Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-23
FIRMS CONSOLIDATED.


Plant to be Located Ut aanooiph.
The fire of last Thursday morning.
which destroyed the main building of the
factory Of 8. r. Sargent & Son at Castle
ton Corners, fastened the final CONSOLE
dation of that Arm with Osgood * Roun-
dy OF Randolph under the name of the
Sargeat, Osgood, Roundy company, and
decided the matter of locating a larger
and better equipped plant in this village
for the manufacture OF plows and other
agricultural implements. The new COM
pany is capitalized at $4,000 and intends
to begin at once the erection Of a build
ing, for which plans are nov being
drawn. The structure will probably be
OF concrete bricks, as near fireproof as
possible, and will be situated east of the
old tub factory building.
The Sargent concern fortunately saved
all its patterns of piows and other farm
tools, which will be manufactured here
and, with the Green Mountain piow and
foundry specialties of Osgood & Roundy,
will give the consolidated company
line of such goods equal to any in the
New England states and, in many re-
poets, superior to all others. 1t is in
tended also TO continue the jobbing BUSH
ness of Osgood d Roundy in carriages,
been steadily growing and will now be
steadily increased.
The location of this business in RAN
dolph means a great deal to the indus
trial interests of the place, doubling as it
does the output and wage-earning capa-
bilities of the foundry and adding an inn
portant mandatory to the town. A
cordial welcome will be given to it and
cordial support should be assured.
The Castleton company had just COM
pleted its inventory amounting to s23,-
600, large proportion of which was
destroyed by the fire, discovered about 5
O'Clock last Thursday morning and
fought by bucket brigade that only sue
ceeded in saving a wooden shop contain
ing the engine, the foundry and another
wooden building. Besides the concrete
main building. 60x40 feet, two. stories
high and holding all the company's new
est machinery, the flames destroyed the
blacksmith shop, a shed full of wood,
pillow handles and beams. a building con-
tanning a carload of coke and barn,
20x30 feet, used as storehouse. The in
surance OF So, 500, with what can be saved
from the fire, will leave a net loss of not
far from $4,000.
A. G.. Osgood was in Castleton Friday
and Saturday to learn the extent of the
loss and to complete arrangements for
the removal of the business to Randolph,
where it will have the advantage Of oper-
ating by waterpower and be favored with
equally good shipping facilities. Work
will be commenced at once SO as to be
able to supply the fall trade from this
point.
The Castleton plant was started in 1912
= hrp Eor-
gent OF the Ames Pillow company formed a
partnership in 1881 under the name of
Barrows & Sargent. In 1892, Mr. Sar-
gent bought out Mr.. Barrows and associ-
ated in the business his son, Walter X.
Sargent, the firm name becoming s. X.
Sargent x Son. Since the death of the
senior member of the firm, Mr.. Walter X.
Sargent has conducted the business I'M
der the same company title.
The Randolph foundry dates from 1850,
W hen the late A j. Kelley began the
manufacture of plows, stoves and various
other kinds Of castings at Randolph Gen.
ter. At the end of Is years he sold out
to J. w. Carter, and in 1895 the Chad
wick Brothers brought the foundry to
this village, where they bad purchased
the Prince tub factory property and
wsterpower of Mrs. Emily Hastings.
The new proprietors built a house 3oxs0
feet to accommodate the moulding sp-
paratus and continued to run the business
until they sold out to A. G. Osgood six
years ago this coming September. In
November, 1904, Mr.. Osgood took into |
c. c. Roundy OF Worcester,
Mass, and under their combined conduct /
OF affairs the foundry has known a pros
porous career and merges into the larger |
with bright prospect of even |
greater success.