The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-09
May Mean Large Develop
ment Industrially
for This Town
LOCAL PEOPLE MAY
ACQUIRE CONTROL
West Dummerston Plant Disposed of on
County Court Execution and Is Bid
Off by Attorney H. G. Barber for
Flynt Co. for Over $4,000.


OFF by Attorney H. G. Barber for
Flynt Co. for Over $4,000.
By virtue of county court exeeu-
ton a sale of real estate took place
yesterday which may mean much for
the future growth of Brattleboro. 1t
was the sale of the West Dummerston
granite quarry by Deputy Sheriff Fred
Cressy to the w. \. Flynt Granite Co.
of Monson, Mass, the property being
bid off by Attorney H. G. Barber of
this place as agent and attorney for
the F1ynt Co.
Heretofore the property has stood in
the name of the George E. Lyons Gran
ite Co. of West Dummerston, which
has been under large financial obliga.
ton to the Flint Co. In recent years
the Flynt Co. has held a majority Of
the stock 1t is now the sole owner.
all the minority stockholders being
eliminated, but as the Flynt Co. does
not wish to operate the quarry some
Brattleboro men are negotiating for it,
In the event that the property is
transferred to Brattleboro interests an
effort will be made to develop the
quarry on a large scale, which very
likely will mean the establishing of
stone cutting sheds in Brattleboro and
the employment of a large number of
men. 1t has long been the opinion of
many persons that nnder right owner
ship and management of the West
Dummerston quarry there was no rea-
son why the growth that Barre has en-
joyed by reason of her quarries could
not be duplicated in Brattleboro, the
rough blocks being hauled here for fin
ishing
There is a tremendous demand for
granite, and the supply at West Dunn
merston is inexhaustible and of excel
lent quality both for building and mon
umental work. At one time, in the
palmy days of the late George E. Ly-
ons, 250 men were employed at the
quarry After Mr.. Lyons died his
stock. which was a controlling interest,
was bought by the W. n F1ynt Gran.
! lite Co, but as that company had a
large quarry in Monson the West
Dummerston quarry gradually came
INTO disuse except as a branch for fill,
| ing special orders A few men have
| been employed there every year. how
ever
Although the Flynt Co. owned a ma
| ]orlty of the stock the two companies
were kept separate and distinct. The
Flynt Co advanced money to the Ly-
ons Co. and furnished materials, and
finally the West Dummerston company
became greatly indebted to the Monson
company.
At the last term of the Windham
| county court the Flynt Co. brought
| suit against the Lyons Co and attached
the personal property and the real es-
| tate, the latter including about 250
acres of granite land. Judgment was
| secured for the full amount of the
| specifications, which were in excess OF
| $4,000. The suit was not contested.
i The personal property was sold recent
ly on execution, being bought by the
Flynt Co. through Attorney H. G. Bar
ber as agent.
Besides the quarry the sales include
several engines, derrieks. and a largo
amount of other equipment. An elee-
; tric power line, railroad track and
three quarters of a mile of sidings are
close to the quarry, making conditions
especially advantageous.
On June IA and 81, 1905, a compress.
. sion test and analysis of a piece of
white granite from the West Dummer-
ston quarry was made for the Flynt
Co. by the United States ordnance de-
partment at the Watertown arsenal
For the compression test a piece of
granite four inches square, having a
/ sectional area of 16 square inches, and
3.99 inches thick showed the first crack
, under pressure of 30S,090 pounds, or
, l54 tons. The ultimate strength was
A 900 pounds, or over 222 tons. The
ultimate strength per square inch was
/, 27,Sl0 pounds, or nearly II tons.
Following is the report of the anal
) ysis: SILICA. 1880 per cent; oxide OF
! iron, trace; alumina, 1910; lime, 1;
soda, al; potash, 2.63; total 100 pei
cent.
To make the sale it was necessary
for Deputy Sheriff Cressy to 60 to the
: Washer store in West Dummerston
where the sale was advertised to take
+ place, and in doing so he had to tray-
! erse an unbroken road from the DUN
merston town line most of the way te
i his destination.
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