The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-07-17
I0WANS VISIT
BARRE QUARRIES
Thirty.Five Visitors from Western State
See How Barre Granite is Quarried,
Moved and Made Into
Memorials.

A party of IS lowans, men and won
en-, and over half of them schoolteaohers
were taken this morning over Jone
Brothers granite plant aud up to Mill
stone hin, whore they inspected TIN
Wetmore & Morse, r. L. Smith an,
Boutwell,. Milne aud Narnum's qusrries
under the leadership OF the Barre BoarC
Iof Trade.
The party arrived late last night ant
this morning after looking over the Cap
ital city, came up TO Jones Brothers
plant by special electric car. II. j, NJ
Jones personally conducted them through
the work. A specially chartered train
was waiting for them on the Montpelier
and Wells River road, when they came
out, and they were taken at once TO the
quarries. There the first stop was made
at the Wetmore and Morse quarry
where they all enjoyed a ride on the
grout cars out TO the end of the big
waste piles from which splendid view
can be had OF the surrounding duarries
and more distant of the hills OF Vermont.
The trains next stop was at the 4. L.
Smith company quarry, and there the
party observed the qusrryworkers at
close hand in the process OF getting out
the big blocks At the Boutwell,, Milne
d Narnum quarry, where the last stop
was made, pond lilies were gathered in
the pond close by and bouquets were
presented to each of the women. AT the
switchback on the return trip the party
had an opportunity to see bow the heavy
tranloads OF stone are brought down of
the hill, train of Ia cars passing them
at that point.
Arriving at Barre at II o'clock, the
party was invited to be the guests of
the Board of Trade at dinner in Ho-
tel Barre. After dinner they returned
to Montpelier, where they took the 2
O'Clock train over the Wells River road.
The Iowans are being conducted on
their tour of the East by Wilbur i.
Clapp, secretary OF the B. Y. p. L. of A.,
and minister OF the First Baptist church
in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They gathers.
at Chicago on July II and went from
there to Detroit, Mich, then to Buffalo,
Niagara Toronto and down the St Law
renee. They travel in their own chartered
sleeping coaches and in most places
spend their nights in these. This after
noon they left by way Of Wells River /
and White River Junction for Wood |
stock. From there they will 90 to the 7
White mountains, Portland, Old Orchard, /
Boston, New York, Philadelphia and At |
antie City, spending several days in the /
arger places, and return to Chicago Au
gust ?. where they will disperse and
cave for their separate homes.
- I
n by birth having been born in Wood
,tock, where he has two brothers at
present.
The party consisted of the following:
Yrs. c, c. Peehn, Eora Springs, Theresa
:. Davis, Waterloo, Mrs Flora Clark,
Waterloo, Alys NJ. knaul, Dennison, Jes
lie Lines, Dennison. Eugenia Slocum,
Armes, Myrtle NJ. Roebson, Des Moines,
Sell Thomas, Msgnoketa, Mrs. c. f. L
Ward, Humboldt, Mary Mier, Nova
prings, Lois Slocum, Ames, Alma
;. Johnston, Columbus Junction, Carrie !
Ioore, Cedar Rapids. Donald W. Clap, i
edar Rapids. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur L ]
lapp, Cedar Rapids, Edna ATcVey, Green,
.sther W. Anell Iowa City, Maud Hell |
lick Webster City, Mae Bahrenfuss, +
Webster City. Frieda r. Brown Lamont, c
azel NJ. Retz, Marie G. Smith, Water t
20, Mary f. Lunay, Dannison, Laura G. v
uel, Parkersburg. Floy Cook, Van Me- il
o, Mary T. Lunay, Dennison, Laura g. 0
ins, Waterloo, Myrtle r. Edison, Cedar "
apds. Esther w Anell, Iowa City. Mae f
Trevor, Cogon, Mrs, Edward Luckiesh,
asnoketa, and Lillian Proushek, Cedar a
apids. all of Iowa, and Mrs. l.. G. b
arguson of Indianapolis. Ind. Il