The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-10-07
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fs asto-rfas snA STATISTICS fesfs'rfinF
auslsf esisbltameuis be- TIE trsa a Fer.
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If~ssr3 = ~ ic-. ruafsf n justice
ihsn IS iHt~rwsf. 60 NV FuhltaHy - To-
na,a,ri f,.s uarr, n ~ eouss'y. snd -
gir r.acvr4se ~h,ch aerci,Pr, AID con
,sv-s ,A,- ssra, inin 81 .s.~u'isi clrsn~rt.
r. rablr prosperity. Many u the ruFrcd
sn8 comparatively hsrrn hiHs u Nr~
legisisA phirh hsre lsnr bocn ilfemc
81 l.risl.a ty ii,t a.uif~iis = rsare ievri
frffiaas ~ aa, cran'iy, prove. when sob n
iss' g 30 ',e iesi a sirrmu-ou. en- ert.1se,
1iort ,ulushie even thaa Fr7noni's gold
bearing cus-7a
Thaarb ou- tovn ran boast = na msf-
o. gnsu5s no cu,erprlsing frn II AitrV,
Aps~s s e., have now in operation hcr'
q rafbir .au mi'' phich vii n1' suffer iu
comparison With any in the State q Yer
MONT TAcy have erected therein twelve
raag. - -iws ai,h thc improved Feeders,
wheh wefr invented BY josrra Ap4Ns,
e membef # -sid fin4, and pil easily CO..
10000 fcei II msrblr ycat The enm-
pen, sppI}y ihrir nall With marble from
their quarp in Wcs, Rutland, which for
dlenes. ofqusliy and pure whneness %
colon can no where BE- surpassed. Two
large blocks from ihis qu-ry are IN the
. Nye ipfk CDsia Palace fer exhibition
snA have % much attracted The attention
. Of msrble dealers m that cily tbs, they
( have recently purchased large quantity
T ~ the blocks At the high pucr Of $500 {,
$500 pr cubic foot. The writer has re-
ecutly examined some blocks Of staiualy
marble. and some ~hich has been hnlshct
for furniture purposes. and has 20 hcsI,s
tun VA saying II Is not surpassed 10 rcsprc
70 ,,s yunty OF color, fgcncss Of grain an,
irmnc.s oftcNiurc.
With slate quarric- howcyef, we ar
well supplied. Mine different qaarrcs ar,
nov being worked IN tins town, mos, o
them By wealthy companies, all Of thea
successfully, and some Of them very profit
ably. About two hundrod men are nov
employed IN thu business, and the numbc
aluiosI daily increasing.
Col. ALANsos ALLrN, Of tins town, j
eunilod 10 the credI, Of originating an
establishing the slate business IN Ru,lan
County. Lake the pioneers in all o,hc
branches Of business. he spent years d
srdyoa- labor uuder the mos, adverse an
dlscounglng circumstances, and attende
with heavy peculiarly losses. ere the buzz
mess had become so far developed and Is
,Ablishcd as to Weld IN return a single do
lar of profit, Such, but few years sine,
vas The commencement ola new and vi
anticipated business, winch has abroad
extended over a territory Of about % mile
M lehg'h. giving steady and profitable en-
ploymont TO very large number Of labo
ers, and promises fIiriy, To become with
very few years one d the most permit
nent. extensive and profitable branches
business within the State.
No better states have Vet been fonnd
any part of the world than those which al
qusrried and manufactured IN this immcd
ate vicinity and upon the very spot who
the fret experiment was made.
will not presume upon your paiicn'
TO enter more IN detail bat simply add TN
the kinds u business above specified, wi
the large wrongh, iron and nail cs,ablis
, mcnt nf J. DNrr which affords emplo
= m-ni 90 large number OF hands, and n
. incrons other minor manufacturing esta
lishncn,s. have increased the populali'
: Of our town within five years not less thr
/ - per cent and in other respects promote
/. is prosperity IN sill larger proportion.
D The author ,f,hc article above rctcrr,
p 10 expressed the purpose of visiting the y
nous quarrirs in this County. We shi
7, be- happy TO see him and will extend
/, him ali needed facilities for thorough c
. animation OF the few qnarries Nc have.
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