Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-04-20
WORKING DAY AND NIGHT
NO Lef-tp In the Rush at the New
Hotel Vermont

A small army of workmen are enoo GOD
on the Hotel Vermont in a determined
| effort 10 get the building ready for the
accommodation of guests by the frs, of
May, and things have deveoped so ran
/ idly in the pas; few days that the deed
! does not now seem beyond the range of
| possibility. The contractor. w Shelton
Swallow, with his assistant, BENJAMIN
Janof. who has become known among
/ the workmen a the Give wire" are re-
| doubling every effort and rooms are fin
lShed one after another in a lively man
! ner over lbo men are now employed on
the hotel and not one minute of their
time Is wasted. The watchword way up
on the roof. where they are laying tile to
| the cellar. where plaster Is being DUMPED
H. by the load and way out where the
elevator men are testing the machines is
the same. we will be through by the
first Of May"
The second third, fourth and nth floors
are now practically finished, with the ex-
ception of gliding the radiators. The pa
per mas nearly all been hung. the doors
have been put in place and everything is
there but the furniture. The big struggle
Is now centered on the first floor the roof
and the basement
Under the direction of Thomas Law
renee. ~ plasterers are working at the
height of their power in the basement and
on the first floor With the exception OF
a FEW. they are New York men, who get
80 per day, with double pay for over
time, often amounting to $40 per week,
and plaster Is made to At the walls at a
phenomenal rate of speed.
The plumbing. with it's intricate prob
lens OF heating water supply and fire
protection, together with the sewera ge
system, was all handled by the direction
OF the G. 3 Blodgett company, under
the direction OF j. J. Raine. and has been
kept UP as fast as the other work would
allow. The task, with it's SO radiators,
lSS lavatories and rs bath rooms, has been
big one, but has been handled artistic
ally as well rapidly
The toilet rooms, with the latest inno-
vations. are things of beauty All of the
fixtures are of porcelain, made by the
celebrated firm of J. l.. Mott lie com
pany now have % men employed but that
is because they can use only that num-
her effectively, They have worked as
large a force as 20
In addition to the plasterers and plumb
-.
PAPER hangers, elevator men and the men
"ho are laying the terrazza floors, as
we'll as the men from the Vermont Mar
BILE company.
The elevator men are from the Otis
fieVator company and they now have
everything ready to run but have not yet
put In the rea! elevators The paper
rangers have during the past few days
covered many rooms and are going for
ward rapidly. The paper is Of a different
oesien for almost every room and every
design Is an attractive one.
The roof hos been covered with tar and
the tiles are being laid rapidly by a force
OF eight men. Half of the space has al
ready been covered. on the next five
foors below, vanishing Is being done but
that will continue only few DAYS. when
trey will be ready for occupancy. on the
outside of the building the cornices are
being painted and the brick washed off
81 the same time. The walls will be gone
over again shortly. when the woodwork
will be painted
What occasions the most worry is the
first floor and the basement The plas-
terers have gotten along well with their
work, but the floor has not yet rea ched a
stage of advancement II there is any
slip up II will probably ne in the base
ment and some OF the rooms which are
not needed may not be finished until after
the dead line the first Of May,