The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-07-17
Who Caused Damage Of
$4,000 This Morning
AT GRANITE STREET PLANT
Five Granite Dealers Burned 0ut--Sus-
picion Of Incendiarian Admits Of
No Doubt in the Minds
Of Authorities.


An arrest IS likely to be made soon
III connection with the fire which de-
stroyed the stone shed Of L. J. Bolster,
OIL Granite street at an early hour this
morning, burning out five firms doing
business IN The same building, and caus-
| ING a loss Of $4,000 There is no doubt,
/ whatever that the fire was Of incendiary
origin, and the police have strong sus-
picions as to the party who was con
nected with it. That persons move
ments are being traced
There was no chance that the fire
h was accidental The firms in the build
ing get their power from another build
ing, 80 there was no engine from which
flames could be communicated. ii the
! blacksmith shop In the rear there had
! been no FIRE since Saturday noon, and
| even il there had been the cause could
| not have been traced to that because
the blacksmith shop was the last to
burn The chance that a spark might
have fallen OH tile roof from an engine
a hundred yards away is also out Of
the question. because the roof was soak
ed by the heavy rain. The motive for
setting fire to the building is not known.
The losers are:
Levi ]. Bolster, owner Of the build
ing; loss, 81 900: no insurance.
Siveright & Co., stone business; loss
$500; no insurance.
Cloud Bros, stone business; loss ST.
200; no insurance.
Excelsior Granite company; loss 5000;
no insurance.
II. parnigoni, stone business; loss
! $500; no insurance
J Mafini, stone business; loss $500;
J no insurance.
The alarm from box 12 was rung in
at 1890 o'clock BY Frank McQuaid,
/ who was standing on Main street and
Z who sew the flames leaping above the
\ houses Those who were first on the
4 spot report that the flames were burst
inc from end to end of the structure,
I which was IS feet long and with the
+ fire as fierce ia one place as another
The saving of the building was impos-
r sibIe, as the shelf-like structure burned
Y easily The ef0rts of the hremen were
I directed toward saving the other buiid-
4 ings which were very near. An unused
il Office building was within four feet on
one end Of the Bolster she'd and this
I was charred considerably. ON the other
! end was the power honse, containing an
immense engine. This was saved, as
was the stone plant in the rear, 0c-
cupied BY A. Barclay and others. The
mast Of the derrick caught fire, 20
q intense was the heat, but TINS blaze was
extinguished in a second. The location
was difficult for the tiremen because the
Z approaches to the building were blocked
Il with great pieces of granite. They had
Z to crawl over these and then drag the
h hose over after them The fire was un-
3 der control within half an hour, and
I, the recall was sounded at 1870, just an
\ hour after the alarm.
y Mr.. Bolster, the owner of the build
4 ing, stated that he hadn't decided about
& rebuilding, but it is probable that he
q will put up a modern structure. The
y burned building was one OF the oldest
y granite plants in the city, having been
y. erected BIZ Mr.. Bolster twenty years ago
\, for the National Granite company Since
= that company relinquished the place q
great many firms have used the plant
= and It has had more lesses than it Is
& years old The building was newly ret
s. paired last summer, being raised up and
y other improvements being made.
4 BY its destruction about 40 men are
L. biFUNl oht VI tEiHAV4 iitFitbs 1HFiC wa
nli not a great deal Of finished stock II
= the shed, although sievright & Co. ane
T. Parnigoni had some Jobs all boxed, ready
to ship a large quantity Of the stock
: was outside the building and is noi
4 damaged to q great extent.
A man whose name Is known to ths
~ authorities and who worked about th'
building, was seen skulking about Chi
r place at about eleven o'clock, so it i
,r. reported. This same man went to tn,
s. police station later and told Office
ga Hamel that there was a revolver dow
of Of the old National shed. He wanted th,
nd officer to 90 down to the place becaus
IN ne was afraid the revolver would go OIL
~ The officer didn't attach great signif
~ canoe to the mans statement, becaus
he he thought that he was not quite righ
-. in his mind While the man was in th
~ police station the alarm was rung IN
M Several different stories have been toll
-. BY the man since that time