Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-05-07
BARTON.

Landing 40 we now venture 10 take
up the prosperity of this village.
The NUMBER of business changes in
the wear 1905 were indeed few, every
one seemingly being content with |
their earnings. The failure of Perci-
val Furniture Co, for time put a
damper on the working mans chance,
Int the business was soon resumed |
and carried on till March of this year
when all the mills and factories OF the
company passed into the hands OF ID.
+. Pillsbury & Son. They, early In
the season realizing that the property
was to come into their hands bought
a large stock of logs and had them on
the spot when they opened the saw
mill tn, first of March. They en-
ployed at the start nearly as many
men az the Percival Furniture Co..
and expect to employ more in the
near future. Here is one of the hnesO
chances in this section for power, ana
Pillsbury & Son, who have always
made a grand success of everything
thew undertook, saw this opportunity,
erasped it, and what prom ses to be
the most vigorous manufacturing
establishment Barton has seen for
MANY years is likely TO oe the out
growth.
The saw mill is running full blast,
they have installed new water wheel
of fifty horse power and also fifty
horse power engine for auxiliary
mower. f. n. Pillsbury and @. Q.
Bald win have leased of Pillsbury &
Son, the factories going with the plant
and will manu- acture water closet
seats and tanks. They already have
large orders on hand. Both Pillsoury
and Baldwin are young men, men with
capital and push, and Barton citizens
should rise up and extend the glad
hand to them. New machinery Is be-
ing purchased and preparations being
made for substantial business.
A new life seems to have taken
hold of the village this spring and ire
outlook for Barton was never better
than it is today. At the annual meet
ing of the school district it was voted
to erect a new building for the graded
schools and Academy. AT a later
meeting it was voted to expend $751;
600 for the building and grounds II
necessary, leaving it with the build
ing committee to use that amount or
less. The committee were instructed
to buy the lot known as the Mossman
lot on the corner of Church and Water
streets owned by w. E. Hanson, add
it to the present school lot and place
u the new building thereon.
The business and professional mer
of the village realizing the unlimited
possibilities of the water power pos
sessed here and the opportunities
for building sites and also realizing
the possibilities of Crystal lake as
summer resort have organized de-
ivelopment association, it's object be-
ing to bring toese uneqnalled oppor
TUNES before the the public.
The amount of building the pas
year has not been large but shows
healthy normal growth of the sub
stantial kind. There were severa
dwellings erected besides the bricf
Bank block, and the Club house OF
the shores of Crystal lake, during 1905
the total expenditure being abou
$4,000. This healthy growth, tn
new spirit of progress that seems t
have taken hold of the town and tn
future manufacturing and buildin
prospects are things the citizens c
Barton are justly talking about wit
pride.
Following is description of SON
of the new buildings. We shall NJ
give a description of the Boat Gu
house at this time as it has heretofo
been given with cut of the same.
o.E. COWLEs.
One of the coy houses erected he
during the past year is the small b
pleasant cottage house built by o..
Cowles, Barton's table manufacture
on Elm street nearly opposite j.
Freeman's buildings. The house
one of modern shape viewed fro
the outside and on the inside is W,
finished. On the south east corner
the house is a spacious porch fro
which the front entrance to the hou
is gained. Entering the hall al
turning to the lett one enters t
parlor, which is lighted from Il
south and west. The room is finish
in hard wood, as is the whole houS
This room is connected with t
dining room. Other rooms on {
first floor are kitchen and pantr
both very conveniently arrange
Upstairs there are three bedrool
heaides the bathroom The hpildi