The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-27
estuary.


later is.ol 4 cearte al Easimtn's Bus
ness College VI poaghkecpsie, y. J
Mr.. West came ~ Dorset when b. was
sinuseu year. cd, and almost iinmedi'
niely started his career ia The marble
business with Mr.. George Iiollcy. who
=, ihAi tine VAS cue q the lradlne
business men u this section. IN 1871
he married Mr. Holley's eldest dangh'
Ter, Augusta "
From 1876 ~ the time 81 his death
he was prominently connected With al
the important marble interests ~ Dor
81 and vicinity. he vas With Kent q
Roo, until thai Arm went oai Of exist
ence. II was be who handled ,be l.y'
man Strong Company. the Continental
Company. and through his energy and
persistent work he made Dorset mar
BE famous the world over IN securing
The contract for the New York Public
Library. MIR. West was always a most
enthusiastic marble man, and an eN-
per, in every sense Of the word. For
more than forty years he has made
marble study, and especially the de-
posts Of this valley, He has always
insisted that Dorset marble was equal
to any in the world, and, II properly
handled and developed, would surpAss
the famous Carrara quarries OF Italy.
Az the time of Mr.. Vests death he
was yice-president of the Noreross-
West Company. director in the NJ.
D. a @. X. II. Co, and part owner OF
the Bennington Marble Co., whose
auarries-Tho Lucky Strike-ln South
Dorset, promises 10 be one of the best
that has been opened in a number OF
wears. Mr.. West was Interested IN
ouarries in other sections, but more ms
silent partner, although his expert
enee and advice were invariably sought
by his partners when any new work
was planned Mr.. West was man
who always KEEP, in touch with his EN-
ployes and was ever ready to aid them
at all times. from the humblest IN his
employ 10 the highest. Such men are
very rare, and when they are gone
their places are hard to fill. Mr., West
had such faith in Dorset marble that,
at every opportunity, he added to hls
holdings, and ut his death controlled
over twelve hundred acres OF marble
lands in this valley.
Mr.. West is survived by his wife and
two children-a son, Ernest H., and
daughter, Mrs. Ira Glover, also SIS
ter. Mrs. Charles b. Kent.
The high esteem in which he was
held by his friends and nelghbors Is
fully expressed in the following letter
written to his son by one Of his oldest
friends and business associates, him
self man high in the affections oil
this community:
"While at your fathers funeral yes
terday, could but think of the friend
" feeling toward him demonstrated by
an almost universal attendance of The
whole community, and of many from
n distance. Ii was the most numer
ously attended Of any funeral in Dor
set, in my memory. We, his friends
and townsmen, shall greatly miss his
generous deeds and friendly greetings
the town. its greatest benefactor OF re
cent years; and you, and all You
household, will miss him as no one else
can realize.
rs. II. West was man in broat
sense; capable, generous, charitable
No one man has helped so many peo
ple in Dorset tof late at least as he
and am sure no man would be 50
generally missed. While We deplor'
his loss we shall remember him witt
pleasure as genial, feeling, obllglnl
man. ever ready TO assist and reliev'
those in want and trouble, one whit
gathered to scatter again, and who's
ambition was not for self aggrandlze
ment but for the good and happines
of those about him.
Again we are reminded that we al
must soon join the innumerable cara
van. My sympathy is with you.
Every sincerely,
"A FRIEND"
By their works ye shall know
them,n and Mr.. West will be know
for generations to come, for by hi
work and his alone, Dorset has com
to the front as a producer of marbl
which can not be equalled, and tn
New York Public Library is mos
fitting monument to his LIES work.
Dorset. VT, Dec. "A, 1906.
4. G. Dewitt a. Co., of Chicago, a
whose laboratory Kodol is prepared
assures us that this remarkable digest
ant and corrective for the stomach con