Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-03-04

morning and will be at the Broadway Gen.
tral Hotel, New. York city, till Saturday at
| p. m. Communications to any member
of the party sent to these addresses at the
proper time in care of II. j. Stannard will
reach their destination. Next week we hope
to give comparatively full account OF the
trip. The party will reach here next Sun
day at sos p. m.
An article in the villlge warning read
ing as follows is of more than usual in
terest to the voters and residents of the
incorporated village of Barton.
To see il the village will vote to instruct
its trustees to furnish surplus electrical cur
rent, meaning whatever electrical current
the electric light plant may be generating
over and above what current the trustees
may have sold or can sell at the estab-
lished price in said village, to the amount
not to exceed so horse power, to the first
reliable granite cutting man or firm, who
will contract to open and work the granite
located near said village of Barton, for
term of five years, at the rate Of five dol
lars per horse power, per year.
This article means more, in the opinion
of many, than the citizens of the village
can realize at present. The fact is we
have near our village ali unlimited amount
of granite. 1t has been worked and found
to be good stone, better even than some
being quarried in other parts of the
state that has become famous. 1t is an
easy working, medium color, sparkling
stone, taking a good surface by hand or
! machine and one Of the finest stones for
=, hammered work to be found. These are
, facts, they can be proven. Next the Bar
q ton inter-
4 ested two young men experienced in the
granite business and successful in previous
undertakings and have the money to
8 pl owe il, men who absolutely know
o their business. They agree to put in $4,000
g worth of the latest improved granite cut
q ting machinery and expect to work 80 men
O at the business providing the Development
association will build shed and they can
r get power for term of five years. The
- association has raised funds that will
- probably be sufficient to build an up-t to-
;, date shed. the Boston & Maine railroad
have offered to provide land for the site.
and arrangements have been made for g
size track. This shed is to remain the
property of those giving for its erection
- and a. the end of five years, (the time th'
= :. firm ask for its free use) they will rent o.
- buy The building asked for is 15Sx6
feet, and will be, with the machinery tn
: firm put in, one of the most up-to-dat
" equipments in the state, and the shpplr
point is excellent. This much has beel
an done and but one thing more remains t
IN open up this enterprise that has mea Mt s
TO nluch to other Vermont towns, and ther
III is 10 Igaason to believe it will not mean q
at much to US. That one thing is eiectrl
10 power. They must have electric power c
nls another town that has already made tn
ITO firm an attractive proposition will get th
enterprise They value the busines
he Other towns are giving more and doin
ay, more for new enterprises ard are getttn
0rs them. A town a few years ago about tt
vs.: size of Barton gave about $4,000 to
rs; granite cutting concern to come to tow
rs Today that town is experiencing one
In; the greatest booms of any town in tt
les state. And all the granite they have
om shipped there. Here we have the grant
sa- the Development association has raise
rs. money for the shed, and all there is lacl
nd ing is power. What shall we do ? Shl
eXt them out of town, give up, stay where
,ch are, let other towns grow away from
and be content? No, let's show our colo
at and let Vermont know there is Barton
III. the state; let Vermont know that v
rty mean what we say about 'snew Vermont
sle- Thgse is no question but that the pow
all car be given as this article provides an
ave can be broug ht here without much, if an
an cost to the village. Letters from comp
ran tent electricians say SO. There really
:. J. not a good excuse why we shou
ion not have day power and let this firm ha
'os- it under the provisions of the abo
the article.
ana Methodist Church Notes.
Prayer meeting on Thursday evening
73O.
-. Junior league on Friday afternoon at
~ O'Clock at parsonage.
emf. Woman's Foreign Missionary society
,aIl. the parsonage on Tuesday afternoon at
rial O'Clock.
ton Mission study club will meet after bu
tiles ness meeting of League. Leader, Emmo
utt; Doyle
] by Envorth League on Tuesday, evening
'oO. SuDlect. Lille, through Snrl
10; Leader. w. W. Hartwell. Business met
gls- ing fterLeague service.
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pleasure to the audience.
the
the Conversational Church Notes.
d at Mid week prayer meeting Thursday
sday 7:30 p. N.
the Twelve persons united with the chur
lrty. Sunday morning, eleven on confession
luiIs faith and one by letter.
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