The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-12-10
|By Re. .eIecting William Mari
as President
THE ELECTION LAST NIGHT
Committee Reports Progress on Steps TO
Insure Use Of Barre Granite in
the New Federal Building
In Barre.

Over seventy-fye members Of the
Barre Granite Manufacturers association
attended their annual meeting at that
organizations headquarters in the Q. w.
Averill building last evening, elected Of
icers and enjoyed an informal lunch.
Among the number were members from
the surrounding towns which are included
in the Barre Jurisdiction, including Mont
pelier, Northfeld, East Barre, West Ber-
lin, Williamstown and Waterbury.
The meeting was enthusiastic and
characterized by good spirit throughout.
William Marr of the firm Of Marr &
Gordon was honored with reelection,
while Charles H. wishart of this city,
who was appointed last October as secrc-
tary to fill vacancy, received an cleo
tion to that position. Mr.. Wdshart,
while not a granite manufacturer, Is
more or less closely identified with the
industry and possesses the executive
ability TO perform the duties Of the posi-
ton acceptably.
President Marr presided over the meet
ing, and after the minutes Of the last
meeting--a special one held last Septem-
ber--were read and approved, Frank I.
Small was introduced. Although he goes
under the name of Small, he proved to
be large as an entertainer, the chief fea-
ture Of his program being the pleasure
Of auctioning off BALLET pneumatic tool
which he received at the manufacturers
picnic at Rockport, Mass, last summer
for being the champion heavyweight
sprinter Of the crowd. MIR. Small proved
as adept at the trade of auctioneer as
he had proved as sprinter, and he sue
ceeded in getting Sl2.75 for sl2 tool.
Donald Smith, the purchaser, paid the
extra rs cents for the associations con-
nected vita the tool The implement
was bid off after spirited bidding.
The auditors, NJ N. McIyer and Donald
Smith, then reported and their report
was accepted. and motion was carried
that committed of three be appointed
by the chair TO revise the bylaws. The
committee will be appointed later. The
membership name Of johnson & Peterson
was changed TO that of Isaac Peterson.
Then, while John Mcdonald, H. J. NJ.
Jones and I. J. Davis were out nominat
ing q new list Of officers, two visitors
were introduced to the assembly, they
being Vice-president John Merkle Of the
National Retail Monument Dealers asso-
citation Of Chicago and George Colwell,
dealer in monuments at Pittsburg, were
introduced. Both spoke briefly. The
home of Mr.. Merkle is in Peoria, ILL.,
By that time the nominating commit
tee was ready to report, and their list
Of officers was elected, the list being as
follows
President. William Afarr Of Marr &
Gordon, Barre.
First ce-president, William Barclay
of Barclay Bros, Barre.
Second vice-president, T. E. Callahan
of Gill & Co.. Montpelier,
Secretary, Charles H. Wishart~ Barre.
Treasurer, George Robins Of Robins
Bros, Barre.
Auditors, M. N. McIver and Donald
Smith, the last-named Of e. L. Smith &
Co.
The above officers with James r. Mar
rion and 0'Leary of Barre, ]. B. Mag
naghi of Presbrey, Coykendal & CO. Of
Barre, f. ]. Davis OF Davis Bros. of
West Berlin, and Frank 0dgers Of Lit
tlejohn, 0dgers & Milne, constitute the
executive committee.
Report on Post Office Material.
Fl. j. M. Jones reported for the joint
committee of the manufacturers asso-
citation and the quarry owners associa-
tion what progress has been made in the
project to have the new federal building
in Barre erected of granite. Mr.. Jones
stated that he considered he could re-
port some progress had been made during
the year in which the matter had been
taken up. He notified the association
that he had been in correspondence with
the members of the Vermont delegation
in Congress and with Supervising Archi-
tect TAYLOR, and had enlisted the services
of the former in securing contract Of
Barre granite.
The original specifications for the con-
struction Of the building call for the use
Of sandstone from the middle West The
granite manufacturers feel that setting
chunk OF western sandstone or any other
foreign material down in the heart Of
the richest granite belt in the country
would be entirely incongruous, 50 that
they are urging the use Of Barre granite,
is, indeed, is every Barre citizen who
has given thought to the matter. They
,ne and all feel that Barre granite should
Do used as the constructing material,
md they are sanguine that the govern
nent win eventually select the homo
Following the business session OF the
the members broke up into
sToups and feasted themselves on the
,ata0les provided by the committee
Sandwiches, waters, cheese, etc, topped
If with a long smoke, were the refresh
nents, and the members spent until late
It night talking things over informally.