The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-16
PRESBREY CONTRACTS LET.
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prime consideration. Special ventila
/ ton and exhaust appliances will be in
| stalled. making the plant as healthfu
as any in the country. The sides above
| the windows will be constructed of Rob
ertson processed metal. The building
! viii be all steel and freproof
/ The contract for tie construction and
! Installation of the three cranes has been
awarded to the Pawling- Harnishfeger
60. of Milwaukee. Wis. The roof is ex-
pected to be put on in December, the fol
lowing month will see the installation
Of tie machinery. and it is anticipated
| that February or March will see the
plant in operation.
The first piece of work to be done i'm
connection with the new plant will be
the laying of a spur track $50 feet long,
which will run lengthwise along one side
in 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
80 feet long by 81 feet wide In it will
he located the administration offices and
tie 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 K
Gordon of Barre, who bought the lands
sheds. cranes and compressor used in the
Presbrey-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
Presbrey-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
30 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 viii be a difficult matter for Brattle-
boro to house these people and ii is felt
that with this new industry coming to
town. which has a payroll of between
81 900 and $1,000 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 20 per cent of the granite used by
tie Presbrey Leland Co will come from
the quarries at West Dummerston the
location of which. together with the com
parative 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 Co.
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 companv 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 K
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
Go. are {. II. PreSbrey and f. &. Pres
brey. respectively. of New York city.
They are also president and treasurer
of the Presbrey Leland Quarries. Inc,
which is a separate company and which
owns the West Dummerston quarrieS
but will buy its granite from the Pres
brey-Leland QuarrieS, Inc, the local di
recturs of which are H. q. Barber. e.
V. Grant and w = Martin. the latter
being manager of the quarry plant with
Offices in the Barber building.
The old canning plant buildings. which
We're offered to the highest bidder, were
sold yesterday TO ]. f. Bushnell.