The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-05
MAPLE SUGAR
, WANTED IN
ST. JOHNSBURY
Continued from page u

caledonia county is about the sixth
in the list of sugar producing coun-
ties in the state, being lead by Or
leans, Franklin, Washington, Rut-
land and ChittendeI~ and st. Johns
bury is not by any means the largest
sugar producing town in this county
as it is behind Danville, Lyndon and
Groton. But | started the maple sug-,
ar industry in st. Johnsbury some II
years ago and now this town is the
recognized maple sugar center of the
world. used to sell the sugar in
tubs, but gradually found that Can
ada was getting the trade and that
the big dealers would not take the
Vermont product. The dealers
would pay four or five cents more
pound for the Canadian sugar be-
cause they could buy it in cakes. So
l turned my attention to boiling the
syrup into cake sugar, boiling the
product at 258 degrees and soon
found that every customer wanted
cake sugar. We put it up in better
shape than the Canadian product,
with a registered trademark, and
| soon brought the big buyers back to |
Vermont so that the past season 100
carloads of cake sugar were produc-
ed at our factory,
ain the past much of our sugar has
never come to st. Johnsbury, but has
been shipped from our warehouses IN
Ohio, New York, Maine, Vermont
and Canada. Now the business has
grown to such proportions that VIC
want a factory that will take care OF
three or four carloads day and an
annual product of several hundred
cars. While White River Junction,
Rutland and Burlington may be bet
ter shipping points, on the whole st.
Johnsbury is now regarded as the
central sugar producing place OF the
world. | expect our company will get
the same privilege on billing the cars
from the starting point to destination
with stop over at st. Johnsbury,
and if so all the cars would come TO
st. Johnsbury and the product be
melted at the new factiry.
al have already bought a lot be-
vond the Follensby mill in Summer
5 Vile and would like to erect on 1t
building about 10 by $50 feet. This
= would allow US to install 80 steam
kettles of 200 gallons capacity, where
!, we only have ten now, and give US
=. a chance to handle at least dozen
cars at a time. The past year we had
sometimes Is cars arrive in day ana
: it was a great problem how to IN
' load item. Other cities have approach
me Tor exemption and suggest
ed other inducements, but l started
n this business in st. Johnsbury ~
h wears ago and consider this my home
+ But l do feel that the town ought to
5, do we'll by US as it has done by OUT
Y side manufactures. | do not want
any exemption on any of my proper
"a ty except the proposed new industry
v We will do our part as in the past
= expect the new factory Will employ
! from so to 100 men and they Will DC
). employed most of the year and per
haps throughout the year. we VIII DC
able with our larger factory to buy
q as much syrup as we can obtain anc
a then market it in cake form
J. Mr.. Shields then read the proposed
I petition to be presented to the select
/ men and village trustees calling spec
ial meetings to exempt the new prop
r crty, and by rising vote 1t wa!
= unanimously voted that these meet
1T ings should be called as soon as pos
" sible and that the Gary property
\ should be exempted from taxation
If for a period of ten years.
James Cosgrove supported TINS
measure, saying that he understood
= that the building would cost approx
. :" imately $4,000 and the machlner!
T. as much more; that it would be
> strictly fireproof building and tire
= mendous asset for the town as III
- was satisfied that the growth of thu
business in its new quarters woult
>, !, surprise everybody, He said the towl
= could not afford to lose such an en-
terprising citizen as Mr.. Cary an(
= the development of his business
= would be an incentive to every farm
| err to make all the maple sugar HI
| could.
| David E. Porter said aside from
| any sentimental regard for MI
II Cary that if he came beforethe Com
| mercial Club an entire stranger will
| this proposition it would receive hi
| heartiest support.
\ George H. Cross said he hearth.
| favored exemption as he believed thu
| new building would be great add
| ton to the business life of the town
| The State Normal school situation
| was presented to the meeting by Az
| thur F. Stone. The speaker called at
| tention to the fact that it was thu
| purpose of the State Board of Edu
| cation to have it ready before Sept
| ember, 1920, a central Normal schoo
l and that Rutland had already made
| bid for this school. A sub-commit
tee of the State board had examined
| the now vacant buildings of the
| House of Correction and would late
/ report to the whole board. Mr.. Stone
stressed the fact that St. Johnsbur!
had just as good railroad facilities al
| Rutland and that its collateral cdu
cational MISUNDERSTANDING thu
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