BARRE

city of Washington co., Vermont, on the Central Vermont, the Montpelier and W.\R. and the Barre and Chelsea railroads, seven miles southeast of Montpelier, the State capital, Its granite industry is one of the most important in the country, and on it the city’s prosperity is based. It has a national bank, two savings banks, @ public library, daily and weekly newspapers. Its waterworks are municipally owned and operated. The first settlement was in 1788 and the town received a city charter in 1894. It is governed by a mayor and city council. Pop. 1920, 10,008.