Connecticut western news., 1908-05-21
LIME ROCK IS AN
 INDUSTRIAL EDEN
IT IS A NO-LICENSE VILLAGE
There is Not a Policeman or Con- stable in the Place as There is no Occasion for Arrests-Senator Bar nuns Personality.
Continued from last week.

num's Personality.
 Continued from last week.
 The Barnum, Richardson Company moulders and other ironworkers at Lime Rock toll severely, it is true, because rough work and exposure to the fiery breath of molten metal cannot be ehm mated from this branch of industry, but their hours of labor are few, and the transition from the oppressive heat o1 the foundries to the pure elixir of the untainted mountains is boon they car experience during the work day almost hourly.
 Indeed, the workingmen of Lime Rock are to be envied. Far from being mere cogs in huge money making machine trey are equally as far from being bene- ficiaries of any philanthropists or the re- cipients of charity. They are simply faithful employees, conscientiously coop erating with the corporation in whose service they are, and which, incident ally, in it's relations with them affords a conspicuous and refreshing illustration of how far manufacturers can profitably go in promoting the comfort and happi- ness of their operatives and in supplying their moral, intellectual, physical and spiritual needs. Here is an industrial Eden. It IS doubtful whether there is another place in the world just like Lime Rock, which, with its undulating and parklike village street, its symmetrical trees, it's strips of woodland, it's stretches of rich green dotted with tasteful, trim houses and it's other characteristics of a typically prosperous New England com munity, is still essentially different and unique.
 There is not a dwelling here that is not a model of scrupulous neatness, and tho nRmber of spotlessly white houses is pleasantly noticeable. Every Saturday the villagers pick the streets as clean as a plate, and the elm shaded turf that divides the roadway from the sidewalks Is combed with as much pains as a debutante arranges her coiffure. There is not a policeman or constable in the place, for there is never any disorder or any occasion for an arrest. The o .sino is a large and we'll appointed public building that the company has provided for entertainments of many kinds. and near by is a band stand, where the village band gives frequent concerts throughout the summer. The company rents houses to 1t employees for a nominal charge, but not a few of these ironworkers have built their own homes some of which easily would pass for the cottages of people of means. No liquor is sold in Lime Rock and the workmen all save money Many of the houses are supplied with gas r o m individual generating machines, Purest water comes sparkling up from innumer- able springs as copiously free as the air.
 Twenty-Five years ago an effort was made to form branch of the Knights of Labor here, but it died a-borning. An agent came here for the purpose of in teresting the employees of the Barnum. Richardson Company in joining the or ganization. The first person he met was an old ironworker, whom he asked if he would like to become member of the Knights of Labor. "No," replied tho old man, "a day's labor is enough for me-" The retort so diSconcerted the agent that he abandoned Lime Rock as field for missionary work and de- camped on the next train.
 The Utopian attributes of Lime Rock are largely due to the impress made up on the policy of the Barnum, Richardson Company by the strong personality of Senator Charles w. Barnum. MT. Bar nun not only opens the doors of his taste fully attractive home to all Lime Rock, but, as Emerson would say he nails them back. Mr. Barnum finds his chief pleas ure in helping others up the hills of lifo. as many home bears eager witness, and his benefaotlons, if they oonld be enu- merated, would make u formidable list
 00uhVOE DeI '" as DOAh ICA0 OCe- ober 30. 1858, and succeeded his distin- guished father as the active head of the Barnum, Richardson Company. In 1875 he married Miss Mary Nicholls, daughter of the Rev, George H. Nicholls, of Hoosik Falls, N. Y. The following year Mir. Barnum built his present home, which. surrounded by acres of lawn. splendid old trees and towering shrubs, has a good lookout over the hills and valley. From the porch may be seen the fantastic out lines of Sharon and Red Mountains and more distant cliffs. which the setting sun paints with great dashes of golden light.