Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-05-09
Greater Vermont Notes.

The business men of Poultney are
planning to form an association for
business and civic purposes at a meet
ing to be held on Wednesday, May Z.
They have invited members of the
Rutland Business Mems association to
be present and to give advice and sug
gestions with regard to the organiza
ton and its work. The forming of this
association will mean that Vermont
enters upon the second half of the one
hundred business and civic associations
that the movement for organized Yer
mont will probably involve. The list
of organizations in the Directory of
Vermont Business and Civic Organiza-
tions, which is being prepared in the
office of The Greater Vermont Asso-
citation, now includes fifty organiza-
lions.
The Woodbury. Granite company of
Hardwck has installed in it's plant the
largest granite turning lathe in the
world. This lathe will turn a single
column of granite feet in diameter,
and in length up to SO feet AS such
column would weigh in the neighbor-
hood of 288 tons, it is evident that this
machine is mammoth.
The village of Windsor has recently
voted $4,000 towards fixing up it's
streets. During the winter seven new
houses have been built in the village;
at the present time five more are in the
process of construction, and it is ex-
pected that ten or fifteen more will be
built during the summer.
Springfield is making good its claim
to be one of the most rapidly growing
towns in the state. The Fellows Gear
Shaper Co. have built a large addition
to their plant. Gilman & Son are just
finishing new plant, giving them SO
: per cent more space. Jones and Lam
. son Machine Co. are now building an
/ addition to their plant, 400Xl20. The
Colonial Power and Light Co. are run
ming more power into Springfield,
giving cheap power for manufacturing,
| An active campaign is being carried or
, to secure new industries.
) A correspondent from Rutland writes
} Business was never better in our city.
! All the factories are being pushed tC
r the very limit of their capacity anC
labor of all kinds is thoroughly EN-
ployed. Rutland has not expanded Sc
much in five years as it has within the
+ last one. More fine residences are be
I ing erected and the city beautified il
7 every way. The Large Opera House
Il is now in process construction, which
: in connection with the convention hal
: erected by the Shriners of our city
e is going to add in many ways to tn
i benefits of this section Of Vermont"
t The Montpelier plan for securing tn
a interest of the children in the city ant
n their active cooperation in making
e Getty beautiful is proving very sue
> cessfu and is attracting wide attention
7 The writing of essays about what tn
e school children can do to make Mont
l. pelier "a cleaner, more wholesome, an
y therefore, better city in which to live,
: great public meeting addressed b
y young people, practical work in tn
1t public service of the city done by volur
i teers, the organization of the "Cit
II Guards, all make up program whic
III is calling out favorable comment
IS Florida and California, as well as
j, the East Mayor Estee writes: 81
d is my purpose to join the schools to tn
"a City Hall, to make both plants cooper
III ate for civic good; to unite two separat
~ forces to one end; to blend boy an
ei man in a common purpose, civic bette
S ment and efficient municipal service.
&c a. l.,