Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-18

'e'uy behind Adds hill was supplied
WITH many springs. tic conceived the
luca OF constructing a dam there, col
Letting the water and buildin,, an Ice
loua". thinking that M might enter
me wholesale ice business This idea
ne carried into execution. luilding Il
da1, ga feet lonr and rino feet hirh
at It's highest point In addition to the
dam. an ico-house $50 feet long. 40 feet
wide and &c feet high is being erected
which is 20 have a capacity Of %>0o
tons. Ii Is to be equipped with the
latest embarrassing machinery in
Guiding II side feed elevator ard con
vcyor. run by a - horsepower electric
motor. Sweeney brothers by lctsir 4
this plant VIII ~ able - supply 81 =
Bans loca! trade by much shorter
draw tnaG has bccn customary for
many years in bringing the ice from
Lake Chdmrlair
Th" adjourned annual meeting of the
stockholdcrs Of ,he St Nlbdns Mosscn-
ger company was he'll at the weldon
NatioraI bank SATURDAY afternoon at
two o'cloCI Tho stockEoldr elected
the following directors. EN-tiuv. T.. G.
Smith y. & I'EcuSrr. T.. y. CEit,cndcn,
J. cru:y Smith, and John r Gushing.
Eniiowin~ the meeting " the stock
holGcrs, the directors mex ana elected
the following officers. President. ex-
Gov Il. c. Smith, general manager and
treasurer, n. T.. L'Ecuycr; clerk, ". T..
L'Ecrye-; executive committee, ex-Gov.
Smith. J. Gregory Smith and Y. ".
LEcuyer
The 3o,h annual meeting Of the stock
holders Of the Peoples Tr1at company
was held in the cuInpauy's banking rooms
Monday morning. The stockholders elect
nd the following directors Ex-Gov. f.
.. Smith, John Hranch T.. ~. Chittenden,
" t. Fonda. c. -. Watson and Edward
y Smith. Following the meeting of the
| stockholders. the directors elected the
following officers: President T.. G. smith;
vice-presidcnt. John Branch; secretary,
IC. D. Watson investment board, con-
sisting of the directors with John Branch
as chairman. The officers now are. Presi-
dent, f. G. Smith: vice-presidont John
branch; treasurer, John Branch, Jr.
The Rev. George i. Fortier of this city
has been appointed transportation agent
for Vermont and Province Of Quebec
in preparation for the annual convention
OF The National Young Peoples Christian
Union of the rnversalst Church, to be
held at CHATTANOOGA, Tonn.. July T. to
49,
At special election held Tuesday at
city hall to elect Il successor to Alderman
y j. Jarvis. deceased. the following vote
was cast: +. +. MacArthur, s.; George
| l.. Lee. =: the Rev w. T. jackson. /;
f. L. Barrette .; r. W. Faddcr, .. The
polls were open from Goa a. IN, to 800
p. ~.
At tho annual meeting of the Iroquoisia
Community club. held at the home of
Mrs. NJ. J. Eascon, the following officers
were elected: President, Mrs. Rascom;
vice-prcsidcnt, Mrs. james McGinn; sec
ond vice-prcsdent. Mrs Frederick
Richard secretary. Mrs. w. I}. Halbert;
treasurer. Mrs. II. j, Wright.
The fifth entertainment of the St.
Adams Business and Professional Mems
association which is to be given ut the
city hall Thursday evening. January -,
will be lecture by the Hon Joseph q.
Camp Of Georgia.
Mr.. aud Mrs. George ". Brownoll are
in Boston. where Mr.. Brownel is re-
cciVing treatment for his eye. lie was
injured recently while at work in the
shop of the Foundry Motor Car < Manu-
featuring company. 1t is understood that
he may not lose the sight of the eye,
as was at first feared.
The funeral of Edward J. Bascomb uf
Ridgeway, Pa, who died at the home
of his father Louis Bascomb Monday
morning at nine o'clock. after Il long
Illness, will be held ut the house Thurs
day morning at nine o'clock The Rev
J.. r Desrochers will oftciate. Burial
will be in Holy Cross cemetery.
Louis Meyer, a market gardener of
Highgate died at the ST. Adams hospital
yesterday morning from the result Of
burns suffered about nine weeks ago. Mr..
Meyer in an attempt To rekirdlc a fire
which he supposed to be out, poured gaso-
line upon it and received serious burns
upon the head and body. The body was
removed from the hospital to Mecorney's
undertaking rooms and will later he taken
to Hishgatc. The funeral will be held
Friday afternoon, the Rev. Edward s.
Stone of Swanton officiating. MIR. Meyer
was born in Germany July II, 1850
y. &. Hayes died yesterday morning at
9:i5 o'clock at his home on Mason street.
lie was born in pomfret May 20, 1870,
and was therefore in his s1th year. Mr.
Hayes was veteran of the civil War,
having enlisted in the 9th Vermont regi-
ment He is survived by his wife and
two sons. Charles and Edward Hayes
1t is expected the funeral will he held
Sunday and the body will be placed in
the South Main street vault.