St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-20
Vermont News.
View Buildings for Barre.

A1drich library IN barre anu Work VIII
AlI lao,,n as soon as the frost is out of
DC De- D'6 Ground. The building will be
tn tnofed at the corner of Washington
sly. .J Elm streets. 1t will be of brick,
a i;tb Granite finish, two stories high.
" M' rr;ll cost about $4,000. The money
~ ~ his library was left the city by the
io+e Leonard Aldrich.
Among the other buildings to be erected
- That city the coming summer will be
business block on the vacant lot at the
o =" pr of North Main and Pearl streets
Tha building will be erected by L. Gin
targ of New York, who purchased the
iond last fall for the erection of the sixth
10 chain of department stores. He
nrnects to put up building of three or
fadr stories at cost of about $25, 900.
iT is in addition the possibility that
the United States government will begin
tbe erection of federal building for
Which the sum of 100000 has been
onnropriated. The site tor the building
bPf been practically settled npon the
Ma lot at the corner of South Main
and Prospect streets being chosen.
Have Summer homes In NeI mont.
People in the public eye who have
made their summer homes in Vermont
ore. Robert T. Lincoln of Chicago,
nres;dent of the Pullman Palace Car Co.,
pt Nanchester-in-the-M ountains; James
G Colgate of New York, Atty.-Gen.
Charles |. Bonaparte of Washington and
Baltimore, Mr.. Prentice, son-in-law OF
Iohn D. Rockefeller, at Bennington ;
Maxwell Evarts, one of E. H, Harri-
mans lawyers, at Windsor; Prof. John
W Burgess of Columbia University,
Roosevelt lecturer at Berlin, at Mont
heller; DR.. Charles McBurney, the
famous surgeon, at Highgate; Nine.
Olga Samarotf, the pianist, at St. Adams;
Henry Hoyt, the New York publisher, at
Burlington; Col. Edward Hatch, Jr., the
New York merchant, who owns Red
Rocks and makes his summer home at
Willsboro point across the lake from
Burlington DR.. w. Seward Webb at
Shelburne Farms; Justice David J.
Brewer of the United States Supreme
Court, at Thompson's Point, Charlotte.
State Taxes Paid.
State Treasurer Z. H. Deavitt has
received the state taxes from practically
all of the savings banks, insurance com
panes and trust companies of the state.
he has been paid $53,S22.47 by the
trust companies and $131 ,953.S6 by the
savings banks. The National Lite
Insurance company pays by far the
largest tax of any insurance company.
Its taxes amount to $40, 051.05 on Yer
mont business and on surplus The Yer
mont Mutual pays Sc, 909.16 the Union
Mutual, $2,2901 IA; the American
Fidelity company, 1884 81; the State
Fire Insurance company, $222.72; the
Vermont Accident company, $90.71; and
the St. Andrew Benevolent association
Sl54l.
The largest savings bank tax is paid
BY the Burlington Savings Bank and
Trust company, the semi-annual tax o.
this institution being $50, 3S3.65. This
makes an annual tax of over $4,000
and represents over $10,000,000 il
deposits.
Poultry Association Elects Officers.
At the annual meeting of the Contra
Vermont Poultry and Pet Stock Asso
citation, held in Barre recently. officers
were elected as follows: President, E. NJ
Lyon of Barre; vice presidents in thu
order named, A. p. Abbott, of Barre
Walter Bellville, of Barre town, William
Milo, of Montpelier, c. l. Hatch, o
Waterbury, W. F. Burleigh, of Labaree'
Point, c. w. Coolidge, OF Bristol, N. H.
secretary, E. ]. Badger, of Barre; as
sistant secretary, R. S. Currier, of Barre
treasurer John l.. Wallace, o
Barre superintendent of hall, Georg
Booth of Barre executive committee
]. ". Roberts, X. S Currier ]
Z. Mitchell, George Booth vii
liam Moir, and Charles Oliver
The treasury of the association has I
comfortable surplus with which to star
the next year and the members are yer,
much interested in the the project Ar
other show will be held in Barre during
the first week in January, 1908, thi
having been voted at the annual meet
Ing. 1t was also voted that the assoc
alton purchase its own coops.
$40, 900 Raised at Burlington.
The committee appointed to act wit
reference to the securing of the locatio
OF the state fair in Burlington have dt
voted considerable time to the investigs
ton OF possible sites as well as TO car
yasS of the situation as regards tn
possibility of raising funds and to othe
matters
The state fair committee has received
letter from George II. Allen of New Yorl
who spends his summers at his beautlft
summer place on the shores of LAX
Champlain, announcing that he woul
subscribe $1,000 to the Burlington stat
TAR fund for himself and son, and it got
without saving that his generosity an
public spirit are thoroughly appreciated
The $4,000 raised thus far was col
tributed by the following persons: Ma,
well Evarts, $4,000; G. E. Whiting,
l. Clark, +. P. Hatch, George Allen an
son and one person whose name is NJ
announced, $1,000 each. Large contl
buttons are continually being added
Petitions for Pardons.
Governor Proctor heard last wee
petitions for the pardon of William
thomas, Of Chester, sentenced last d
cember to two years in state prison ;
Windsor, under the blanket act; Geor!
A. Jarvis, of Barre, sentenced to twent
Years in the state prison for rape AT
tying victim on the railroad track; ar
Seaman l.. Witherell of Grafton, Sc
fenced to Is years for rape and anoth
statutory offence,
The claim in behalf of Thomas WI
that he pleaded guilty with the unde
standing that he would be placed on pr