New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-17

labor used for cutting the trenches around the blocks
and the other In which machines employed chsn.
neling engines IL the quarry 10 be worked by hand
labor it Ia only necessary the rock resting
upon the first layer OF marble and then set the men 10
far apart the width OF the block ia to be. and deep
channels arc cut at right angles to these and blocks
thus formed split up from the layer below THIS may
high price OF labor in this country has very fortunately
compelled inventors seek other method OF doing
this very costly work and the channeng engine is the
result These machines are ordinary portable engines
mounted upon wheels so move back and forth upon
guide-b in which cutting tools play These com
posed Of eight long steel bars forming cutting tool with
or r two or Hsh.
alternate strokes each side Of the machine and are
moves forward an inch or two between each stroke till
the end OF the track IL reached when the Feed re-
versed and without stopping the machine travels back
the rails OF these machines will cut channel
20 feet long and one foot deep In working day GaVns
They require level surface upon which to work. and
when the beds OF marble incline at great angle there Is
taken out by the machine. Hand labor follows the
inclination Of the beds but the machines at present in use
made in inclined beds the machines make great
saving. machine which could put channel into the
inclined base would be of great value. Such engine
was in in one OF the quarres during part OF last
season, but little value account OF minor
defect In construction.
OF the amount invested in capital very little is known
some good judges putting It a. low AS 10000.
A000,0oO. Some idea OF the amount necessary
to carry on the business may be gained
from the fact that much 900 has been expended
in opening quarry before single penny was returned
foot Of marble put into the market The total
product OF the West Rutland marble quarres during the
past year between 5000 and 10000 tuns valued at
from TO 81 During the present year the
amount will probably be fully large for. according TO
the station agents report 400 car loads OF marble were
shipped during the month OF May and about the same
number In April One locomotive engine Is employed all
the time at the quarries in shifting and taking
loaded the mills two miles distant The whole
marble trade Of Boston. City, and Philadelphia
combined, would sink TO the OF retail business com
pared with what done In this little village OF only 1890
and this without mentioning what Is done az
Center Rutland, and Sutherland Falls, &c, all within
radius OF five six mice The demand for the better
grades of marble produced here is rapidly increasing
and. at the present time 1t is 80 large that quite
impossible to supply the market These grades do not
come into competition with any foreign marbles, as
nothing OF the sort Is produced abroad All the white
and very lghtcOlOred marble used for tabetops and
indoor work generally from Vermont nothing Of
the kind obtained elsewhere. In former years some
marble exported from Rutland to London and some
TO Australia but home consumption has become so large
that none remains for foreign markets. or the pure
white marble known as 4" ststuary" very little, com
paratively Is produced. and fine block Of It brings
almost fabulous prices.