Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-09-22
NEWS OF VERMONT.
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ON the very eve of it's contamination,
and after some of the deeds had bcrl
executed. the proposed big lumber pur-
chase bv which New York interests were
To acquire practically all the timber
land from Dandy to Brat:lchoro. has
been abandoned and the largest lum-
Der deal over attempted in Vermont
has fallen through. SO far as can be
asccr:ained, this is due to a number of
causes chief Of which was the inability
of certain Of the land owners to give
a clear title to their property. The
first information of this gigantic lum-
boring project came number OF
months ago. when metropolitan inter-
estS of which. 1t is claimed, John -.
Rockfellers nephew was at the head.
sent engineers and other experts into
Vermont to look over the timber land
in question. The proposition was to
acquire all the land. extend a railroad
through tho forests and log it" on
scientific principles. along lines map
ped ont by expert foresters. No spec
ial mention was then made of the pulp
interest but Indications that the in
stallinc Of pulp mills at various points
would have been the ultimate end OF
the deal The engineers and experts
went over the ground and reported to
their employers. apparently to the lat
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"a l.o,rrnn, nr,, Gov, .nvor,l d,1s II
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whole transfer. In fact. some of the
property owners drew up and executed
srpoc.tion Tbe syndicate wont ahead
and bought the Wilmington narrow
gauge road from Wilmington to DANNY
ana had the MANS we'll along when.
suddenly. the bottom seemed To drop
ont of the deal The New York law
vcr was mt hoard fror-. and il was
runored that Rockfeller's nephew was
sick with typhoid fever and i'm the Ad-
irnndacks Next came tho news of big
purchases of land in those mountains
and within a fow DAYS has come the
information that owing to an interest
which a large paper corporation holds
on the pulp wood throughout the Bat
tcnkin strip of the proposed Vermont
purchase the whole deal is off Tho
paper corporations interests prevent
NE owners OF the land giving clear
''''' TO an tnc tifnher there"l ana, as
""c ~, inc prllhhl factors IN IN" "eal
WIS IN" aoP'Sl'lon or pulp wood the
So" "fk phftl"S nave decided not IL
invest u" h'froW-Euage road is ON
'"'Ii H'""S ana 'He money Tor the m
Neh'"rI'S ana surveys apparently
W"St"d n" land which was to have
beeh purchased included $4,000 acres
OF forests, mostly spruce in the towns
DANDY Mount Tabor Peru, Winhall
Manchester. GlaSt"nhurv. Searshurg
Stratton, Somerset and Wilmington. tc
be transferred to syndicate for a
sum approXamating s1,500 900 also the
ii"oSac Tunnel and Wilmington rail
road The sale WAS TO include the 10
600 acres OF the Silas l.. Gritlith estate
In Mount Tabor. Dandy Peru. WinhalI
and Stratton; $4,000 acree of the Bat
.o''' -, ''"r.a 81 Mhh1hoS-
her company In Winhall and Stratton
$500 acres Of w. ". Peck & Son in
Somerset. the large tract of Tudor &
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