St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11
VERMONT NEWS.
County Good Roads Meeting,

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held as follows: Addison, at Middlebury,
the Addison House. Tuesday, March "a;
Benningto on. at Bennington, the Putnam,
Thursday. March 26; Chittenden, at
Burlington, the Van Ness, Tuesday, April
Z; Essex, at Guildhall the hotel, Tues
day, April 81; Franklin, at St. Adams,
the American, Thursday, April 9; Grand
Isle, at South Hero, the hotel, Wednes-
day, April s; Lamoi lie, at Hyde Park,
the Phoenix, Tuesday, April IA; Orange,
at Chelsea, the hotel, Tuesday, March
81; Orleans, at Newport, the Memphre-
magog, Thursday, April 16; Rutland, at
Rutland, the Bardwel, Wednesday,
March %; Washington, at Montpelier,
the Pavilion, Thursday, April 2; Wind
sor, at White River Junction, the June
ton House. Wednesday, April 1. All
meetings to commence at 10 80 O'Clock
! a. m, with afternoon session. 1t it is
impossible to reach the meeting in your
own county, then attend the meeting of
| arc her county.
Railroad to Rutland.
The engineers who made the survey Of
the proposed railroad between Montpe-
lier and Rutland estimate that the cost
OF constructing the lire would be Sc, 000,-
900. 1t is believed that a large part of
the money can be raised in Vermont.
The New York capitalists who have
purchased number of important indus
tries in Rutland, including the Rutland
Street Railway Company, the Chittenden
Power Company, and Peoples Gas Light
Company, are willing to take consid-
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posed road under the present plan, but if
for any reason they do not care to take
hold of it, it is probable that these capi-
talists will take up the matter them
selves. If they do this, it is bel eyed that
the road will be an electric trolley system
rather than steam, as they think troll
ley road could be operated to much bet
ter advantage over the many hills along
the propo sed route than could a steam
road. Efforts will then be made to get
either the Delaware and Hudson or Rut-
land railroad to take up the project and
it is now thought that there will be no
great difficulty in getting the construc-
ton under way.
Contracts Have Been Let.
The contracts have been let for the
construction of new buildings at Fort
Ethan Allen, to be erected as soon as
weather permits. The total cost CT the
new work will aggregate SIP O49.
Here are the awards: Denniston Con-
struction Co Syracuse, N. Y, one bach
elor officers quarters, two barracks, two
stables, S132, 400. Fitzpatrick & Pen
nington of Plattsburg, two gun sheds,
S20,9lO. 6. S. Blodgett & Co Burling-
ton, plumbing two stables and one bach
elor Offices quarters, $3,364; Thomas
Costello, Plattsburg, plumbing two bar
racks and heating one bachelor officers
quarters and two barracks, $13,510; W.
H. Buckley & Co., Burlington, gas pip
ing bachelor officers quarters and two
barracks, 1927; James Wilkinson & Co.,
Boston, electric wiring one bachelor Off
GERS quarters and two barracks, ST ,5S5.
Well Known Printer Dead.
William H. Ruston, who had repre-.
sented the 18th Middlesex district in the
Massachusetts house of representatives,
and who was we'll known besides as a
printer, died at his home at Maiden.
Mass, Friday, from Bright's disease.
Mr.. Ruston was born in Huntington,
Que, SIS years ago. Later he lived in
Brattleboro, and for the past 80 years
has made his home in Massachusetts
His career as a printer began in Vermont
and continued in Boston.
Col G. g. Kinsman Dead.
Col. Charles c. Kinsman, 63, died from
Brieht's disease, in Rutland, Thursday.
He enlisted in Co. E of the Fourth Yer
mont Infantry as private, and while a
lieutenant of Company Dand was mus
tered out April II, 1868, on account of i'll
health. He took part IN several bat
ties. He returned to Brandon after the
war, but soon went to Rutland, where
be was engaged in the dry goods bust
ness manv years. He was department
commander of the Grand Army in 1884,
and for years was connected with the
state national guard, rising from private
to colonel. He is survived by wife, two
sons, and his father, who is 90 years old.
WrangIe mt Burlington.
Burlington has an election contest
which will probably be carried to the
courts 1t was announced last week
Tuesday night that Mayor D. c. Haw-
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votes. J. E. Burke, the democratic local
option candidate, who also had the sup
port of the labor unions, claimed that IA
split tickets cast tor him were not
counted, and that his majority was L.
Every ward in the city went for license,
the total vote being 3144, with yes
majority OF 1850.
Burlington to Get Offices.
At what was probably the most large
~ attended city meeting ever held in Bur
lngton, the voters Friday night voted
to issue bonds to the sum of $50, 1000 to
secure the removal of the head offices oil
the Rutland railroad to that city from
Rutland. A resolution favorable to the
plan was presented by City Attorney X.
E. Brown, who said that the resolution
had been submitted to DR.. Seward W.
Webb, president OF the Rutland road, and
he had declared it to be satisfactory to
him. !. E. Burke followed Mr.. Brown
with a rousing speech in favor OF the
resolution, and it was adopted.
The combined product last year of the
Vermont sugar makers was 81 10000
The proposed road from Swanton to
Highgate Springs will tie built this year.
The Burlington Y. M. c. A. has extend
( ed an invitation to the state convention
to meet in Burlingt ton in April.
At recent meeting the school board