Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-12-16
Enter the Windsor new,
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is here. and of the mig SHIFT" too
The times have turned to gold
When we consider q person or q town
we naturally think Of him or 1t as being
young at first and then growing old, but
Windsor seems to be an exception to
the case Of Windsor we naturally think
of a reversal Of the process and that age
preceded youth; for the Windsor Of to-
day has all the attributes Of ~youthfulness
and seems to be growing younger and
newer every day.
But in whichever way we look at Wind
sor it had a sort Of middle age. as the
professors Of history call It, that is, q
transition period from the old to the
new; and the Little New York; move-
ment would. If We were making three
parts instead of two of this article. fall
into the middle part, for at h time Mr..
Beaman and Augustus St. Gaudens be-
gan to attract their friends, the old no
bility Of Windsor had a little declined
and business largely so. The dust of
Main and State streets was not much
disturbed except by the trucks Of the ma
chine shops and the state prison.
But some ten years e came a change.
Windsor had an earthquake in her busi-
ness soul and Maxwell Evarts, youngest
son Of Senator Evarts, was at the up
heaving bottom of it. Max Evarts. as
he was commonly and affectionately
spoken of, was not only a rare but an
original individuality. He studied law
like his father and brothers. but unlike
his brothers, did not enter his fathers
firm. OFF he went by himself in New
York. and almost before anyone knew
it, he had become general attorney for
the Hartman railroads, the Southern and
the Union Pacific, and a little later Mr..
Harriman's personal counsel. Max
Evarts. like his father and brothers.
was fond of Windsor, but unlike them
he did not so to live in one Of the Evarts
houses. On the contrary, he built a great
New Place upon a high ridge northwest
of the village and at some distance from
the other family holdings. He soon be-
gan to spend all his summer and winter
week-ends In Windsor and to take a large
and helpful interest in Vermont matters,
and the thing we may say about this
interest is that is was disinterested. He
did not ave one eye on the United
States Senate and the other on the gov
errors chair. Like J. p. Morgan, he lik-
ed to do things, perhaps to see hat he
could do, n so he became president Of
the Vermont Fish and Game League.
represented Windsor in the Legislature,
created a Vermont State Fair and locat-
cd it permanently at White River juno
ton. and lastly and most Importantly.
used his influence and money for the
building up at Windsor OF the new Wind
eor Machine Co.
ENERGETIC SPIRIT PASSED on.
Mr.. Evarts. to the great loss Of the
world, died in 1918 when he was barely
fifty years Of age, but his energetic spirit
seemed to pass into the management Of
the Windsor Machine Co., and still seems
to pervade it. This company gathered up
the lapsed proficiency of all former
Windsor machinists and locating at the
foot of River street some ten years ago,
has constantly enlarged its plant and
output until to-day towards 400 men are
employed in the manufacture OF Grid
ley automatics." The Gridley automatic
is an improved turret machine tool and
such an Improvement on the prior art
that 1t makes anything from a bar Of
metal not over twelve inches in length
and four and %one-quarter inches In diam
eter. Both single and multiple spindled
automatics are manufactured and the
output is sold not only throughout the Unit
ed States. but there is a good sale in
Europe and especially in France. War
goods, or munitions. some one will say,
but the fact is that the business had
o1p1onct rnoohnI TIC nrnoapt nroporo~e
before the breaking out of the war, and
what is equally true, 10 shell, shrapnel,
cannon ball, nor any other like thing,
Windsor Machine Co.
The president Of this %enterprislng BUSH
ness is James c.. Potter of ~Pawtucket, r.
l., and George Otis Gridley Of Windsor
is the vice-president and general man.
ager. Frank l.. Con is the works
manager, and a person permitted to hold
high converse with these gentlemen in
their offices will not need to look so
very much further for the present cause
Of the great success of the business, Mr..
Grldley lives in one of Windsor's fine old
colonial houses, the Captain Leonard
place. and so he should. He is a mem
Der Of the school board, and so he should
be, and MI. Cone Is one OF the solidest
men of the new village.
Another flourishing enterprise of recent
years is the canning factory of Baxter
Bros, who employ from 70 to 100 men
during the season, and who this summer for
instance, put up 425, 900 cans OF as fine
Maine sweet corn as ever grew in Yer
mont. This business has changed the
crop of much Of the Connecticut meadow
land, and where there was Just a fail
yield of Timothy" some years ago, we
now have a rousing yield Of maize
good to look at and profitable to haul
to market.
MORGAN HORSE FARM.
has also seen the introduction or rather
the revival of what was formerly a
peculiar Vermont industry. namely the
raising of Morgan horses, About one
yea ago A Fullerton Phillips came to
Windsor, located upon one of the Evarts
properties, and became proprietor OF
the Windsor Morgan Horse Farm. Mr..
Phillips was a Virginian, to begin with
but he has added to that accomplishment
a chemists decorate from Heidelbers
and a post graduate certificate from the
Philadelphia Polytechnic.
At the Vermont State Fair in Septem'
her, Mr.. Phillips's Morgan stallion "Wel'
come won the first prize for Morgan
stations in harness; the same horse also
won the same prize In 1914, welcome
also won the harness competition fol-
blue ribbon Morgans from both East and
West sides of the State. and he MAY