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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-20
NEWPORT.

county will he hold AT the Methodist
Church February &th. Field Secretary
r.. M, Fuller of burlington and Mrs.
Mary Foster Bryner Of Peoria, ILL.,.
VIII be In attendance,-Mas Edward
Rawson Is III with the grip.-A few cases
or scarlet fever have broken out but are
not serious, Several cases are reported
IN west Derby.-Prouty Miller have
changed their working hours from seven
10 -FOUR, to eight to hve,-chss BROOKS Is
confined TO tho house with tho grip.
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STOWE.


The 10Th anniversary of the founding of
the order OF the Modern Woodmen Of
America was observed by Mansfield
Camp Thursday evening Visitors were
present from the Waterbury, Center and
Morrisville lodges and +. A. Foster and
Henry Foster were Initiated into the or
der At the close of the meeting the
company adjourned 10 Akeley Memorial
hall where banquet was served, fol-
lowed by after-dinner speeches, about 50
being present, including visiting mem
bers and invited guests. l.. l..
Harris presided and toasts were
responded to by f. =. Billings. H. c.
Mcmahon, c. O. Burt. c. A. Abbott the
Rev J. q. Angel Myron Prescott F. f.
Stafford, c. l.. Mcmahon ar Or. H. W
BarrOws
The funeral of Mrs. CYNTHIA Dwinoll
McAlliSter widow of Daniel / Mo
Allister, was held Sunday afternoon at
her home on West Branch were the
greater part of her life had been snent
The service was conducted by the Rev
j. O. Angel and the burial was in West
Branch cemetery. Mrs. McAllister died
Friday after a short illness with the grin
She was 81 years of age, and leaves
one son, George s. McAllister of Stowe.
and three grandchildren. Mrs. CYNTHIA
Page of Stowe, D. S. McAllister OF HYDE
Park and d J. McAllister of Denver
Col. Her health had ALWAYS been frail
and for manv wears she has seldom left
her home.-Friday evening, seven Young
ladies. Mrs. Leon S. Macutchan. Mrs.
Row W. Smith and the Misses RUBY
Stockwell. Mabel Carr, Barbara Burt
Ethel Watts and Bessie Smith enter
tanned as MANY of their men friends with
n progressive cupid party. The guests
were first escorted to Miss Stockwelrs
rooms at Green Mountain Inn. which had
been decorated with red crane paper
hearts and other valentine emblems. and
where various amusements were nro
vided After a change of partners. thew
were escorted to Miss BaIrt's home then
to Akelev Memorial building for an hour
with Elmore's dancing class and tho
evening closed with supper at Board
mans lunch rooms. and after dinner
| specches by the ladies. The gentlemen
| were Mcssrs. Macutchan and Smith, n.
| r. Barrows. C. o. Burt II c. Mcmahon.
| II. IT Pike and Harry Warrcn.-Healov
| Bashaw is recovering from a severe
attack of ouinzy sore throat-A. T. West
Of Hardwick, n former resident Of stowe.
is visiting his sister, Mrs. Clark n.
| Adams. for the first time IN Is years.
Mrs Stockwell of Claromont. n. H.,
was the guest Of nor daughter, Miss
| Ruby Storkwell Of the high school, over
| Sunday
The funeral OF Maroni Emery Snllics
was held at West Branch Church AT
two o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Salies
died Saturday evening after an illness
Of about three months from compiled
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H. w. ALLEN q co.

Henry Winget of Sherbrooke is stopping
with his uncle, n. +. WinGet.-V!,tor
Metcalf's family has moved into F. NJ
Siscos tenement.-Mrs. n. l.. Winget
has gone to the Mary Fletcher hospital
in burlington for treatment of her eyes.
About ~ friends of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Martin gave them surprise
party Friday evening, the 10Th anniver-
sary Of their marriage A Morris chair
and other useful gifts were presented -
Miss Ethel Dunbar of Coventry is the
CUES Of Mrs. a. S. Gower.-Miss Louise
Stephenson is home from Brigham
Academy for a few days.-Iames La
Bounty has moved to Barton to the
farm he lately purcha sed
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BRADFORD.

