Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-03-23
Folsom of Lyndonville, who replied as fol-


lows:
81 am not aware of any legal right that |
you would have to hold tram as was done |
at the Harding fire this morning and am |
confident there can be no such right to do |
so with train of that class, it being the |
regular mail train, yet at same time we |
should expect to be reasonable, using dis |
cretion in holding that or any other train |
in order to avoid destruction of valuable |
property by fire and the circumstances |
would be so unlike in the various cases |
that no arbitrary rule as TO the extent OF |
| delay to the train can safely be laid down,
| but should desire to consider each case up |
on its own merits when the emergency
| arises, although believing that fire engl-
| neers ought to put their hose under the
| rails when reasonably possible to do so
| and in that way avoid unnecessary delay
| to trains"
While it seems from this that there would
be no objections to holding the trains il
absolutely necessary still it would be much
better to provide places near the hydrants
where in case of fire on the other side of
the track the hose could be placed under
the track, thus allowing all trains to pass.
The main building of the II. A. Harding
& Co. tub shop was destroyed by fire last
Wednesday morning. Just how the fire
|
discovered in the dryhouse soon after
starting up in the morning. This was ex-
tinguished as was supposed and the work
was continued. The blower was started
and it appeared that there were some
sparks within it, which were blown out
and fire was again started. An alarm
was Immediately sounded and all hands
were called to fight the fire. Some time
elapsed before a stream of water could
be turned on and the flames spread rapidly.
The people who gathered there fought
hard and valiantly but the fire continued
in its course until it had destroyed nearly
all of the building and everything in it. A
part of one end of the building was saved
but this was badly damaged. E. S. Welch
had shop in one end of the factory which
he had fitted up with machinery for finish
ing lumber. Most OF his machinery was
ruined. The remainder of the plant was
saved by hard work. Several other build
ings near were in danger for a time but
were kept from taking fire. The alarm
was sounded shortly after a. m. and the
fire was not under control until after a.
m. There was insurance on the building
and machinery to the amount of $1,000, but
Mr.. Harding estimates that the loss is far
in excess of this amount. Mr.. Welch
estimates his loss at about one thousand
dollars. He had no insurance. This is the
second fire at the factory the entire plant
having been burned some over two years
ago, while under the control of G. B.
Harding & Co. The loss is very serious
, one in many ways. The owners suffer
heavily while fifty men are thrown out of
employment. The factory will probably
be rebuilt but it must be some time before
it can be in running order. Every effort
: should be made by those Immediately con-
5 cerned and by our townspeople to have
q the plant rebuilt as soon as possible.
BARTON LANDING.
5 School opened to- day.
Philip Duchene is sick with pneumonia,
Fred Blake moves this week to his farm
in Holland.
j Miss Fixes is in Boston getting the latest
, ideas in dressmaking.
: Mrs. FL. II. Cowles and son have returned
s from an extended visit in Irasburg.
r Frank Moulton is having rooms fitted uI
s under the hotel for harness shop.
/. Mrs. Geo. King has finished work al
e Frank Hunts and gone to Evansville.
t The warm weather of the past few days
g has caused sap to sour in the buckets.
Napoleon Cassavant is seriously ill with
d pneumonia. He is at his home in Newport
;. The happy frogs
: Now sing in the bogs.
2 Fred Porter has bought building loi
] of Joe Clough and will build house nexi
r summer.
t Harry Nutting, clerk in Bigelow's drug
Q store at Newport, visited his aunts here
: last week.
y Whipple, French & Co. now have the
o new chairs for the Masonic hall to paint
t and varnish.
A. E. Dennison has been quite ILL with
y neuralgia of the heart, but is now able te
a get out again.
K Mrs. Adams has finished her steno'
o graphic duties in the Chandler mills an6
o returned home.
a Mrs. Simpson and Mrs. Al Cutler came
o down from Barton Thursday night to at
;. tend the Grange.
K NJ. M. Taplin was at Attleboro the first o.
Is last week TO sell the farm owned BY
q Messers. Skinner, French and Taplin.
d Harry BeldiDg, an electrician at New
s. port, has been wiring the passenger station
ia for electric lights during the past week
# j. A. Bates of Newport has moved hi
= family into F. d. Clements tenement il
his block. Mr.. Bates is at work in th
N Chandler mill.
= Mr.. Ward has moved his family her
IS from West Derby into Silas Sargent
= house. He is to have employment in tn
o Chandler mill.
y James Healey cut off the little finger o
m his right hand on band saw in the Chan