The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-02
viii Devote All Time to Their
Quarrylng
SMITH BROS. GRAN. co. BUY
Purchasers Took Possession Yesterday
and the Old Firm Goes Out Of
Manufacturing End Of
Industry.

The sale by e. L. Smith q Co. Of ita
real estate on Burnham's meadow, con-
sisting Of land and granite sheds, to
Smith Brothers Granite company marks
the complete withdrawal OF the company
from the manufacturing end Of the gram
ite industry and the diverting Of its
entire attention to the quarrying Of
Barre granite. The name Of E. L. Smith
a Co. is almost as familiar to the gran
ite trade as Barre granite itself, as tho
business was started back in the SOS and
has been continued successfully ever
since, although with a change in man
agement in that time.
At the time the plant was built on
Burnham's meadow early In the spring
OF 1850, the firm consisted of Emery L.
Smith, John K. Smith and Donald Smith.
The plant was built with capacity for
employing nearly 100 men. Prior to
that time they had been renting she'd
room Of Marr & Gordon. In October,
1895, Emery J.. Smith retired from the
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brothers, John Z. and Donald Smith,
who retained the firm name. In August,
1907, the business was incorporated, the
company taking possession Of the prop
erty on the following December and
continuing under the same name.
But for the past 1--WE years the conn
pany has been gradually Withdrawing
from the granite cutting business, on
account Of the large increase in its quar-
rying interests. The present sale OF the
property on Burnham's meadow will give
its members an opportunity to devote
their entire attention to quarrying. Z.
T. Smith & Co. has excellent quarry
property on Milestone hill-some rs
acres Of light, dark and medium stock
One hundred and fifty men are employed
in its quarries.
The Office Of the company win be in
this city and the management win be
unchanged. The directors of the COM
pany are John E. Smith, Donald Smith,
f. O Kent and A. A. Smith.
The property on the meadow" is said
10 have brought between $4,000 and
$4,000. The purchasers are James NJ
Smith. Henry J. Smith and James J.
Long, doing business under the name Of
the Smith Brothers Granite company,
also known as one Of the reliable firms
of the city. They took possession yes
terday They will utilize only part of
the plant at the present time, renting
the remainder to other granite firms.
Smith Brothers Granite company was
formerly operating in this same plant
which II has now purchased, but latterly
has been renting space on Granite street,
They now employ about 25 men.
A Reminiscence Brought Up.
In connection with the sale, II is inter-
esting to note the changes which time
has wrought in the personnel Of the
force" employed by E. L. Smith g. Co.
when located on Granite street on May
/, 1899. John Z. Smith was then fore
man, and the following men were em-
ployed: Henry Lacrosse, Robert Mi
chaeI, Walter Sutherland, Ed. Goneo, r.
Croteau, Charles Micheasi George L.
Morris. John P. Corskie, Ben Turner,
Alex. Morton, John Mcleod, John Row
ley, Richard Gibson, Donald w McDon-
aid. Kenneth McCaskill. Jacob McLure,
Tom Bertrand, James Mahoney, r. H.
Jones. Robert Kynoch, A. Whitehead and
A. Jones.
Of these 2S, eleven are known to be
now deceased, while some Of the others
are at present well known to the granite
industry.