New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-17
THE RUTLAND MARBLE QUARRIES.

Correspondence Of The n. Y Tdbuns
RUTLAND, Vt, Thursday, Aug 8, 1855.
noticed in THE TRIBUNE Of yesterday an srsi-
Gle copied from The Boston TrGrtittr, Aug 4, con-
tanning very exaggerated account of the fall Of
some oyerhangiog rock at 0ne Of the Quarries
of tie Rutland Marble Company. Toat the
dealers in marble scattered over every State 10
the Union who are dependent for their supplies
upou the Rutland Quarries, may not be mlsled
by the errors in that article ask you TO insert
this as correction.
The Rutland Marble Co. in order to keep pace
with the increasing demand have during the
mast wear made extensive new openings in their
ouarrs. and for some months have been railing
from three new openings blocks of a superior
quality to any in the old opening where the fall
bsppened and are now daily raising from their
new Opening 8 larger amount OF marble than has
ever been raised from the old opening, so that no
customer of the Company or Others depending
anon receiving their supplies from these Quarnes
need be disappointed. The effect of the fall has
been merely to cover up temporarily small guam
tity of marble that was reaCy 10 be raised, while
the fall has saved to the Company the expense OF
blasting of the Overhangng mass recently iaIlen.
In this respect the positive advantage Is some
s. COO and the pOsslble lOer perhaps soHc r.,V.N'
This is really small matter TO give such publicity
10. and would not have been noticed but for the
exaggerated accounts already published; one oil
which states that the extent OF the damage Is So
great that the Company will make no efforts to
(" reopen the Quarry this season. Another ac-
coun, estimates the damage st $4,000
So little is known in reference to the marble
business that the public readily believe any rumor,
however unfounded. 1t has been managed SO qu.
etly-the owners being satisfied with the prohts OF
working the qusrries rather than with the stock
bubbles that have been inflated from 20 many
chimerica projects-that the City papers have not
been posted up as to the real importance OF the
business Another reason why 80 little IS known
in the cities Of the statistics of the business u that
the trade is not carried on through commission
houses OF city agencies but the country dealers
send their orders directly to the manufacturer
thus saving commissions, storage, extra freight,
and loss from breakage By extra handling and cart
age. u.-..
Even you may be surprised al the Statement.
that the value of the marble sent from the Rutland
/ quarres annually exceeds that OF all the copper
! mined on Lake Superior yet It is true Inc
marble il worked by few companies or hrm. com,
posed Of 8 few enterprising men, who are con'en1
with the profits of attending to their own ousi
ness: the copper il talked about BY thous oil IN
diyiduas interested in scores OF stock conf snies
the nominal value OF which az the Stock Board Il
represented by millions of dollars, the pronts o.
which are mainly those resulting IRON tue nuctqa
lions Of the stock market while the actual saie'
os marble the present year from the kutlana guar
ries alone will exceed $3.50 coo on which tn
actual pro6ts are per cent % so'VW.'oo'