Frank McDuffee Of Troy, N. Y, Is Wis.,
iting his father, Everett McDuffee.-
Miss Florence Sawyer OF Laconia, N.
H., has been at her home here for few
days.-E. c. Wilton is in town and is
boarding with Mrs. Minnie Carr.-Mrs.
O. A. Baldwin has been confined to tho
house by Illness for a wcck.-Mr. and
Mrs. L. S. Erwin are guests of their
da ughter, Mrs. Walter Davis, in Wal
than, Mass.-Gen. w. n. Gilmore was in
Washington, ID. c., last week.-Mrs.. =.
S. Chambcrln is n guest of her ncice,
Mrs. f.. A. Johnson, in Somerville, Mass.
-Washhurn w. r. c. is to furnish a
hash supper at G. A. r. hall at $50 p.
m. Friday, and are to give n dance at
Armory hail at 8 o'clock.-The remains
OF Mrs. John Holmes were brought here
from Newport for burial Thursday
Miss Lucia Burbcck of Manchester, n.
H., visited her daughter, Mrs. II. I.
Johnson, the first Of the week.
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mother In Northicld Monday.-Miss Lima
Brooks has returned to Northfeld after
a few days at ]. Z. Davenports.-A. w.
Eastman underwent successful opera
tion for appendicitis and the removal OF
gall stones Monday at the sanatorium
Miss Myrtle Button has gone to Grand
Isle to teach school.-Mrs. II. M. Miller
and daughter, Miss Rubie, attended the
funeral of the formers mother-in-law.
Mrs. II. X, Miller in Mortified Monday.
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pleasant meeting of the Crescendo
club was held at the residence of Mrs.
l.. a. Page st. Valentines day Exer-
ciscs appropriate for the occasion were
prepared. Each member invited a lady
friend. and refreshments were served
by the hostess. The club will soon
celebrate its tenth birthday.-The Rev.
r. C. Howard of Lunenburgh visited
here the past week.-Mrs.. l.. l.. Start
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
w II. Parker, in Newport.
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is eurvivod b,, ,,.o io,,.,h,or. o,d ono
SON ttcr r,,ro,,l GOO, n,1d c,,,,,lo,,
afternoon nt b,1f r,st t,.o -, h,,. 'r,,,a
hope on coltcge street tho p.v
Hough omcIatine
Aftor h,ine in s,ss,o, r,ra a.. GA.
greater mart 90 too v,oot,s t,o ,,,oa,,....
of the donnie tov,tlo,, 'na,,,,,i,.i,.,' ,,,.,..
Friday Mint ,o ,1,ir to,,,.s ,r,,,, ,,..,a -,
the rnxt ,o,o,l,,,, ,,,,. inr, a,,tt,1, 49,. ~,
call of tho eb.ir,.u M, ,,,',,, ~ -
pairing tentotivo rc.,an, ,,.a, ,,,.,,,,
among tho sovorol ,,,,,,,,a,. 80 u.' a9.'
mission. Thr,o ,nc,nt,,r. ~ r'a ~
sion with whom t,roo ,.aa, ,
talked were nucb o,c,,,,,,r,,,l .I
prospect of a nnpl uun,,,,,,..,,, .,,,t,., 49,,
several v,tol fcnturcs - ,l.. ,n, 49,.
Will finally b. mad. I'm Ciovo,,,or pr,.at,'.
When M TO tho nrrsc,t s,..,,,, ,,,o,, 49,.
been much conruslo, oe -,,,tl,,,,,,, -
the commissioners with L,yv n,osro,',,
of being unanimous ON au,thi,,, rhr 10.
tails of the report TO he ,nadc arn w., IA
be- worked out. but ON lts main f,at,ras
the commissioners are nlrcady s,,hstar.
tally agreed. For obvlouH roaso,,s ,,nt-,-
ing is now given out for ,uiblicallon hut
the commission Is determined 10 mako 81,
final report to tho Cov,ruor that uui
amount to something, and ono thov hons.
that u,ill merit o,,,inr h,, .,o t,,i.,a.,.''
