The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-18
BRIEF ENTER
TAINMENT FOR
BURLINGTONIANS
Barre Men Met Better Acquaintance
Tourists at Williamstown Gulf and
Showed Them Granite Operations,
After Which Came Luncheon.

IL was about I:3U lasp evening WY"
the Barre merchants and business men
speeded the Burlington "better acqualn;
tance" tourists on the last lap OF their
around Vermont automobile trip after
having had the members OF the party
as their guests for few hours, begin
ming with their arrival at Williamstown
gulf from Woodstock.
The Burlington men had started trotn
their home city Thursday morning, max
ing Rutland in time for luncheon served
bv the Rutland Business Mems associa-
tion, viewing the city and marble indus
try and then proceeding to Springfield,
where banquet was given in their hon
or Thursday night and where they re-
NAMED for the night, leaving on Friday
morning for Windsor and Woodstock on
their northward trip on the east side OF
the state.
Leaving Woodstock in the early alter
noon. the tourists made fast time and
arrived at Williamstown gulf in the late
afternoon, there to be met by party OF
Barre business men who had gone there
in a dozen automobiles to act as escort
into Barre. The Barre party had timed
their arrival at the gulf nicely and had
to wait only a comparatively few MN
ntes in the depths OF the famous tourist
spot ere the arrival of the first cars Of
the visitors.
After welcome had been extended, the
automobiles OF the Burlington men were
decorated with banners similar TO those
bedecking the Barre cars and the run
toward Barre was started with part OF
the visitors transferred to Barre cars
while part of the Barre welcomers took
the vacated seats in the Burlington cars.
Coming out of the gulf and into WI
Jamestown village the autoists ran INTO
a vigorous electrical storm which was
accompanied with copious rainfall, but
the effects We're little felt, as the auto
mobiles were soon protected against the
rain.
Arriving at the granite quarries by
taking the right hand turn out OF VIII
Jamestown village, the visitors were CIV
en- 4 general idea OF the vast operations
there and were allowed q closer inspec-
tion of the Boutwell,, Milne g. Varnum
and the r. L. Smith g. Co. quarrles,
after which run Was made from Gran
iteville to Webstervile, thence doubling
back and entering this city by way OF
Quarry street. The party arrived in
Barre at about $3.50 and the pathfinder
car led them around Elm street, Eastern
avenue, Park and Washington streets,
past the Burns monument, back to Main
street, where the visitors were given
visual evidence OF Bsrre's welcome in the
shape of large banner strung across the
street and bearing the words: Welcome.
Come Again"
Moving northward on Main street, the
party went to the granite manufacturing
plant OF Jones Bros. Co., where halt
was made while Hugh J. M. Jones OF
the firm, with his assistants, showed the
visitors through one of the largest plants
of its kind in the world and although
the plant was not in operation some idea
OF the magnitude of the business was
revealed. On leaving the plant, the Barre
Board OF Trade and the Barre Merchants
association served luncheon nearby, after
which the Burlington men were speeded
on their way for the last % miles OF
their eventful trip Of several hundred
miles, during which they touched some
of the principal points in widely scat
tered sections of Vermont. Members oil
the party expressed their enthusiasm
over their reception in all the places Wis
tied and they calculated that the trip
had been of great value to them in show
inp m some OF Vermont's enterprises
and beauties while at the same time
giving them and the people visited a
chance to become better acquainted.
The members Of the party were; May
or j f. Burke. Max L. Powell, G. W..
Brownell. c. b. Brownell, +. }. Houston,
r. L. Lane. !. Adams, Max Myers, II. L.
Bingham, Henry Hagar, James 7. Iay-
lor. Professor George Groat. g. II. Mikes,
a. D. Pease. G. II. Bessey, Morris Abra-
ham. F. w. Parker II. L, Pitcher Simeon
platka, H. c, Humphrey, A. J. Canning,
Mr.. Rosenberg, Z. G. Evans, Z. K. Young,
+. Hanbridge, A. ). kilburn.
Arrival in Burlington.
Burlington. July ls.-The eight cars
containing the 30 Burlington merchants
who made the first better acquaintance"
tour of the year, starting from Burllng-
ton Thursday morning, arrived home last
evening at different times between the
hours of $3.50 and 1890. Barring the
fact that there were a few minor trou-
bles. all the cars finished the two days
trip in excellent condition and those who
took the trip were very enthusiastic over
the time they had and spoke IN high
praise Of the royal entertainment they
received az the several places visited.
Yesterday morning after breakfast at
Springfield the party spent some time IN
visiting the industries of the village and
then went to Windsor, where they looked
over the manufacturing plants and also
visited the states prison. They lunched
at the Woodstock inn, after which the
cars started for the homeward trip. At
Williamstown gulf the tourists were met
bv the Barre Board Of Trade, who came
in l2 automobiles The Burlington party
was then escorted 70 the various gran
tie plants in the vicinity and in Barre,
and were later given a luncheon by the
Barre Board of Trade.
All who took the trip are satisfied
that il was an entire success. Better
tours are 20 start from
Barre and Springfield later in the sum
ner and both viii include Burlington IN
their routes. The boards Of trade q
10th places accepted the invitation 81
TIE darlington association 10 have lunch
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