Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-01
CH|TTENDEN COUNTY
WINOOSKI.


at the corner of Railroad and HIickok
streets. This purchase by him. to-
gether with the George Poissant prop
erty on Maletts Bay avenue, is real
estate transfer of much interest, provd-
ing the plans Of Mr. Richard are car
ried out. He expects to build on the
Cannon lot n wholesale and retail lum-
Der shed to carry on a lumber business
whereby he can furnish builders with
all kinds of dimension stock. The lot is
near the railroad track and shipment
will be facilitated thereby. The lot is
about 100 feet by PCS feet The Possant
property includes two houses on plot
OF ground about 200 feet square Here
he plans to build a shop 40 feet wide
by 100 feet in length, two stories high,
and possibly three stories. This build
ing Will be used for the manufacture
Of his towel and medicine cabinets. The
constant increase in this business mas
made it necessary for him to look up
another site. His present location Is
on Union street. where he has a shop
SO by 40 feet and two stories high. The
lot upon which 1t stands, and the house.
was sold some time ago to John Piche
and the shop will be moved as soon as
convenient. inns INDUSTRY Illus ptcH
one very little heard of because of
modesty OF it's owner. He started in at
his present location six years ago last
month with hardly any business at all.
but the year Just closed has seen an
output Of about 5000 cabinets. Mr..
Richard also makes window screens
and screendoors, but owing to the de-
mand for his cabinets has been forced
to give up his screen business until he
can get more room. He employs an
average of 10 to 10 men and has In rush
times employed as many as % in his
present shop. He plans to employ as
many as So hands in the new shop, In
creasinE as the business demands It,
Mr. Richard Is n young man of about 30
years old. He was elected last spring
village trustee for the east ward
The grand list of the town of Colches-
ter for 1916 shows the appraised value OF
real estate to be S2,2G7.625. The net value
of taxable personal estate is s3l4.73. THESE
amounts reduced to one per cent, with
l.65 taxable polls, makes grand list OF
So, COG. So This is an increase over the
grand list of 1915 of 81 $3.50. The total
valuation of the personal property
amounts to s37s,765. but there are deduc-
lions amounting to 5000. The amount of
loans exempt under No. 81 of the acts
OF 1915 is s24. 800. The grand list of the
town outside of the village is figured at
e7.676.10 and the village grand list is S2l,
$3.50 The town district school grand list
is 5000. 10 and the Wnooski graded school
district grand list is s22,579,+0. The rate of
taxation this year in the village is s., 10 or
the dollar and in the town outside of the
village 1t is sl.55 on the dollar. If the
poll taxes are paid before August ! a dis
count of four per cent. will be allowed on
all taxes but the State taxes. which
makes the amount Of village poll taxes To
be paid si.63. If the discount is taken ad-
vantage of the amount of the town poll
taxes would be &c.
Miss Cecil Couchon, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph CouChon, and John
Cooper of Fouston, Mo, We're married
Sunday about one o'clock at st
Stephens Church by the Rev. ]. b
McGary The couple We're attended by
Henry Challen and Miss Diana Audet
The Winooski river Monday afternoon
claimed another victim, the second r
about months time. Jack Nordello, ar
italian boy, who was swimming with fou!
companions just below the upper dam
which runs from the cotton mill to the
Stevens Machine shops, was drowned
Paul Crowley. Charles Pollinger, William
Lester. and James Kendrick and yount
Nordello had been swimming there TO
about an hour and young Lester wal
just DOMINIC his clothes to leave the spo
when his attention was called to Nordello
who was then drowning. Young Poll
niger and Kendrick made desperate at
tempt to get after the drowning lad. bu
In vain, as the boy had gone down for thu
third time. The drowning occurre,
about $3.50 o'clock. y witness o
the accident told Cher Barber that tn
young lad dove from the rocks and tina
when he arose to the surface he seemed
dazed, and was carried down stream witt
the current. He went under about 5
feet down tho river from where he mad
the dive All the boys ranged in year
from Is to IS years of age, young Nor
dello being in his 18th year The water il
the river is quite high and where boy
were swimming it is unusually dc evel
IN low water, as IL Is q rock bottom an,
full Of holes. II is an unusually earl'
time for boys to swim off these rocks
The water was running over the dam an,
they usually wait until the dam is dry an,
when the current is not so swift. 1t i
said by some who have been in swimmin,
here before that the water reaches
depth in some of the holes of about 30 y
40 feet. The unfortunate youth was tn
son Of Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Nordello am
resided with his parents at 80 Toilet
street. He leaves besiies his parents tw
sisters, the Misses Mchelina and Leon
ardo Nordello. He would have teen
years old in July Tho other recer
drowning was the two-year-old son of NJ
and Mrs John Kirby of Chase stree
which occurred just below their hom
when the boy fell off the tank into I'll
river.
Miss Sadie Finnegan daughter Of Mr.
Sarah Finnegan Of Forest street. an
George Patterson OF St Louis, Mo, Vel
married at St Stephen $ Church Noi
day morning by the pastor the Re
j. r. McGary, who also celebrated II
wedding mass. The Rev. l.. A Weir
OF Vergennes was In the sanctuar
The couple were attended by John Dol
George j Finnegan, a brother of II
bride, The bride was married in prett
travelling suit OF blue serge and blaC
taffeta and wore a picture hat to matC
and carried n white prayer book. TT
wedding breakfast was served at Il
home of the bride to the relatives al
members o. the family. During Il
serving Of the breakfast the engaGeme
of George ], Finnegan, brother