The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-12
MONTPELIER
Some Progress Made on the Granite
Brick Proposition.

DliCk fIOpOSllloH.
J.. A. Bellonby, inventor of the new
style brick, and j. w. Linnehan, who is
associated with him, met the members
of the Board of Trade and Others in the
city court room last evening, when the
matter of using granite as the basis OF
the construction was freely discussed.
The local organization was assured that
granite from the stonesheds can be used
70 good advantage and that it would
relieve the manufacturers in removing
their grout. Messrs. Bellonby and Lime
han offered an organization with cap
ital stock of $4,000, of which $4,000
will be preferred stock, and Montpelier
people ean have that. Other arrange
ments We're discussed, and the above
men will return here Tuesday evening
for meeting of the Board of Trade on
financing. A firm has agreed to take the
entire output,
DIR. NJ, G. Roben of Auburn, Ne, is
visiting with relatives in the city.
Under direction of DR.. c. H. Burr, the
fire department Friday evening washed
off the sediment in the cutters on the
Rialto and Union house bridges. This
had been allowed to collect for weeks
and was in an msanitary condition.
Secretary of State Harry A. Black
has suspended the automobile operators
license of John +. Navin of Center Rut-
land, for cause not given.
A reporter had to show some tact this
morning in visiting the different offices
in the State House, for some of the
clerks therein had received advices, which
they believed to be accurate, relative to
the raise or lack of raise in salary which
came to them as result of the board
of controls decision. 1t is said of one
department that the blanks returned to
the secretary of the board of control
showed that each one employed was
head of the department. The maximum
salary was not raised in any instance,
but other salaries were raised, as the
board decided the employee was entitled
to a raise. Some received all they had
asked for, while others did not get nearly
what they expected.
Adjt..Gen H. T. johnson has received
another official emblem of the l0lst am
munition train. 1t was sent to him by
Captain Roy Minor, who was command
ing company L when the organization
came home, and is the guidon of the
company. Ii enough of these come to
Vermont, the state will substantiate it's
claim TO the unofficial banner that was
recently presented to the governor of
Massachusetts.
Special chicken dinner at Williams
town inn Sunday, 1890 to 3; I5c per
plate adv.
ExGov Mason s. Stone arrived home
last evening after a few months in
France in Y. NJ. G. A. work.
r. s. Currier, district highway super
intendent, met the members of the street
committee of Montpelier city council and
Superintendent f. A. Witham in the
school commissioners room of the city
hall Friday evening, when they went
over the expenditure for the road work
amount to be expended this year has
been increased over that of last year
and in so doing the city viii have to ex-
pend more money in resurfacing and oil.
ing to get the bigger benefits.
The following are the lecturers for
Montpelier seminary for the coming
school year: Bishop Edwin II. Hughes,
Boston, Senator w. p. Dillingham;,
Montpelier; Rev Timothy Benton, Rev.
A. w Hewitt, Rev. William Shaw, Ben
jamin Gates, on commercial law; Rev.
Wesley G. Mead, Rev. G. A. Martin and
Rev. Frank L. Goodspeed.
Mrs. William Keleher has arrived in
Des Moines, Ia, where she is cashier in
the office Of the general agent of the Ma
tional Life Insurance company until a
general agent is appointed On the way
there she stopped in Chicago, whore she
met Miss Geraldine Brunell, formerly of
this city Some time since her parents
sold their property here and went TO Chi.
cago and Mr. Brunnell died six days aft.
err arriving in his new home.
Fred Miles Of Middlesex was in the
city yesterday.
Charles A. Smith has returned from a
trip in the northern part Of the state
in the state probation matters.