St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-05-27
VERMONT news
May Build Railroad To Asbestos
Mines

North Troy and the possibilities in
railroad connections and develop
ment of natural resources, which such
| an event would fortell, has been re-
vived the past few days. This is the
result of renewed talk of road to
be surveyed at once from the Lowell
asbestos mines to connect with the
St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain
branch, either at Johnson or Norris
Vile. w. G. Gallagher of Philadel-
phia, president of the Chrystoile As
bestor corporation, which owns
large mine and plant located near
the Eden line in the town of Lowell,
arrived in Morrisville Monday, hav-
ing accompanied Baltimore, Md, and
Pittsburgh, Pa, capitalists to the
mines and also over the whole pro-
posed route from North Troy to
Stowe. Mr.. Gallagher confirmed the
report that surveys will be made the
first of June for steam railroad
from the mines to either Johnson or
Morrisville. He said that the matter
of financing the construction had
been arranged and the route to be
chosen would be determined later.
The plant at the company's mine
has been quite extensively operated
since 1907, until the past year, when
it has been closed. The product has,
previous to this time, been hauled
by team to Johnson. President
Gallagher says the plant will be re-
opened in June and that the company
has an order for 5000 tons of the
product for 1915, delivery from
manufacturing firms in Germany and
Austria The present capacity of the
plant is only 10 tons per day, but
this will be increased to 100 tons,
which amount the company claims
it can contract for a term of years
A plant of this capacity would en-
pIoy about $50 men.
Peter Buck, an Indian at Fort
Ethan Allen has been arrested for
forgery of a name on money order
at Carlisle college, Kansas, in Decem-
Der, 1912. He will be tried in Kan
sas.
MiddIebury college has just been
presented with a gift of $50, 900 for
! a new memorial chapel. Ex-Gover-
nor Mead of Rutland is the donor.
This new building will be erected on
the ridge west of what is called the
"old campus" Plans have already
been prepared by Allen and Collens
of Boston. The chapel will be
colonial, in harmony with the archi-
lecture of the other college buildings.
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marble, and the dimensions so by
12O feet, with a spire over 100 feet
high. 1t is hoped that the corner
stone may be laid at commencement
this year and that the building will
be finished by commencement in
1915.
A fire that broke out at the place
of Harry Daniels in East Montpelier,
May 16 destroyed a garage, wagon
shed, a large storage building, and
a smaller shed doing damage of
over 300. Mr.. Daniels had been
carrying on numbering operations
during the winter, and much of his
produce was stored in the sheds that
burned. He is well protected by in
surance.
Judge and Mrs. Eleazer L. Water
man of Brattleboro celebrated their
5Oth wedding anniversary May 15,
afternoon and evening. Of the fam
lily, six children and seven grand
children were present. Many friends
called on them during the day, Judge
and Mrs. Waterman were the recip-
tents of many gifts, including a clock
from the Windham county bar, a
gold watch, gold pendant set with
pearls and amethyst, and chain.
They were married May Is, 1864, at
Windham by the late Rev. Stephen
Harris. Mrs. Waterman is the daugh-
ter of Aaron and Julia (Dutton)
Bemis. Judge Waterman, who was
appointed superior judge in 1906,
| is the son of Chandler and Polly
(Thayer) Waterman of Jamaica.
Frank Whitney, a well-to-do farm
er of West Salisbury, who left his
home May 10, appeared in the store
of Frank B. Howard ia Rutland, May
FL. He was unable to give an &C
count of himself since he left his
home. Worry about his wife's health
probably caused this lapse of mem
DRY.
Allison Hazen, of Highgate was
arrested on the charge of having
fired a bullet into the sleeping car
on the Central Vermont southbound
train at Highgate Springs, May IA.
At a hearing held in St. Adams the
| boy is judged unbalanced mentally.
Lamoille county court will open at
Morrisville, Tuesday, June 2, with
Judge L. P. Slack of St. JOhnsbury.
According to general order, No.
26 just issued by Lee S. Tillotson,
| adjutant general, chief of staff, by
command of Governor Fletcher, the
| annual camp of the First Squadron,
1st Cav, will be held on the state
reservation adjoining Fort Ethan AL
len June L to 10, 1914, both dates
| inclusive.
". Gomez of Mortified who was
very seriously injured, April z, when
he was caught in the shafting at
the stone shed of N. Pelaggi & Co.
died May 10. He leaves six orphan
children, his wife having died last
fall.
Col Edward Savage, of Proctor,
and Maj. Carlos w. Carr, of Brandon
are the guests of their Civil War COM
rade, Lodewick Underwood, at South
| Wallingford, for a few days. This is
! the first meeting of the three friends
| for As years. Major Carr has an
honorable record as a prisoner of
war, having been confined at both
Libby and AndersOnville prisons dur
! ing his term of service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rowell of
Trowhill, Barre were very much sur
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