The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-07-29
STATE NEWS.

for a sum said to approximate
$4,000. 1t is said that the mines
which have been closed two years,
will be opened at once.
Lieut.-Col. Francis H. Hardie, re-
tired. of New York city, has been ap-
pointed inspector at large of the
| Panama Railroad Co. Lieutenant
Colonel Hardie is remembered in
! Vermont as an officer of the Third
Cavalry stationed for several years
at Fort Ethan Allen.
saHenry c. Ide, United States
minister to Madrid, Spain, expects
tos visit St. Johnsbury this fall.
His daughter, Miss Majorie Ide,
has just left Spain for Paris, where
she will meet her sister, Mrs. w.
Bourke Cochran. MrIde will join
the party later for motor trip
through England or Germany.
George Bingham, aged about IS
years, for 40 years a conductor on the
| Rutland railroad, working on all its
various branches, died Thursday
night at his home in Ludlow. He
was for many years a resident of
Rutland. Mr.. Binghams last run
before retirement, some ten years
ago, was on the Addison branch.
A gift Of $4,000 to the Rutland
hospital association from Nahum p.
Kingsley in memory ofahis wife,
Mrs. Adelaide H. Kingsley, to be
applied 10 the erectionLand equip
ment of a new operating room, has
been announced. This is the third
in a series Of gifts by Mr.. Kingsley,
5000 having been given to the
old ladies' home and 81 1000 to the
hospital association.
At a meeting of the executive
committee of the Vermont Asso-
citation of Fire Insurance Agents,
held Wednesday evening at the
Pavilion Hotel, it was voted to
hold the next annual meeting,
Thursday, October 13, at the Water
bury Inn. If this date should
conflict with the reception to be
given by the incoming Governor the
annual meeting will be held October
y. Among the speakers will be
Guy W. Bailey, one of the insurance
commissioners of Vermont, and
Insurance Commissioner Adams of |
New Hampshire.
Although the program is not |
completed, assurance is given by the
board that the annual school for
the haalth officers of Vermont to
be held in Montpelier the week
begmnIng August /, under the
au,piceS of the state board of health,
wi. he interesting and varied, as
during The past sessions. The open
ing session will be held Monday
evening and there will be sessions
mornings, afternoons, and evenings
on the following days till Friday.
Each health officer is compelled by
statute to be present and is COM
pensated by the state.
The adjourned session of the
I. S. court at Newfane was brought
to a sudden close July 20, by the
settlement of the $4,000 suit by
l.. H. Barber, of Brattleboro to
recover damages for injuries sus-
tanned in an auto wreck while
riding with James H. White of
Meriden, Conn, on May II, 1908.
Judgment was entered for the
defendant to recover costs but it
is generally understood that the La
bility insurance company made a
settlement with Mr..
Barber. The jurors were excused
until Tuesday, when they were
notified to appear at Windsor.
As the result Of efforts of the st.
Johnsbury Commercial Club, the
PiIlsburv-Baldwin Co. of Barton has
decided to move its business to st.
Johnsburv if St. Johnsbury capital ,
will meet it half way in the forming
If new corporation to carry on It's
-apidly increasing business. The
business of the company is prlncl-
1allv manufacturing and dealing
n plumbers woodwork supplies,
,ox shocks, and other woodwork.
The principal wood used is ash,
md can hardly be told from'genuine
,ak. When the company locates
n St. Johnsbury it proposes to
rect an improved plant about
,OxI2O feet, with a dry kiln about
iOx6O. to be built of cement blocks,
with sprinklers, complying
Nth the most rigid regulations of
he Insurance companies to warrant
he lowest possible rates. Such
plant for which plans are already
made would cost in the neighbor-
Gods ofa $4,000. Such a plant
S the promoters have in mind would
e equipped to employ 200 men and
bose most familiar with the growth
+ the business are sure that 100 men
4 least would be needed within a
ear