Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-24
A YEARS GREAT WORK
what n Creek Can DO When Hnrncssed
To Electricity And Put To work
for Mankind.
wv. Il. Phillips In Technical worldly

Falls, in Oneida county n. Y, Is To-
Gated q valuable farm property with
spacious farmhouse and commodious
out buidinss Its broad acres stretch
from the sides of the clustering hills,
down into the narrow valley where flows
tho rushing Oriskary creek in it's haste
to Join the Mohawk, into which It emp
ties near the historic battlefield Of the re-
volution, at Orisknny. This farm lies in
the midst Of a fertile agricultural section.
and one year ago II would not have been
particularly noticeable to the passer-by,
though for many years its we'll TILED
fields and bourtlful harvests have been
silent witnesses to the energy and intel
llgence that have characterized it's man
agement. To-day, however, It is perhaps
the most talked-about country place In
the land, for 1t possesses what is probab-
ly the first practically complete electrical
farm plant ever constructed. 1t has been
visited by large Numbers OF people who
have read or heard about it, and who
have come through mingled curiosity and
interest to see FOR Themselves.
The present owner and occupant OF this
property 4. f.. Burdette Miner, who sue
cceded to the management on the death
Of his father. the late David NJ. Miner
The elder Miner was one of the most
prominent and progressive mon Of the
township half century ago. His eldest
son. Charles n, on finishing school, de-
cded to remain with his father on the Oil
homestead. Ralph x. tho second son, en-
tered the field ~ electrical engineering,
in which he soor. won recognition for pro-
fclency. A third son, Harry V. also
II. ,;.- 81 H,..
more or less associated with the elder
brother.
After going forth into the world. there
we're frequent home-cominGs Of the boys;
and Ralph--who had become deeply i'm
pressed with the possibilities Of electricity
when he cav his father and brother 60
Ing through the daily grind OF duties ir.
the creamery and about the barns. and
when he looked over into the pasture
pasture where the creek was rushing
along down the rapid descent Of tho val
Icy. promptly r"alized that there was
power going 10 waste which could be
hnrnc..ed ard made to assist in perform
irg these laborious tasks.
He finally spoke Of this TO his father:
but the elder Miner, though a thorough
~ progressive men, was too conserva-
tive at frs, to be willing to take the
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decided. with Tire prof'crod assistance Of
his sons. TO undertake the execution OF
the plan. which Ralph had formulated.
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October. 1879, - \ point which had been
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