Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-05-03
WILMINGTON
Town Is Facing Bright Industrial
Prospects

Large Increase in Population Probable
/ Activity In Wood working Industry
| Railroad to BrattIeboro Contemplated.
No town in Windham county has bet
ter prospects for industrial growth than
| has Wilmington. The era of new de-
velopment has begun, and there is every
indication that within the next few
| years the population of the town will be
doubled. This will be brought about
| largely through activity in the great
| timber regions which find their natural
| outlet here. The town Is we'll located
| for manufacturing purposes, is live and
progressive and beautifully situated
| among the hills. 1t is probable that an
effort will be made this fall to secure a
charter for a standard gauge railroad
| from here to Brattleboro through the
| towns in the southern part of the
county. Such an increased facility would
be a great impetus to business and
doubtless would build up the summer
business for which Wilmington is we'll
| adapted.
The recent changes in the wood work
| ing mills, to which reference has been
| made, are working to the advantage of
the town, and the beneficial results will
| be still more apparent in a short time.
| The Deerfield River company has a
| largely increased force of men at work
at Mountain Mills, where little was be-
| ing done through the winter. The COM
pany recently leased the mills until Oct
l and bought of the Deerfeld Lumber
company all the latter company's soft
| wood logs in the woods and in the
| yards, which they will have worked up
by the date mentioned. The logs aggregate
between 100000 and 100000 feet.
| After October 1 Mountain Mills will
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| New England Hardwood company, Of
which Herbert s. James of Buffalo is
president and Gardner l. Jones OF the
! Jones Hardware company of Boston is
| treasurer. This company has bought not
only the mills which constitute the
| largest wood working plant in Vermont,
| but also all the hard wood timber on
the lands OF the Deerfield Lumber COM
pany In Readsboro, Nottingham, Will
mington, Searsburg, Somerset, Dover and
| Stratton and on the lands of the SOM
| erset Land company south OF the
| Wardsboro- Arlington turnpike in STRAIT
ton and Somerset embracing about 26,-
| 900 acres, and the Deerfield River rail-
| road, the logging road erunning north
| from this town through Searsburg, Som
erset and Stratton, tapping these timber
| tracts.
The Hardwood company has rs years
from Oct. J., in which to remove the
hardwood timber. and 1t is stipulated
| that at least 10, 000, 900 feet must be cut
of every year. This means a large
force of men in the woods as we'll as
| at the mills. The Hardwood company
practically has decided to establish a
| plant for the manufacture OF wood al
cohol. which will utilize all the waste
| from the mills.
| All the soft wood timber on the tracts
| referred to remains in the ownership OF
| the Deerfield Lumber company and the
| Somerset Land company, and the latter
| company also owns millions OF feet Of
| timber in Stratton, Searsburg sand Glas-
| tonbury. formerly owned by the Bat
| tenkill Lumber company. on land which
| never has been cut over. In order to
work up this soft wood timber 1t is
probable that the Deerfield Lumber COM
pany will erect a pulp mill here and
| that the timber will be shipped here
over the Deerfield River railroad.
The Choate mill In the village. which
| Is fitted up with wood working ma
chinery and which was bought recent,