled Wednesday Of last week
and the men all returned to work
Thursday. The strike was not on a
question OF higher wages, but in re-
gard to piece work.
The Bond & Whitcomb Granite Co.
have begun the survey for a railroad
10 their Quarries on Barre mountain.
This will be a continuation of the
Barre railroad leading to the Mari &
Gordon quarries. 1t will he a half
mile long and end at the summit OF
he highest peak Of the mountain.
At meeting of Scale Workers Pro-
ective Union. No. 1852, held at Rut-
and Thursday evening, the members
# the committee who waited on DIR. ,
John A. Mead Thursday in behalf of
he day laborers at the Howe Scale !
works made a report. The !
equest made by the committee was
or an advance in wages OF % cents a =
lay. Doctor Mead offered an advance /
II 10 cents a day and il was decided at !
his meeting to accept the offer
The Lane Manufacturing company !,
4 Montpelier is getting out what will !
be the largest castings for a
errick ever made. The socket for the
mast alone will weigh 1000 pounds, is c
tx feet in height, and the aperture is n
lrge enough to conceal a good sized 9
nan. The derrick is being construct h
d for j. NJ. Boutwell, of Barre. and is
D be placed in the dark quarry of the
.angdon Granite Co This will in !,
rease the number of derrieks at the .
uarries of the company to five. :
The paving stone cutters at the II
marry Of the Capital Granite company,
lontpelier, struck last week The
ntters gave three DAYS notice that t
Mess the price of cutting paving was i
dvanced from S22 to S2l by May ] o
lev would strike. The company re- :,
Used and the strike followed. The :
)mpany offered to give the advance
on July L. but the cutters
Fused, but finally accepted the prop !,
sition of s2S per 1000 to September ,
after which the price will be adj O
anced to S24.
A force of men has been making ex- u
lvations for the foundations OF the n
liant ofthe Lumiere North American N
,mpany. which is TO be situated at
oward Park, Burlington. c. II. Kib- ]
&c Of Boston will be superintendent =
construction. The excavations are Is
aing made by +. H. McCale, who has u
zen awarded a sub-contract for that
ork. The contract calls for the CON- CT
Ietion OF the plant by the first week W
September. In addition to the in
Hiding, a dock will he constructed =
Id. II satisfactory rates cannot be 4
ade with the railroads. the Lumiere Ii
'mpany will transport its supplies in b,
, own boats ..
At meeting Of the board of direc- sc
r. held in New York last week Ii,
ednesday, DIR. w. Seward Webb was -
ected president OF the Rutland rail- q;
ad system to succeed Percival w.
ement, resigned. +. H. Button Of 4
inland was elected clerk and secre- On
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