The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-09
200 Washington Co. Granite
Manufacturers Attended
THE ELECTION POSTPONED
H. ]. M. Jones Acted as Toastmaster,
and There Were Responses by Sew
eraI Barre Men and Delegates
from Other Associations.

Two hundred men, all of whom are
engaged in some branch Of the manu-
facture or sale Of Barre granite, assem-
bled in the Woodmen's hall last evening
at the banquet Of the Barre Granite
Manufacturers association, and for over
four hours they enjoyed the occasion to
the utmost. The annual business meet
ing Of the association had been called
together by President William Marr IN
the rooms Of the association at 1880
o'clock. and. after the reports Of the
secretary and treasurer had been reaa
and accepted, 1t was voted to postpone
the election OF officers to later date,
to be decided upon By the executive
board.
After short remarks had been made BY
Robert d. Smith Of Boston, secretary
of the n. g. NJ Al. and John G. Murray,
president Of the Quincy, Mass, associar
tion, the meeting adjourned to the ban.
qnet hall. The guests present from dis
tnnt cities we're besides Secretary Smith
and President Murray. Seward W. Jones
Of Boston, president OF the National As
sociation OF Granite Industries of the
United States, F. M. sehlimgen Of Madi-
son. Wisconsin, q member Of the execu-
tive committee Of the National Retail
Monumental Dealers association, G. e..
Tavntor OF New York. + r. Stewart,
chairman Of the executive committee Of
the National R. NJ D association, Of
Warrington, West Virginia and A. NJ.
Hunt. editor Of "Granite, Marble and
Bronze Manufacturers we're present
from all the towns included in this
association. including Northheid, Water
bury. Montpelier, East Barre and Will
Jamestown.
It was o'clock before an had taken
their places At the banquet tables. and
II o'clock before all had had their fill
Of the excellent bin Of fare, as served
BIZ Caterer W. Il. Snow, proprietor OF
the CITY hotel. Riley's orchestra Of FIVE
pieces played during the BANQUET When
the cigars were finally passed Presidents
Marr raped for order He said that of
the Important things that the mauufac-
turers had accomplished in the past few
years the patent case, which the asso-
citation carried through the courts and
finally got q decision that was very
largely In tile associations favor. means
a great deal Of good to the members
of the association Another thing that
the association has accomplished that IS
of still more Importance is the securing
Of & reduction IN freight rates he said
and for what we have been able to ac-
complish in this line, Seward w. Jones
deserves great deal Of credit and praise.
Still another thing that the associa-
tion is doing, with beneficial results for
the association, is the claim department.
BY this department, matters have been
justly settled in way that costs the
granite man nothing, whereas, II thav
had had to work alone. It would have
cost them great deal Of money Il
believe.r he said, "that coming together
as we have tonight will achieve d great
deal Of good. Let Us stand together
firmly. maintaining our rights as an as-
sociation but still be ready at all times
to give square deal"
Toastmaster introduced.
The POSTMASTER, Hugh J. NJ Jones,
then being introduced said that lie con-
sidered it great honor to preside over
this gathering. When | came to Barre
about 22 years ago lie said, ''the place
was then little country village; but
now 1t is the third, ii not the second.
city in the state Vermont has made
gain in its population in the last ten
years. and the reason that she has made
gain is because Washington county
has made gain, the only county in the
state to make gain, and Washington
county has made gain because Of its
granite industry
City Clerk James Maekay was the first
speaker called upon. and he responded
to the toast. Our City, Mr.. Maekay
gave q history Of the rapid progress and
rise Of Barre from an ordinary country
village, 25 years ago, to prosperous.
progressive and modern city of l300u
people, and recognized as the leading
granite center Of America.
c. E. Tayntor's Remarks.
C. E. Tayntor Of New York, a former
Barre granite man, was the next speaker,
and the toast assigned to him vas
"Mausoleums1 When his firm left barre
10 years ago, he said. there was ono
maus0leum sold where there are 10 being
sold to-day. The trend Of trade now. he
said. IS toward the mausoeums in place
of the large monuments Mr.. Tayntor
stated that he had patented seven diff
ferent styles Of mausoleums. after years
Of study on them, with an effort to elm.
mate the ''lealSy roof which has always
been great fault with mausoleums Hs
had at last invented one with d single
roof. that. he claimed, eliminated an
possibility Of its ever leaking; and out
Of % mausolenms he sold in one ceme-
terry last year, he erected 10 Of them Of
this one-roof style.
The toastmaster next called upon Her
mon D. Hopkins Of Montpelier, who gnye
a reading in the French dialect in his
manner.
Seward Jones for National Association.
'sThe National Association was then
responded to by Seward ". Jones, WHO
is a member Of the Jones Brothers Gran
ite company. The association wal
formed. ne said, for the mutual benefit
Of its members, considering labor mar.
ters or any other things that would b
OF benefit to the trade We have al