The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-02-09
Subscribers to Worlds Fair
Granite Exhibit Fund
GET MOST MONEY BACK
Remarkably Good Showing for Such an
Enterprise Reports of Directors
and Treasurer Presented at
Meeting of Stockholders

at meeting of the stockholders Of
the Barre Granite Manufacturing Co.,
last evening, it was show by the treas
urer's report that all stockholders will
receive diyident Of from s5 to 90
per cent Of the amount each paid in on
their stock.
This company was organized about
year ago to arrange for, finance, and
attend to an exhibit Of Barre granite at
the Worlds Fair at st. Louis, and those
subscribing entered the project without
any expectation of receiving any direct
returns on the investment, and the an
nouncement at this meeting was a pleas
ant surprise.
President VIM. Braclay presided at
the meeting, and VIM. Mari, secretary,
read the report Of the trustees who have
so ably managed the exhibit from start
10 finish. These men are VIM. Barclay,
Il. G.. Rowland, VIM. Alexander, D. NJ.
Miles, j. T.. Smith, VIM. Marr, II. j.
! NJ. Jones, J. A. Cross, Frank Burke,
d. F. Ryle, and George Gray. The di-
rectors' report is as follows
The directors of the Barre Granite
Manufacturing company, herewith sub
NIT the following report Of the d0ings
of the board since its appointment, De-
cember 2s, 1908.
After making choice of its officers,
the first business taken up was the se-
lection OF designs for the work to be
placed on exhibition. This we desired
should be of representative character
showing the adaptability Of Barre gran
ite to all kinds Of monumental work.
Valuable service was given in this se-
lection by others outside the board Of
directors, which assistance we do not
desire TO overlook. In this choice we
bad eight monuments, six tablets or
grave markers, four vases and two balls.
We showed statuary, different styles OF
carving, plain hammered and all pol
ished work, together with the round
turned work, polished and hammered.
The aim was to have oil the different
shades of Barre granite shown to their
best advantage, and great care was TAX
en- in selecting the DESIGNS, with this
end in view, as well as to have the pro-
portions as nearly correct as possible.
As soon as any Of the designs were
4 chosen, we sent out tracings to from
| twenty to thirty different dealers, whom
we believed could and would make us
monument that we could look upon
with pride, and say; "This is what can
be done with Barre granite" As our
time was very short we had to have
| the work started in order to have it
there when the Fair opened, SO we bound
every dealer by a written contract,
specifying the quality of work, stock
and the time in which it had to be com.
pleted. We also appointed a sub-com-
\ mittee of five to inspect all of the work
when it was finished, to see that the
contract had been fulfilled, and decided
that at least three OF that committee
must be present when inspection would
be made. We also appointed railroad
committee to look after the transpor-
tation of the work, to arrange for the
! best rates to be had, and to secure
some assistance from the railroad com.
panies. We had been considering the
matter Of advertising through booklet.
and endeavoring to decide on something
that would be attractive and would give
description Of 5arre and it wonderful
/ industry Mt the same time. In this
We received valuable assistance from the
| Rev. NJ Mitchell, in writing up the
material for the booklet, to whom and
TO others who loaned as photographs
and cuts, our united thanks are due.
1 You will perceive from the booklets yon
have received, we began with the town
or city. and then showed some views Of
dark and light quarries in their boulder
and sheet forms, also the methods of
| splitting large stones and Of shipping
them when they 90 beyond the size
| the railroad companies viii allow to Be
shipped IN the ordinary way We also
showed an inside view Of the modern
and improved style 0f manufacturing
plant, together with some fine pistures
of mausoleums and monuments that
have been made Of Barre granite. Al
together, we think we have succeeded
in getting out something that for adj
yertising purposes viii bear comparison
with anything to be seen in the st. Louis
Exposition.
The next problem we had to face was
the disposition Of our work at the other
end A problem that was difficult and
delicate to handle, everyone who thor
oughly understands our situation viii
readily admit. It was our purpose to
make the most Of this exhibit that we
eould in accomplishing the end it was
made for: that Of showing Barre granite
and what can be done with ii. At the
same time we did not want TO squander
Or misspende a penny of the company's
money, or to use cent that was not
needed for that purpose Neither did
we desire to give any occasion for Of
fence, SO we believed that the most bene-
fetal way Of handling our exhibit was
to have some retail dealer whom we
could put reliance on, to take care Of
it for us during the time the Fair
lasted, and to relieve us Of IL at an
agreed price when the Fair closed. TO
provide against jealousy among the re-
tail dealers and to use them on an equal
footing, we wrote to from twenty to