Of 1o0s
rho nr,c. ~ mill, dr,t,.oroi f.. Moot.
nolier vb,c, ID ,., .tx ,o,., I ,
Will probablv sn,p io ro1u,ot .. no.
cents IN nlaoo ~ t.i,.tr., ,r,',t, .,,, NV.
ing many sruol1 ocru,,,,,s ,t,, d.ai... 70
thew reduco tbc nrlco .,r(r.-, =, .,it
for cor, only, nc,,ir IN ,'i..',..,, =, r,,,,,
lar customers 20 ucrcts a., ,,a ao,iar,
sheriff Lrarl, a. ,rr,.v r., lem, 49,.
following petit Jurors for tho March farm
Of yvosri,gton cou,,y co,,r, ,,irh aa,,-
ycncs Tu,edav Norrb III tr1,c Aifroa A
Hall Of St. Adams. prr,.illng. rnrre civ.
Anrelo scaluu!ui u. u. Mi,ord. tarr,
H. j Dodge Milton Cil nos. cabot. Hiram
Wilson, Andrew q. :. Corliss. Calais
c. Wilbur, NJ 4. smith: Duxhi,rv. Johr
Wicr; East Montpcllcr. Noy IT, siblnv.
Chester Gould: Fayston, G. G.. Carroll,
MarJhhcld G. l. Laubcrton. G. t. shn,.
ard M.dd.esex, IL. W. Nichols, Ira John.
SON MONTPELIER. Rufus W. WI rren. Pat
rick II. Ryan; Aioretown. Frank ". som
| ers: Northfeld John Greenwood Waldo
S. Fisher: Plainheld Wesley Lafnberton.
c. j. Barlow; Roxbury. Hermon c.
! Averill Thendou Kendall; Naitsheld.
Clayton Richardson. George Cutter; War
rem. William S. Ford Alfred Lamb: Wat
erburv. W. c. Norcross. Carroll Robinson.
Woodbury. Carroll 4 Nct5n,,ht Alonzo
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VAUDEVILLE.

Miss Jacquelene Cox of Bakersfield is
in town.-Mrs Jane Wrightman of
North Hyde Park is spending n few
DAYS in town Lewis Blair has moved
here from Cambridge. -Miss Mamie Rog-
crs of Worcester, Mass, is spending n
few DAYS with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. Rennctt-R. 5. Wells. who has been
in town for three months. returned
Tuesday to Lyme, n. H.-Edson NJ.
Shattuck of New York city is spending
the week with his uncle, r. II. Shat
tuck-Robcrt Wiley was called to Wat
crbury Center Saturday by the death of
his brother, Martin. His remains were
brought to this place for interment Mon
day. He leaves one daughter, Mrs. Rosa
Bird of Brooklnc, Mass, and three
brothers. Henry and Albert of Boston,
Mass. and Il. A. Wiley of this place,
and one grandson, Martin X. Wiley.
Mrs. s. q. Wiley of Brookline. Mass.
Albert Wiley of Boston and Il. NJ. Will
ley of Greensboro accompanied the re-
mains here.
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a generous tumor in the abdomen for
two years. IL not expected to survive
long.-The question of who shall be road
commissioner the coming year is being
agitated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-17

multitude OF counsel has come only confusion:
The following is presented however not TO crit
view of furnishing al least partial solution Of
the vexed problem.
the whole discussion has rested upon false spun.
dation in far the skyscraper is concerned II
dependent Of protection afforded by the under
writer's or by the citys Fire Department There
seems little doubt that the unburuable building
has arrived a coLoqui2lism ana that Il
needs only that owners shall have the conviction
that shall prove confia grafton bar
1iers. because unbuTa ole their duty TO afford am
err 81 tii'lT - 81 - - ga ~ I,ire
Underwriters. but So throughIy freproofed in
ssrx FF5s puts HE r4si,ons5biIitv saualev pher,.
