The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-03
MONTPELIER
Entire Amount of $225,ooo Subscription
for Bryce Concern Raised.


for Bryce Concern Raised.
The committee from the Board Of
Trade that has been canyassing the city
tor funds to finance bringing the Bryce
manufacturing company here, met Sat
urday evening and completed raising
sZ25,0Oo, so that now they are ready to
finance the company. They have submit
ted a contract to the manufacturers and
II they accept it then further work will
be done The contract is one which
looks toward the welfare of the Mont
pelier subscribers. The total, number of
persons In Montpelier subscribing is S63.
The committee has satisfied itself that
Montpelier can do a thing it starts out
to do There is considerable sentiment
toward having the list of those who sub
scribed for the stock published, but there
Is some opposition to this and it may
not occur,
Mr., and Mrs. Frank NJ. Cory have re-
ceived notice that William, their son,
who Is in service in France, has been
awarded the croix de guerre for bravery
shown in service The particulars con
| neeted with the presentation by the
French government have not been
| learned. He was a driver in ambulance
! service. He went TO France nearly two
| years ago with the American field service
and was in the 63lst section, under the
French command, having saen some of
the hardest service during the war, in
GLIDING the big drives made which ended
| the lighting in November. He gave up
the position of superintendent of the
Barre & Montpelier Traction & Power
company to go into service.
The northbound milk train Saturday
was about an hour late in leaving Mont
| pelier Junction The train was we'll out
of the yard when suddenly a piston rod
broke, which drove the head out of a
| cylinder The engineer stopped his train
! off center enough so that by discon.
Meeting one side he was able to back the
| train into Montpelier Junction, where
! freight engine was obtained to use on
| the milk train, which continued its way
toward st. Adams, making up some OF
the lost time.
Mrs. Cora Demas Of Moretown has
been appointed Administrative of the es,
tate of Orson Turner, late OF Duxbury
Paul Harrington, who was recently
discharged from the navy, has com
menced work in the Volholm store. Mr..
| harrington was several years employed
in the McCuen store and gave up the po-
sition to 60 into the navy He has re-
| celved discharge and commenced work
this morning as clerk for Mr. Volholm.
The annual license taxes of the cor
porations, the taxes on insurance for the
! year 1918, the six month ~ taxes on rail.
roads and the telephone company taxes
are arriving at the office Of the state
! treasurer, These are due in the month
of February but there are still some con.
| Germs that nave not paid.
William Teachout of the secretary of
states Office was in Burlington Saturday
| afternoon and evening. on automobile
! business. Reports came from that city
| that there were several men driving au-
! tomobies about the city without license
| plates OF this years issue Mr.. Teachout
| collected 1850 as a result of his visit to
the Queen city, the money coming from
delinquents in that line Of business.
| Thomas Short, who for many years
owned the lunch cart next to the opera
house block, has bought the property
| again and will commence business in
| few days. A thorough cleaning will take
place before it is opened to the public
The fire alarm rang couple of times
Sunday afternoon owing to the opening
| Of a circuit in one the cables. There has
been a ground on the number six circuit
\ for a few days and the fremen were try.
/ inn fR fgrata rrb r,i.l-nl
| the number one cable with the result
that it caused the fire alarm to ring. It
also rang when the cable was replaced in
| service.
| Frank Farnsworth and Albert Brown
alias Frisco Pete, were in city court this
morning on charges Of intoxication, to
which each pleaded guilty. Farnsworth
! paid a fine of So and costs, while Pete
went to Jail for 20 days in lieu of money
enough to pay the fine Fansworth was
arrested by Chief Connolly back of the
opera house block Saturday evening He
was making great deal Of loud talk
! and complaint was made that he was in
! toXicated When the officer arrived there
! Farnsworth wanted 10 fight. with the re-
suit that a couple of bats with billy
settled the fight and Farnsworth went
TO jail.
Walter T.. Jones of Waitsheld was a
local visitor to-day.
The Washington county chapter OF the
Red Cross will meet in Montpelier next
Friday. The executive committee win
meet at 1890 o'clock in the morning
and at 2:l5 o'clock in the afternoon.
Roy NJ. Cusbman director of the after
care of the soldiers and sailors, will
speak on the work. These meetings are
open to the public