The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-09-16
Shown Editor Perry ID
Aberdeen
A REUNION OF BARREITES
Makes Visit to the Granite cry Of
scotIand--A Very Interesting Event
Most Pleasant Stop of the
Trip.
Aberdeen. Scotland. sept. b.

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ditions ought not to be left out Of the
itinerary, II Is one of the most inter
esting places on this side Of the Atlantic.
| The tourist who has first visited Ire
land finds the best approach To this land
Iof oatmeal and history BY way of Bel
fast, one of the northeTnmost entries of
the emerald isle. Belfast is PERHAPS as
much Scotch as it II Irish. III II the
only section Of Ireland that ID resisting
the attack of industrial decay and ii
going ahead by leaps and bounds. An
Englishman told me that the Scotch
were responsible for Befast's progress
statement which the Irish would not,
perhaps, BE as prompt to admit. The
fact il, however, that considerable por-
tion Of business In Belfast is conducted
by the people from just across the chan
mel which separates the two sections of
the British empire.
Glasgow, the city on the east side of
the channel, is q monument to Scottish
energy II lies on the Clyde river. This
river never was navigable except for
| small boats until tAe far seeing natives
got to work and at tremendous cost
dredged out a channel so that at the
present time the large transatlantic
liners find their beTths Just inside the
city Of Glasgow The improvements are
said Ia have cost $42, 100000, but the
results more than repay. Glasgow has
since that outlay grown from strag-
CLING little city to a compact municipal
ity q 100000 people.
The opening up of the Clyde to large
/ draft vessels has, of course, made ship
building the chief industry Of the place,
and The visitor approaching by way Of
the river. is ushered into vast hive OF
industry soon after passing the also hus-
! Ting city of Greenock. which il near
the a:outh Of the river. The ciang Of
hammer on steel makes a noisy but
CHEEKY introduction to the city. Today
Glasgow rivals Liverpool in shipping.
I But that Is by no means the only large
/ industry. Cotton spinning, iron furnaces
and production Of coal also have their
I part in the industrial life of the place,
1 In consequence Glasgow wears a pros
/ perous look There are some splendid
examples Of architecture, chief among
which is perhaps Glasgow university.
The main buildings Of the institution are
| in the form Of quadrangle and are To-
Gated on one of the highest eminenees
OF the city. Nearby Is the botanical
garden and also another beautiful cx-
ample of architecture, the art gallery.
There are countless designs all Of which
give one a pleasing impression Of she
place.
Aberdeen.
But If Glasgow is the largest place in
Scotland, other cities have their distin-
gushing marks. A four hours trip
across country by rail sets the visitor
down in the middle ofsa unique city
the city of Aberdeen. 1t Is unique in
this respect, that ii istbuilt almost ex-
clusively Of granite. What few free
stone buildings there are make little diff =
ference with the general appearance OF
the huge heaps OF granite piled up in
artistic array along well laid out and
we'll kept streets. To captall, the pave
ments are Of granite also. The railings
for viaduets and bridges and the latter
| themselves are of the same cold gray
substance. This is literally the Granite
City Miles and miles of streets stretch
away into a gray haze, but. in spite Of
| the common material for building, the
architects have so varied their designs
that there is no monotony in the vfsion.
On the contrary, it is very pleasing.
Wood is unknown here aa = building ma.
terial
Practically ell the granite used comes
| from Aberdeen and immediate vicinity.
| IL il easy to see, therefore, whore Aber-
deem got its reputation as granite cen
ter. If no other city than itself had
| been supplied, there would have been 8
vast deal Of granite cutting, since Aber-
deem is quite q large place having per-
haps l75,000 population. 10 have housed
all these people would have meant q
large business. A great part of the
| granite business here has, therefore, been
| in the building construction work. Nom
| umental work has been O seeond string,
but the second string Is now beseming
4 the first, az the building end Of the
granite business is at a low ebb Just at
| The present time. There is little or
nothing being done at it, situation
somewhat similar to that noted in some
granite eenters in Vermont. Then, too,
| the people do not 60 much into erecting
stable monumental or mausoleums, as IN
! America The cemeteries hereabouts,
where fine large specimens Of monu-
mental work might be expected ii any
where, contain nothing but line Of
! simple headstones, with an OCCASIONAL
design Of more pretentious ambition.
But large monuments and mausoleums
are little in demand So again the gran
| ite business in the monumental end 10
also not very extensive. The child
which is Barre granite-has far ont
grown the parent over here in Scotland
and the Aberdeen dealers would open
their eyes in astonishment to note the
extensive scale on which monumental
granite cutting Is conducted in Barre,
But in building work, Aberdeen Il vet
TO be beaten. There are many splendid
Illustrations Of the architectural posi-
bilities Of granite to be seen IN the
streets Of this city Marshal college,
part Of AbAdeen university IL a not
able the most notable, in fact example
Of the highest progress in building work.
Tho new City Hall is another Music
haIl ON Union street is another snd
coming down to private residences, thers
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