IL belonRs-on property owners.
II IS perhaps not necessary explain here that
there is-au article o. this description has no con
honesty Of insurance underwriters IN pointing
that they have mistakenly assumed a posi-
are not atruists. but business men and moved by
the same considerations that influence other bust
less humanity civic spirit man have other citi-
gems. ana have irors t.ef" no better -Nrgfls ihan
,1sT issues iIn:1@id.lT rlisca ia Ills attempt To
The cisclaiErr. In truth tAef relation 10 li' sun
frcf IN hand as II would seem . be considered
81 practical experts Il clearly defined BY article.
under tiIe caption. Lac Fll" fTeE-HIon ana
fire Protection To Property Owners and the Pub
Toronto c.irad;1. which among other Things
The conIparIes should certainly have the con
rroline voice ia fixing rate and IN making
tracts bur IN making The risks fTeTooI nor IA
1,rexenfin-, OF protecting against fire. just FOR the
eIu5rle reason tina; neither the prevention Of fire
protection against fire Is their business. not
in lne with il"
$50 ace expended ia building annually n the
country snd that were go '.fosA added the yearly
e. sEerase If k2Fl .Ga'l 100 would greatly
duced- L noi outireiy satcd. that tho additional
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THE CELLAR AND THE ROOF.

OF these. very properly, the cellar Will receive
the first consideration; and IL is upon it that very
largely. fire oftenest focuses its most nsidous
and dangerous attacks Cellars Of descrp-
tons classified by the builders. those which are
To bee subjected TO water pressure from hidden
springs. and udes, frequently encountered IN
building construction operations in Manhattan and
latter in which only danpness-aside from fires
10 be guarded against, IS thus constructed: The
foundations OF walls built four inches below
what Is designed 10 be the finished concrete floor
level in all walls resting against earth the outer
four inches are carried up TO twelve inches above
The adjoining earth grade. Then 4-ply OF coal tar
pitch and felt waterproonng is put founda-
lions. extending six inches the fioor-for
future connections with the Wsterproohng OF the
twelve inches above grade; then the remaining
thickness OF The walls Is built, soidly against this
&aterpTOOnHg. with cement mortar After this the
cellar floor smoothed with inch or so OF
cement mortar. and 4-ply WaterprOonng e put Cn
connecting II with The waterIroufing on the
foundation. And then concrete moor. protec-
lion 10 the wateTprooiins and for wearing
lace is Raid thereon
The water-tight pressure cellar is built in the
Of coal tar pitch and felt according TO the pressure
il will have To Withstand, and d reinforced con
crete floor sufficient resistance. put in This
pressure question is veXing problem in hydraulic
engineering. which confronts the wateTproofer with
different phase in each separate job In the cell
lars If the Municipal Building. Washington, u. CO
il was necessary put in reinforced concrete four
feet thick on I0-ply W8terproofnE. 10 resist III.
water pressure. The efficiency Of the systens here
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also for the that having no grave ee OF the
Incorporated into its superhcciefsr into more
less regular ] b In e the fes thickness
tween od tnes esdes having black surface it alb
serbs the suns rays-which absorption t erv grave
one that for some time after its application, i,s
quite infammable As too. all roofs with Few pIIe9
are short lived they should only be used on 'eiii
eth he P pr the tWe FIRST named saving be-
ing represented by the n9n-employftfbnt that 1 Of
standard gravel roof The latter was me the who
ton Of Cyrus warren in Of ISL In this the
is the fireproofng the pitch the waterproofns' anu
Space cannot be spared list Of the sa4 sT
in which this concern has aaa and therefore
only the more notable ones are here nleIIoieu,
tan Pr pfc II the Manhattan Life the New York Life
and the Standard Oil buildings, and the FOULS iOi
That old marble palace t the DrsHe CO bu has
ing the head @ err OF b! concern some thirty
six years ago. The roof of the old Tiany Bu mo-
ing was put on forty years ago. as was that OF 'Ne
it put the cellars in the Johnson BqlI dna t he
Hanover Bank building the Herald Building; the
Blair uildns the 1nsnanca Building the St
Paul B1ilding and the Gorham Building gr which #
has put brick may be mentioned the Mas
sach9sts HSsPn in P b BACK the Bricks used
for ornamental purposes on the facade or the later
nut in the roofs and cellars in Tiffany
! I3nildng and in the Martinique Apartment Hotel.
