Connecticut western news., 1903-07-30
WITH MIR. cANFIELD.
His Business Plans. His Home and Family. His Interesting Personality.

and Family. His Interesting
 Personally.
 Leaving the office the other day and | entering William Canfeld's automobile, l a representative of the NEWS spent the l day in Investigating MT. Canfield's in- dustries. MT. Canfeld is the head of The Garfield Lime Company, a new concern which began manufacturing lime at East Canaan only few days ago. However, Mir Canfeld is not new at the lime business as he was for years of the Garfield Bros, lime manutactur- CTS, who sold their plant to the New England Lime Company last year.
 The Canfield Lime Company has com pleted its first kiln and it is model of modern wood burning lime klns. The kiln has a capacity of 80 barrels of lime a day, but MT. Garfield says they intend to build three more kilns as soon as pos sible. The housing of the kiln is cover ed with galvanized iron and scarcely any danger from fire exists. This first kiln is admirably situated and the railroad siding runs right up to the door. The uuarries are the Allyn and Batterson, we'll known as producing an excsllent quality of lime stone, and 1t was deenon- strated to the newspaper man thag the burned lime slacks as quickly as any made in this section The stone is BOW being hauled by teams, but this is t@o slow a process for Er Canfield's pIp- gressixe ideas, ri1d Ke Tntends soon fV- have this work done by steam trucks.
 MT. Garfield is peculiarly well situat- ed for the lime business as he owns 5000 acres of land, within few miles ,S the kiln, that are largely woodland. He practically has nothing to buy but labor to put burned lime on the market From his extensive woodlands on the Massachusetts-Con border, the logs are cut and drawn to his up-to-date lumber mill where by the aid of the best of modern machinery they are turned into barrel slaves, heads, fire wood, etc., Besides these this modern mill produces fine qualities of lumber and ill this line of business Mir. Canfeld has an extensive trade. The mill is arranged to run by either water or steam power or by both, the Bigelow steam boiler and the Atlas engine being of the best. The fuel fer the steam-power is sawdust from the lumber mill and is of scarcely any cost. Lumber from this mill will be used in the erection of the new Garfield block ill Canaan, described in the NEWS two weeks ago.
 Near the mill, and on one of the prettiest of the Berkshire hills in the town of New Marlboro, is the home of Mir. Garfield and family. A beautiful house remodeled from substantial farm structure is the abode of this busy man. He has his own electric light plant and the house is fitted with all modern conveniences. In his cosy private office that noon MT. Canfeld opened his mail and one letter contain ed check for the first car of lime ever shipped by the Garfield Lime Co. The reporter was shown other letters con taining orders and inquiries and re- quests for quotations, and all indica- , tions are that the Garfield Lime Co. will do large business. Mir Cannelq has three offices, one at his home, tlse main office in Canaan in charge of TT chief clerk, J. H. Lansing, and one
 the East Canaan kiln in charge of the overseer, E. l.. Roberts. MT. Canfield, with the multitudinous things to look after, is never hurried; is pleasant to meet at any moment, and thoroughly enjoys his beautiful home.
 William Garfield is of several genera tions of New Marlboro Canfields His father was Warren D. Garfield who started out at the age of eight years to carve his fortunes in the world. War. ren worked for some years for the Nor folk Doolittles until young man when his Grandfather Brooks gave him the l mill privilege where the success of the Canfelds dates from. Warren Garfield made success of the mill and began to accumulate real estate. He married Julia Cook-an aunt of the late Gov ernor Cooke of Connecticut. He built the house (since remodelled by William and raised three children, William, Wallace and Nellie, the latter now de. ceased. Besides his mill business War ren Canfield burned lime, in the old way of building up kiln, burning it out tearing it down, barrelling the lime in hewn barrels, and carting it by OK team to the market in Hartford How astonished would he have been had some seer of the generation past painted 1 him word picture of the almost perfect outfit of the Garfield Lime Go. After his death the mill business and the raising of tobacco was carried on by his sons until about a dozen years ago Can | field Bros. went into the lime business at East Canaan and Wallace sold out his New Marlboro interests to William | William Garfield has been twice mar ried. By his first wife, Lydia Stanton he had two sons, William H. and Roy Warren, the latter dying a few years ago at the age of 19 years. with the promise of highly successful life be- fore him. To this son and his mother, and to his own father and mother, MT Garfield has erected a costly and beauti ful monument ill the family burial plot at Canaan Valley. The monument is 8 large one of granite surmounted by g handsome figure of Memory" carved abroad ill Italian marble. William H. eldest son of William Garfield, il manager of the New England Telephone exchange at Ware, Mass. Mir Garfield
 Sr., with his second wife and their two children, Floyd and Pearl, live ill tht
 New Marlboro home where tutor ant music teacher is provided for tht I ol,,