Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-01-19

rebuild. The new hotel will be built
en- suite and there will be bath con-
nected with every room. Just as
quick as the plans can be decided upon
and drawn the work will begin, and
it is expected that by the first of June /
if the new hotel is not entirely CON-
pleted, it will be in shape to take
care of the summer trade. j. F. Col |
lamer will assume the management
of the new building and if he is as /
successful as he was with the old Bur-
lington there can be no question about |
the future enterprise. 1t is probable |
that more definite details as to the |
size of the proposed building will be |
announced within few days. 1t is
certain, however, that it is to be |
thoroughly mo ern and up-to- date.
Will Cost $4,000.
Under No. 7 of the acts of 1908 the
State Board of Health has prepared
plans for the proper ventilation of the
house and senate assembly rooms,
supreme court room, and rooms used
as Office and committee rooms in the
statehouse and proper sanitary ar
rangements and improvementsfor the
toilet rooms in the statehouse and SUBJ
mitted this to Governor G. II. Prouty,
and the governor was in conference
withAttorney GeneralJ. G. Sargent re-
Gently in Montpelier, concerning the
legal phases of the situation and the
governors authority in the matter.
The law provides that after the state
board has prepared the plans with
recommends tions they shall be submit
ted to the governor, and upon his d.
rection the seargant of arms shall
proceed to provide a system of ventila
ton as suggested by the governor
under the supervision of the board of
health and he is empowered to make
any necessary alterations and changes
to meet the require nents Of the act.
The plans prepared by the state
board will require an expenditure of
So, 900 according to an estimate
secured, the largest item being for the
construction of building at the rear
of the capital in which shall be in
stalled a power to properly ventilate
the rooms in question. The act re-
quires that the work shall be COM
Dlete on or before June !, 1910, and
there is a question now whether or not
this can be done in the time permitted
or before the legislature meets next
fall.
Track Laborer to Railroad President.
Daniel Willard, who has succeeded
Pres. Oscar g. Murray as the head of
the Baltimore & Ohio system, is
rugged product of the Green Noun
tain state. He was born at North
Hartland, Jan. %, 1861. His father
was Daniel Spalding Willard, OF good
old New England stock, and his mother,
Mary Anna WILL bird, was also a ma
tive of Vermont When Daniel was
child his parents moved to Windsor,
and the boy entered the common
schools of the town, graduating from
the high school in 1878. Jobs were
scarce in those days, and Daniel VIII
lard, strong. bright youth, not in the
| least afraid of hard work, entered
the service of the old Central Yer
mont railroad as a track laborer.
| Thus did the future railroad execu-
| tive begin his career with pick and
shovel. This was in 1879, one year
after his graduation from high school.
He was an ambitious youth, and was
ever on the alert for an opportunity
to advance himself. His chance came
shortly afterward, when he applied
for job as locomotive fireman on
the Passumpsic railroad. He was
| given a chance and made such good
fire nan that he was soon advanced to
the post of engineer on that road.
Since then his rise has been rapid.
Having attained an engineers posi-
tion, Mr.. Willard made such an excep-
tionally good one that he attracted
the attention of the Lake Shore offic-
ials, and he was engaged by that sys-
tenn as a trainmaster. Mr.. Willard s
frcf roallu inn0rtaDt n0cifiOn
was with the Baltimore & Ohio,
which system in 1899 made him assist
ant general manager. Later he was
In 1901 the Erie railroad began to
hear things about Mr.. Wizards abil
ity and offered him the general man
agement of that road. He accepted
the post and remained with the Erie
in that capacity until 1904, when
James ]. Hill. the western railroad
magnate, began casting about for tai
ent. Mr.. Willard was brought to his
notice and Mr.. Hill rendered him the
second vice presidency of the Burling
ton. Later Mr.. Willard was advanced
to vice president in charge of opera
ton, which position he now holds
The Burlington has been distinctly
the training ground for railroad presi
dents. There are more presidents to
day who went from the Burlingto:
{ than from any other road. Among
them are F. A. Delano of the Wa
bash, Howard Elliott of the Northern
2 Pacific, w. C. Brown of the New
D York Central and #. E. Johnson of tn
: Norfolk and Western. Mr.. WilIar
+. was married to Bertha Leone Elkin
e of North Troy in 1885.