| and the roofs on both the Altman and MarorloSe
buildings; and 1t is engaged at present putting on
tile roofs On six of the most important structures
| in New York city, well on many other jobs
| of lesser Importance here.
| The concerns activities, however, have not Deen
| confined to New York City, but have been spreau
| out over the country generally. For example, II
did the cellars roofs of the General Postoffce
| and the Boxer Building in Mexico City; the amer
| lean Tobacco factory in Havana; the Nun1c!-
| nai Building the Metropolitan City Bank, the Agri-
| cultural laboratories and B, and also. the roofs
| of the subway between the Senate and House once
| buildings and the Capitol in Washington, u =
| The New York Lies Building, in st; Paul; MIME
| sofa has a brick ard tile roof its building IN
Minneapolis has tile and its BUILDING in Montreal
| a brick roof all installed by the T. New people
| The Courthouse In New Orleans, which has some
| seventeen hundred feet of unstable alluvial soil
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hose. it will survive. Wind stresses he explains.
be readily taken care of by properly designing
corroslon, however. he seems, to regard as the
about the footings OF columns. and In the outside
walls He gives the expert opinion ion that the prG
the Metropolitan tower is ideal Here the steel
coHerins. and IN the Outside walls the latter is
applied before the masonry is built around the col
hand as 10 the effect of eectrolysis steel work
tricty is so much used both in buildings and the
streets, some methods should be adopted 70 carry
of it's currents from steel structures; and he adds
that TO his personal knowledge, IL has been done
and is being done in large number Of recent
AS to the stability construction AIr. Post
nGlds eI and nrotscted He thinks that after
the destruction exterior walls by fire the steel
that it would be very difficult to destroy good
brick or concrete wall and he points TO the recent
very little injured except where the sO-called fire
PROOF profession d or OIL orE and IRON Sr
in sufficiently good condition to warrant their
He believes the steel skeleton building to be a
great barrier 70 CONFEDERATION; provided window
trate, to feed upon contents or the building. and
'hea spTeaa nrnanTnn 20 cost Of the steel strct
bears to the total cost OF the building he eX,
TO rs cent in a one story factory for example
rately finished and decorated buildings or course
the cost OF the steel work VIII be the same In q
one with an elab6rately carved marble facade and
having handsome interior decorations
THE steel. FRAMES HISTORY.
Ths rapidly with which a building be
erected is always matter OF great Importance,
and Mr.. Post holds that the skeleton steel frame
building is the of all others that can he most
quickly put up. He says: I'VE recently erected "A
twenty story building In two months. and the in
closing masonry not more than two three
weeks behind us. This speed would he impossible
, with any other system than the one of watch
SPEAK
There Is intention Of presenting at length here
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ing, at present done, IS said to have originated
with this concern which has a long and honorable
record and many OF whose constructions have
stood the severest tests of time water and fire as
here from 1853 1902. when he died. The COM
psnys present president, Mr.. l.. W Harrington
has been continuously with II. as us engineer
The approved roofs Of to-day OF three kinds:
mortar %, illustrationD over a WATERPROOF
layer 5pIy coal pitch ana felt 60. cenented
with hot coal tar pitch, the waterproohns being
turned up against all walls and openings six inches
flashing" of copper Cd is set in the latter four
inches and down their inner face three Inches, at
roof OBJ; and when the waterproofing 90 is put in
a base flashing" OF copper C2) is extended four
undersiae Of the cap fashing' - Then The out
let's are connected with heavy lead piping to the
OF the latter. and they are then soldered to the
copper base flashing {E); The durability and the
titled to by the fact that it has proved to be the
only roof capable Of Withstanding the wear and
same matchmaking ali The re0jiirements Of tie
Board of Health And il requires absolutely no
repairs it is the cheapest roof for that class OF
The tile roof is constructed in the same manner
in Portland cement mortar; while, with the gravel
roof. the same 5-ply waterprootng and dash
into the TOP coating Of ho coal tar ptch for
finish. It should be added that standard roofs
square feet of surface and also. that all the above
roofs are laid on graded concrete.
