Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-09-22
CONTRACTS LET
BY PRESBREY co.
Granite Finishing Plant to Be
Built by Holyoke Firm
Will Cost with Equipment Sf4O.OOO-
Fifty Men to BE Employed at First
and 100 When in Full Operation.

WIN NOSt WITH Equipment S14O, 900
Fifty Men TO BE Employed at First
and 100 When in Full Operation.
Plans are well under way for the
construction of the new granite finish
ing plant of the Presbrey Leland Co.,
manufacturers and finshers of granite
| monuments, mausoleums, statuary, ETC.,
which is TO be Brattleboro's newest in,
austry. Actual work on the main build
ing IS expected to be begun shortly after
yet. l. by which time the present build
ings on the property, which have been
used as canning factory, will have
been removed
D. Wilson Dods. manager of the Barre
plant Of the Presbrey- Leland Co. for
over seven years. is to be the works
manager of the new plant here. Mr..
l(odS was in Brattleboro Friday with
a. Il. Lane, prominent contractor of
Barre who will lay the foundation and
nave general supervision of construc-
tlon. MIR. Dods investigated the mower
! situation and it is expected that the
necessary contracts will be made.
The contract for the steel structure
has been awarded to the Palmer Steel
Go. of Holyoke. Mass. and the cost of
the building with its equipment will be
about $4,000. The main building
will be POI feet long, 100 feet wide and
! 20 feet high. In this building will be
installed two travelling cranes, one of
40 tons capacity and the other of 90
TONS, both of which will be 80 feet long.
\ smaller crane, IS feet long, with a
! lifting power of Is tons, will be in
stalled in an ell part along one side of
the plant. feature of the building
Will be the use of continuous metal sash
on all four sides, which will provide the
maximum use of daylight as we'll as in
surfing thorough ventilation
Iot nff
the plans for the best working condi-
lions of the employees, health being the
prime consideration. Special ventila-
tlon and exhaust appliances will be in
stated, ma king the plant as healthful
as any in the country. The sides above
the windows will be constructed of Rob
ertson processed metal. The building
will be all steel and freproof
The contract for the construction and
installation of the three cranes has been
awarded to the Pawling- Harnishfeger
Go. of Milwaukee, Wis. The roof is ex-
pected to be put on in December, the fol-
/ lowing month will see the installation
Of the machinery, and it is anticipated
that February or March will see the
plant in operation.
| The first piece of work to be done in
connection with the new plant will be
| the laying of spur track $50 feet long,
which will run lengthwise along one side
III the interior of the building. Work
| on this is expected to start in about 10
days. Immediately afterwards work will
be started on the permanent Office build
ing, which will be located on the south
side of the plant. 1t will be a wooden
structure, two stories high, and will be
IS feet long by "a feet wide. In it will
be located the administration offices and
the drafting rooms.
When the plant is in full operation
about 100 men. a of whom are skilled
stone cutters, will be employed This is
| the number of men employed at the
barre plant recently sold to Mari &
Gordon of Barre, who bought the lands,
sheds, cranes and compressor used in the
Prcsbrey-Leland plant there. The other
| equipment, including a Chase saw. will
be moved to the new works here. Pend
ing completion of the local plant the
Iresbrey-Leland Co. will occupy one of
the two sheds which constituted the
works at Barre.
Immediately after the new works have
been opened it is expected that about
% men will be employed. most of these
employees coming from Barre. Later
their families are expected to move here,
provided suitable homes can be found.
with the present acute house shortage
it will be difficult matter for Brattle-
boro to house these people and it is felt
that with this new industry coming to
town, which has payroll of between
| SI,OOO and $4,000 a week. something
should be done in the way of providing
| homes for them.
The contemplated horsepower to be
! used at the new works aggregates about
500 when the load is full connected.
about 40 per cent of the granite used by
I tie Presbrey-Leland Co. will come from
the quarres at West Dummerston, the
location of which, together with the com
paratve nearness to the administration
offices in New York city, was one of the
| prime reasons for the removal of the
plant from Barre to Brattleboro.
Some misunderstanding exists regard
ing the exact relation between the new
plant here and the quarries in West
Dummerston. The Presbrey Leland Go.
has its home Office in New York city,
with offices at 6S1 Fifth avenue This
company has been in operation over %
years, its main plant being located in
Barre. Recently the company decided
to remove to Brattleboro, not only be-
cause of the reasons stated above, but
also because the land for the new works,
comprising seven acres situated between
| the Central Vermont and Boston &
| Maine railroads, has been presented to
the Presbrey- Leland Co. by the Brattle-
boro Chamber of Commerce and the town
has exempted the real estate and bust
ness of the company from taxation for
! a period of 10 years. The president and
the treasurer of the Presbrey- Leland
Co are G. H. Presbrey and F. G. Pres
brey, respectively. of New York city.
| They are also president and treasurer
of the PresbreyLeland Quarries, Inc,
which is separate company and which
owns the West Dummerston quarries,
but will buy its granite from the Pres
brey-Leand Quarries, Inc, the local di-
rectors of which are H. G. Barber, C.
V. Grant and w. S. Martin, the latter
being manager of the quarry plant with
offices in the Barber building
The old canning plant buildings, which
were offered to the highest bidder, were
sold Friday to j. II. Bushnell.