St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-04-04
VERMONT NEWS.



In the first three months of the present
year % corporations have filed articles
OF association, as against 80 in the cor
responding period last year. Of these,
only 16 are business enterprises, the six
Others being religious or charitable, with
out capital. The stock of the new CON-
panies amounts to $65OOOO. In addi-
tion to this, merger OF the electric light
companies and electric railroads in the
vicinity of Rutland is recorded, with a
capital of 81 100000.
| The Vermont Sanatorium Company
is organized to manage the tuberculosis
sapatorium Senator Proctor is to give to
the state.
The Deerfeld Lumber Company OF
Wilmington has the largest capital
100000. The Jewel Brook Wooden
Company of Ludlow has capital stock
of 100000. The New England Stone
Saw Company of Barre, organized for
in the working of granite, has a capital
OF $50 900, as has the Amsden Lime
Company of Weathers6eld, in which
Maxwell Evarts. son of Senator Evarts,
is the principal stockholder. The De-
meritt-Palmer Packing Company Of
Waterbury has similar capital. The
capital OF the remaining companies
ranges from $4,000 to $4,000.
Improved by COnvicts.
A new appraisal of the house of
correction in connection with the city
quadrennial appraisal shows what con.
Wet labor has done TOR the institu.
ton in the past 10 years, covering the
| period during which D. L. Morgan has
been superinte ndent. When Mr.. Morgan
assumed the Office the property OF the
institution was valued at $4,000. The
present valuation is $90,000. During the
13 years the state gave the prison
| $24 500 for impr ovements, so that the
convicts have earned $4,000 toward
making improvements at the institution
in the time named.
An examination of the prison records
for March brings out an interesting point
in connection with Supt. Morgan's
charge OF graft by sheriffs and other Off
GERS in mileage, as well as overcro wding
OF the jail by commitments for petty
offences. During March there were only
AZ prisoners committed. the average for
several months preceding being 60 to rs.
That this reduction took place i'm
mediately after the investigating COM
mittee were at the house of correction is
thought to be strong argument ir Mr..
Morgan's favor.
The License Vote,
Complete figures on the license vote 10
Vermont, taken at the recent municipal
elections, have just been made public.
Twenty.nine towns and cities voted
yes" 216 voted no." and one town,
Leicester, did not vote. Last year there
were "a wet" towns. The total yes"
vote this year is IL. 1886, and the total
mo" vote is 27.904. mo" majority of
1868. Last year the total license vote
was 20 928 and the total no license vote
26 949, mo" majority OF 6020. In
1904 the mo" majority on the total
vote was 1927, and 40 towns and cities
voted yes In 1903, the first year the
law was in effect, the total vote showed
a license majority OF 5315; 90 towns
and cities voted ives" This year, for
the first time, every county in the state
shows no license majority. Four coun-
ties Caledonia, Orange, Orleans and
Windsor, are dry" In the east halt of
the state, comprising the second con.
gressional district, there are only four
wet" towns. They are Canaan and
Newton, in Essex county; Barre, town
in Washington county, and Rockingham
lin which Bellows Falls is situateo) and
Somerset, in Wiudham county.
Increase in state Manufacturer.
The rate OF increase in manufactures in
Vermont as shown bv the last census of
manufacturers is % per cent. This is
a record OF which the state may well be
proud and one which as soon as it be-
comes general knowledge is sure to turn
the ever waketul eye OF capital to that
section OF New England to seek for the
cause The state of Vermont shows a
greater percentage OF increase than any
other one of the New England states
thus far reported, among which are New
Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode
Island. The rate OF increase is in excess
of that shown by the city of Boston, but
the state OF Massachusetts has not yet
been reported. Reports are in from 80
states and but few equal the record OF
Vermont. The census shows marble and
stone work as the heaviest products, the
next in order being lumber and wooden
goods. Dairy products take the fifth
place and the day has evidently come
when the development of the states
resources will readjust it's products in
such manner that it will become
known for several pursuits other than its
dairying and maple sugar working.
The greatest increase is shown in stone
and in cotton goods.
Petition TO Pardon Ketchum.
A petition containing 1000 signatures,
asking President Roosevelt to pardon
ohn W. Ketchum of Vergennes, has been
forwarded to Washington. Ketchum
was an assistant to cashier u. H. Lewis,
of the Farmers National bank OF Yer
gennes and both are servingjail sentences
tor wrecking the institution. Ketchum
was formerly a representative in the
legislature. He is in the Addison county
jail in Middlebury.
Mrs. Ioseph Fremont. who had been