have come to be considered by the best au-
thorties representing the most satisfactory and
HcePt For at there Is one msd of plastic
slate @, slate ground up and mixed with coal
consistency of mortar-and in which the slate gen
orally forms five layers of the so-called ',S-ply
felt This roof is said TO be necessarily short
lived owing the volatile nature Of coal tar, and
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sTEEL's INvULNERABLE ARMOR.

T, vf1r have been noted in the foregoing thar
Mr. Post describes an ideal protection asalass
both fire and corrOson the Portland cement COW
eriug i'm which the steel work Of the Metropolitan
tower is fncIosed. This covering il the invention
of MaximiIian Toch. and is manufactured by ths
great firm Of Toch Brothers-estabished some SIXTY
years ago-of which he is member, at us Long
Island City Works
Mr. Toch who is a chemist Of note. and much II
demand all over the country for the making o.
tests upon steel structures or Lri&us l{ ms
particular. has this to say upon the subject o. COT
fSsion and upon his preventive and cure for this,
the dangerous enemy of all steel construction
-.Corroson may be divided into three classes tHac
which results from electroIysls, pIoJI i,t ~ 80
attacks of the vagrant currents or elecJr-lIy lne
mysterious fluid which enters 50 laIsy IsdaS ;ii9
every department Of HSnt ana po~et' ny olIiS "a
the cities but in the factory towns. and on tns
phur gases proceeding from the smoke Of loconlo-
lives and from the chemical corr9sion due 20 moist
the atmosphere Of every city
Mr. Toch furnished the interesting pictorial *
tj}t,s bov-n on mis- page two OF which so strs-
fngIv demonstrate the extent 10 which great steer
structures are damaged by corrosion ,-..-
graph of bridge in MassaGadse'l5 " lTacb;Ts
wire to the remains q the SIDE Ta9 q s Ia-s
Tie serious injury inflicted by corroson upon d
Example No. 2 Here corrosion results from tho
smoke and fumes Of locomotives - .-.-,t,.-
- g. ateeI protected BY TockoIith-'' The founda-
tom ton beams Of steel which support an trnmenss
Insulating and cement paint CTockoIltnl anu zen
these beams were tightly packed IN concrete T 9aE
years afterward several engineers expressed 2 De-
sire 10 learn whether cOrrOSfOn had possibly
+aLar Mace in the foundation beams OF this power
h0Use and to that end quite a large sectlon-as
shown in illustration No. 3-Of the steel was IN
covered IL was found that the steel l-oearfs VeF1
in state of preservation, and IhaI 10
aIactrnTvtic action had produced any damage what
ever proving CoucIUsiveIy that, where steel -
properIv coated before i is bedled in concrete:
is permanently protected against that tnsld!0us roe
Cement has been KNOW as a protection aSdlnss
corrOsi0n for many hundreds Of years; but no real
has been made until the naIerldA
called -7oCkoIith patented in 1877 rms IS p
rai7+ Jrfic contains cent OF a cner1lcaL
c0npOund equal in cOrnDOstiOn 10 pure Portland
cement and when applied TO steel in the form
Of a paint protects the steel against cheIhlca COT
rOSfOn -,f
yarfa Terminal AT 22d street New York CIV. Whers
o Of steel are being protected
~csi,- used the entire PNi-ade .Dhit
subway on the entire Boston subway on The new
C,anarsfs section Of the Pro0Efyu Elevated FlaiI@
yvav and IN dozens OF other large operations. ms