Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-05-11

into it at full speed, the pilot striking
a glancing blow and throwing the log
from the track. Beyond a severe
shaking up none of the passengers
were injured. A man was seen to run
from the track. AS the trains stopped
at Walpole officers were notified and
they are searching for the man.
A Large Middlebury Deal.
George C. Underhill, the marble
promoter of Rutland, has purchased for
New York parties the right of several
water powers in the vicinity of Middle
| bury, according to report. Mr.. Under
hill, accompanied by Rutland lawyer
has been in the section for month
trying to purchase water powers but
had only secured full right of one
power up to Saturday night, the Hunt
ington Falls power, formerly the prop
erty of the Green Mountain Pulp
company, operated up to a year ago.
Mr.. Underhill has options on two
smaller powers and several acres of
land adjoining. He has attempted to
purchase the key to the water situa-
tion in the vicinity of Belden's and
Brockville, the Col. Joseph Battell
property, bat this had not been. secured
UP to Saturday night. 1t is the inten-
ton of the Underhill party if all the
powers were purchased, to raise one
of the dams several feet and collect
the water and in this way secure one
: of the best powers in New England
= Many reports were af1oat. Some say
3 it is the intention OF the parties t.
: erect large manufacturing plant O
to purchase the water rights for
t large marble company in Rutland. Th
e amount paid for the Huntington Fall
: as said to be between $4,000 an
1875, 900.
Millionaire Philanthropist, a Native c
# Vermont, Dies Suddenly
Z John Fl, Converse, head of the Bale
;" win Locomotive works, and millionair
l. philanthropist of Phil adelphia, Penn.
e died suddenly at his suburbaR home
!, Rosemont, May 3. Mr.. Converse wa
e native of Darlington, born there De-
|. 2, 1910, and was son of Rex. Kendric
IS and Sarah (Allen) Converse He WIS
IL educated at the University of Vernon
from which he was graduated in 1856
He has long been associated with tt
:, firm of BRrnham, Williams and Con
IL pany, proprietors of the Baldwin IIocl
g motive works, having first entered tt
e employ OF the locomotive works
n 1870, and becoming a member of Il
re firm three years later. He was
q trustee Of the Princeton Theoiogic
to seminary, a member of the Americ,
IN Philosophical society, and a leader
I'd many benevolent and religious ente
he prises. His wife was Elizabeth Pc
E. kins Thampson, whom he married
Bay Ridge, L. T., in 1893.
When the Real Estate Trust COZ
Of panE failed lin 1906, by reason of Il
. operations ofgits president, Frank /
FIX Hipsole, Mr.. Converse was a directc
on The losses were around IS, 900, 900 al
IN Through his efforts the directors ma
70 up the deficiency and reopened tt
is instS tutien.
In Mr.. ConverseWas a devoted friend
w DIR. J.. WSlhur Chapman, the evang'
m list, and had long been recognized
1y the Mnaneier of ;the Chapman Alexa
BY der reviv&ls. Ii was generally unde
stood that it was Mr.. Coaverse's wi
- that DR.. Chapman go wherever he fl
the call OF duty seemed imperative al
is that all the .billswould be paid by hi
an Every bill contracted during t
n revival in Boston in January of IL
1n year, and elsewhere was audited
Tx him, and during the Boston season N
1d Converse came over to Boston a
r spoke sat Park street church.