The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-19
Another Publicity Book to Be
Issued-People Asked
to Cooperate
INDUSTRIAL AFFAIRS
AND WATER POWERS

partment-Tourist Opportunities and
Agricultural Resources Presented in
Former Volumes.
The publicity department in the
secretary of states office is prepar
Affairs and Water Powers This will
be the third of the series issued by the
| department. The first was designed
to set forth Vermont IS resources and /
opportunities as a summer tourist
state. The second presented Yer
mont s agricultural resources and OPP |
portunties. The third will describe |
the industries now in operation in this I
state and will call attention to the OPP
portunities for large development of
cheap power and to the favorable OPP
lportuuities for the establishment of
new industries, both large and small.
The book will open with detailed
description of the mineral resources
of the state, showing how Vermont
leads all other states of the Union
in the production of marble, granite,
and asbestos; and ranks second in its
output of slate, tale, and soapstone.
This Will be followed by a record of
Industrial establishments and indus
trial possibilities in every town and
city Of the state where the required
information can be obtained. The
water resources and possibilities of
development of the same in each
town and city of the state viii be
described.
Blanks have been sent out to sew
cral persons in each town and city,
asking the following questions:
What is the altitude?
What is the general character of
surface and soil?
What are the principal crops2
Are there any large tracts of tim
Der in town, and, if so, what are the
principal kinds of wood?
What are the water resources,
rivers, ponds, etc?
70 Is the water generally hard or
% soft?
% What developed water powers are
% there in town?
Is Are any of these for saIeo
% What undeveIoped water powers are
% there in town2
20 Are any of these for sale?
Would any plan for storage reser-
"a voirs be feasible in your town?
I. Can you give an idea of the horse
. power of the developed or undeveloped
water powers?
Is any electric power developed
3 in your town, and, if so, what prices
are charged for power2
Are there any undeyeloped mineral
resources in your town, and, if so
what is the nature and extent of the
same2
Are there any abandoned factory
buildings or mills in your town?
VIII your town exempt from taxa
tion new manufacturing enterprises
and, if so, for how long a period?
Win your town or village furnish
free sites to prospective manufactur
n ing industries?
y What industries, in your Judgment
could be most easily developed Ill
Your town?
What are the principal occupation
Of the people of your town?
What is the distance from youl
al town to Boston, to New York, t
- Montreal?
Have You a municipal water sy,
TEN, and, if so, what is the source Q
- Isupply9
Have you a sewerage SYSTEM
Have YOU a system of street ligh
ing?
Have you any fire protection?
What are your telephone col
nections?
The population of every town an
e city is given, and, where there is a
incorporated village in a town, villa&
population also is given. The area
each town is given in acres al
it's grand list and tax rate are state
Railroad facilities and stage co
nections are given. The various pos
offices in each town and their rel
tive money order ranks are given al
he if town receives mail by rur
e. delivery, or, if rural routes radia
from any town or city, these facts a
80 | given The number Of banks, if an
is stated. Where there are boards
trade or similar commercial {
CARNATIONS in village or city, the ia
lis noted Various churches in t
- town, the benevolent institutions, t
- educational institutions, the ibrarit
~ the newspapers, and the hotels a
given If n town or city contains
theater, a printing office, an eleetl
liuht comDauv n water works co