Barre, Vermont, USA (Graniteville) (South, East)
1889 - A DAY IN BARRE. Swanton Business Men Visit that Booming Town.


News
A number of business men from Swanton, mostly members of the local board of trade, took an outing yesterday for the puropse of sizing up the only town in Vermont that ever really boomed in true Western style. The returned home at night loaded with specimens of granite and pretty well satisfied that there are no flies on the granite town and nary a deserted farm in that vicinity. Through the courtesy of the Central road the party had a special train out of Swanton at 6.15, connecting with the regular at St. Albans. In the party was E. P. Adams, president of the board of trade, R. O. Sturtevant, H. F. Martin, B. B. Blake, 2nd, C. E. Hall, C. R. Hogle, J. P. Jewett, Dr. Leach, Henry Samson, G. w. Squier, O. S. Rixford and T. M. Tobin.

Arring at Barre the visitors were met by J. W. Connell,a gent for the Central, and F. W. Stnyan, acting superintendent of the Barre railroad. Under the guidance of these gentlemen the party visited the various cutting sheds, and saw granint in course of being converted into finished work. After a dinner at the Barre Hotel the party took a special train up the mountain to thw quarries, provided by Supt. Stanyan of the Barre road, Assistant Supt. Boutwell accompanying the visitors. The quarries, about 30 in number, are scattered about what is known as Millstone hill, four miles from and over a thousand feet above Barre. The road is quite a piece of engineering. Climbing a grade of 317 feet to the mile with a locomotive is a novel experience. The quarries are well worth a long journey to see as 500 men are delving away as busy as bees. The visitors were amazed by the magnitude of the business and now realize why Barre booms. The party were afforded every facility for seeing all there is to see and returned to Swanton well satisfied with having spent a day at Barre. - Free Press.


St Albans Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
October 31, 1889

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