St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-08-06
GREATER VERMONT NOTES
Some of The Industrial and Business
Mems Activities

NACn ANgA#AAACS
The weekly luncheons of the Bur
lington Merchants Association are
becoming one of the features of the
week in Burlington. At the luncheon
on Friday, August 1, the association
and their guests were addressed by
Governor Fletcher and Lieutenant
Governor Howe.
Through the untiring efforts of
the Commercial Club st. Johns
bury will have a remodeled hotel
which will appeal to the tourist. Fiji
teen men have purchased the st.
Johnsbury House and have formed
stock company which will secure
to St. Johnsbury a most attractive
hotel.
A large party from the Appala-
Chan Club of Boston is planning to
follow the Long Trail from Killing
ton to Mansfield. They will set out
from Mount Killington on Saturday
September 6. By that date it is
hoped that the trail from Lincoln
mountain to Mount Horrid will be
completed, so that there will be a
continuous trail from Mount Kill
ington to the village of Johnson
north of Mount Sterling, a distance
of more than 100 miles by trail.
The plant of the Holden & Leon
ard Company Wooden Mills at Ben
nington is to be enlarged. The adj
ditions are to be built this sum-
,mer.
The Fairbanks Scale Company is
now constructing it's fifth new
building to meet he demands of its
increasing business. All of these
buildings are constructed to meet
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Test" as applied to modern manu-
featuring.
The tramWay which connects the
Vermont Marble Company's Mills
with a large sand deposit has just
been supplied with new cable. This
means that 22,500 feet OF wire rope
had to be drawn over the mountain
"a piece of work that kept a gang
Fof men busy for several days.
Through the operations of this sus-
pended cable sand is dumped into
the mills at the rate of about 400
tots a day. In the last ten years
approximately 100000 tons have
been picked up, thus providing for
the saving and rubbing of millions
of cubic feet of marble.
The SWanton Board of Trade an
nounces that a corn show open to
the exhibits from Franklin County
will be held under the auspices of
the board at Swanton on October 30
and 81. The object of the members
of the board is Ito promote the in
creased production of corn and other
farm products by the use of improv-
ed methods" and make farm life
more attractive to our boys and
girls" There are two classes of
entries: The Farmers class-open
10 any man over Is years of age;
and the Boys class-open to any
boy or girl not over Is years of age.
Windsor offers an opportunity for
enterprising builders of houses
which can be rented for from $12
10 SIS a month. There is a great
demand for houses of this class by
lrmen employed in the plant Of the
Windsor Machine company. 1t is
expected that the company will
build an addition to their plant in
the near future. They would put
SO more men at work today If the
houses could be found for them.
The Orange County Agricultural
Association has engaged Jackson De-
mary as agricultural adviser for
Orange county. Mr.. Demary is the
! fifth adviser to be employed in Yer
mont. the other men being John L..
Sherman in Bennington county, s..
M. Stimson in Caledonia, Arthur w.
l.Sweeton in Windham, and Jay
Coryall in Windsor. These are the
only counties in New England which
have secured federal aid in finapc-
ling agricultural advisers.