Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-11-12

court several days ago, went to the jury
ABOUT noon Saturday and about four
O'Clock the jury reported a disagreement
and were DISCHARGED
Extensive repairs arc nearly completed
ON the old stone dock at tbo Raw for-
merry known as Burton's dock. c. A,
BostWick, the present owner. has had q
dredge in operation there and the main
part of the dock has been raised to .
point above high water mark. while the
drodgc took ont the accumulation Of
mud and debris around the dock. Now
crib work has been Installed cvervyhoro.
except at the outer end and the stone
has been picked up and thrown into the
new work to build up the dock. Motor
boats will find it a convenient place for
docking. new spilcs having been driven
Tor that purpose. Tho drcdge used in
the work was the property of Thomas
Mack of Ncrgcnncs, being Of the so-called
orange-pecl type, the dirper being divid-
ed into pointed seEments which when
lowered cut down into the mud and
brought up everything enclosed This
old dock has an interesting history 1t
was built by Mr.. Bostwick's grandfather
Albert S. Burton, in 1910, or possibly a
year or two previous to that date. At
that time the Champlain Transportation
company ran two steamers a day to the
Bay, one at noon and the other ut night
Most of the transportation business was
done by steamers and canal boats Farm
ers took produce there t. be sent out,
and supplies were brought to the Bay
by the boats Nearby was n hotel con
Quoted by Merrill Ladd. whose son. Will
liam Ladd, now lives at the Bay. After
the building Of the railroad more OF
the transportation business naturally
came to this place and the dock with
storehouscs, went to pieces About 1870
]. s Bostwick, father of c. A. Bostwict,
whose wife now residing on Bank street
in this city, was Il daughter Of Albert
S. Burton, went into the coal business.
50 he repaired the dock and put 1t into
condition for unloading coal. Later he
mad the coal brought by railroad and
again the dock fell into disuse. For the
second time now IT is being rebuilt, this
time higher than eyer. Furnished
bungalows lighted by electricity, will be
occupied there during the summer Tn
derneath are stalls for motor boats. The
water has been doopened each side of
the dock The unusually low condition
w
PURSUE ''e WORN |" Ifo"t advantage.
H'"''E SUM- '"'I"uS "''dS curing the
pi"t' eos VI 'H' WORK was part OF the
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'''"H" inc wafer -I"EI'u tfhpers may
nave ,,'" Oh 'H' "o''oIl lor 90 or 80
gr"rS' In''' are more Vet To be hauIed out
ne present WORK mas revived th' mem
'"S vi '""N ago H'ahlnE 1t PARTICULAR
~ liz VS''!N u t"e oldor hHa"Itahts
i'Ni"s H'a'o! "r connected WIN IT,
y ohuE"ttr was porn I" Mn ana Mrs
d. WAITER Nardla" at the hospital Mon
DAY morning
me case OF the Cnadillo Silo company
apt vs. NJ "A. Hull and son, assumpsit
went to IN" jury in Franklin county
court TUESDAY morning about 9:lo
O'Clock and at 1l:3o verdict for the