The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-28
TALK OF THE TOWN


Grand Halloween ball, Rowland hall,
Friday, Oct 3l--adv.
Rummage sale in Methodist church
Thursday afternoon this week. adv
Dance in Rowland hall Wednesday
evening; Gilbertson's orchestra, adv
The Barre City band will have a re-
hearsal and business meeting tonight
at o'clock,
The Barre City band win have a re-
hearsal and business meeting tonight
at o'clock
Trucking Done Anyone wanting
light or heavy trucking done, call the
Granite City Bottling Works,-adv.
Regular meeting of Minnehaha en-
campment, No 2, Tuesday evening, Oct,
IS, at 1880. Work, patriarchal degree,
Largest line Of new and second hand
ranges and heaters in Barre at lowest
prices E. A. Prindle, Worthen block.
Charles Carroll, James Comolli, Ma
rio Sassi and Mario Gudille left this
morning for Waterbury, where they
have positions as attendants in the
state hospital for the insane.
Halloween masquerade dance at Cob
Bile Hill grange hall Thursday evening,
Oct. 80. Reardon's orchestra and a
good time for all Admission, gentle
men Soc ladies free. Ice cream will
be on sale-ady
Good looking hair, thick and lus-
trous, is easy to have if you use Par
isian Sage two or three times. It's a
positive cure for dandruff and itching
scalp. Sold under guarantee by K. A.
Drown & Co,-Adv.
Netops, attention. Witches and spir-
its of darkness of the Netop class viii
hold laundering, blood -curdling social
at Mrs. II. Stewards, 81 Washington
street, Tuesday, Oct. rs, at s. Gentle
men invited Be sure and come masked.
P. S.-Bring pennies and nickels.
The hearing of the petition Of the
Granite Manufacturers association,
which was brought before the public
service commission last week at the
State House in Montpelier and was adj
journed last Friday evening until
Wednesday Of this week, will be TAX
en- up tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock.
This hearing resulted from an increase
in electrical rates that amounts to a
vast amount of money TO the manufac-
turers of Barre alone, to say nothing
of those in surrounding towns IL is
expected that a large number Of the
manufacturer will be present in the
Senate chamber when the session be-
gins tomorrow morning.
The various state commissioners of
education throughout the United States
have reciprocal arrangement in Sc
curing for the benefit of the scholars Of
their state stereopticon views of an
other states chief industry. These are
exhibited in the schools for education
al purposes SO that a good idea of the
other states industries, other than that
in which the student may be living,
may be left on his mind. State Com
missioner H. B. Hillegas of Vermont
finds that many New England educa
tional departments desire to receive
those of Vermont, especially stereopti-
con views Of the granite industry For
this reason Commissioner Hillegas has
had some views prepared, but before
submitting them to be exhibited he
wishes to have them sanctioned by ex.
aminers acquainted with the industry
in all its phases. The matter Of choos-
ing these authorities were left TO Sec
rotary Athol Bell of the Granite Man.
ufacturers' association, who appointed
the following committee John C. Booth,
w A. Murray and II. w Narnum.
Superintendent J. w Mann OF the
Central Vermont railroad came from
ST. Adams yesterday, together with
Assistant Superintendent G w Groom
and committee OF three, appointed as
safety first subcommittee to improve
the conditions in the Barre and Mont
pelier railway yards The committee
consists Of Civil Engineer ]. NJ Nor
rison, W. H. Hale, a locomotive engi-
neer, and W II. Center, a train condue-
tor, all Of whom are from St. Adams
These men have been ordered TO visit
each granite manufacturing concern TO
ask their sincere cooperation and to
improve the conditions about their
premises wherever there is an obstruc-
ton or means Of such to a brakeman
or workman running along the track
at any time during the year If there
is steam pipe which in winter causes
ice to form near the track and thereby
obstruct the passage OF brakeman in
running beside the cars, this will be
eliminated. And the same applies in
the granite district where large stone
chips are allowed to slide down to the
track siding. ANY hazardous object,
whatsoever, will have to be discarded
and it i the duty of these men 10 see
that such is done They have author
ity to condemn any practice or unsafe
condition, All over the country the
railroads are working hand in hand and
in accordance with the national acct
dent preventive organization, which has
headquarters in Washington, D. G. Aft
er the committeeman have made sur
vey Of all the conditions in the granite
district, they viii confer with the gran.
lite manufacturers to make conditions
in the future much safer for all and to
eliminate, if possible, all accidents in
the railway yards.