Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-02-20
Interesting Granite Notes.

w. Q. Clifford, superintendent of the
Woodbury. Granite company, started Sat-
urday on business trip which will in
clude Chicago and from there he will go
to Madison, Wis, to observe progress on
the new capitol building being built of
granite from the Woodbury. company
quarries.
Work has progressed SO rapidly on the
Wisconsin capitol job that the Woodbury.
company finds itself ahead of the require
| ments of the building contractors and has
large amount of cut stone now stored
near its sheds. Being in this situation,
| it was found necessary to lay off one gang
of cutters last week, fifteen in number.
| The Woodbury. Granite company is
J pushing engagements for rushing work
on its new shed as soon as the season
opens. 1t has Just received the monster
4 75-foot span travelling crane, which will
4 be about the first machine installed. Lum-
4 Der is being received for completing the
| boarding house, and work on the extern
sion of the Bethel Granite railway to the
| Wood bury company's quarries is pro-
/ crossing as fast as could be expected in
/ the winter months.
/ 1t is rumored that there is good
chance of the contract for furnishing the
cut stone for the new Field Museum in
Chicago being awarded for Bethel gran
lite. This is one of the largest contracts
ever let, being in the vicinity of an eight
million-dollar job, the money being de-
rived from funds left by the late Marshall
Field, the merchant prince of Chicago.
Building experts have been travelling the
tpast year in Europe gathering ideas as to
the best construction and plans. The ar
chitect is Daniel Burnham, who is quite
familiar with Bethel granite. 1t iss I'M
derstood that both the E. B. Ellis Gran
lite company and the Woodbury. Granite
company have figured on this job, and
that the architect is favorably inclined to
Bethel granite.
Floods and an Ice Jam.
The rain and thaw of last week culmin-
ated Saturday in the breaking up of the
ice in White river, doing considerable
damage and filling with alarm those liy-
ing on its banks.
About p. M, the ice began to move
above the village and for the next four
hours moved down the stream in success
sive periods of blocking and starting.
About half past seven, the heavy mass of
ice finally forced its way to the dam of
the Bethel Electric Light and Power COM
pany. Here it broke down the protecting
timhers to the forebay, filling up the
forebay with ice and debris. This neces-
STATED shutting down the plant for a
time, but no serious damage was done
here.
In the "Little Italy, section of the vii
lsge, all the houses were vacated by the
occupants while the ice jam was going
by. The houses were surrounded by the
flood and the two lower houses were
flooded for depth of about two feet.
On the Rochester railroad there was
considerable damage done to trestles and
bridges. One span of the bridge above
Stockbridge Common went out and it
will probably take two weeks at least to
get the road in running condition.
On River street the ice house of g. w.
Berry. being empty, took a start down
the river, but was held back by the
hands of the onlookers.
The barn of Mrs. Celestia Whipple was
turned around, and the water came into
the road by DR.. o. V. Greene's.
James A. Graham attached with ropes
to the buildings his wagons and other
hoatables and restrained the down-river
tendencies.
Considerable anxiety was expressed for
the electric plant of c. d. Cushing at
Gaysville, as the work was in an unfin-
ished condition, but little damage was
done there.
Whitcomb High School.
The Cicero class took college exam.
Wednesday.
Vicers and Come, II, were absent
from school last week.
Miss Luce, '0S, returned Tuesday after
an illness OF few days.
The removal of the family of w. FL.
Kittredge to East Bethel takes four pu-
pills out of the w. III. s.
The senior class are preparing play
entitled, "a Fighting Chance,' u be
given Feb. 28 10 the Tcwn ball.
The junior Latin class have read this
year he foar orgtions OF Cicero against
Catiline and are now nearly through the
first book of Ovi6's Meta norphoses. Two
days a week are given up to prose com
position.