The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-02-26
SALE At PUBLIC AUCTION,

~ INC inquest WITHOUT reserve, tha
premises,
AT GRO rON, MASS,
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 1870. at 2 o'clock P. NJ,
Weather Fair or Foul-No Postponemeng
The property consists OF
An Inexhaustible soapstoue Quarry,
and about NINE ACRES OF LAND, with ren-Ton
DerIicks, worked by steam power; OF Hersey "a
inch Rotary Pumps, and apparatus and pipe Tor the
same; also, Steam Hosting Apparatus, Drags
Chains and tools Tor working the Q larry.
A .soapstonc MiII,
of Wood, soxso feet. built In 1866. 20 feet posts.
gravel roof, with two upright sky-ights ana divided
into sawing-room, 30xS0; worL ing room, 25xe0:
fnishle-room, 6Ox2J, and Office. 20x25 ieet with q
and boiler house built of brick, 4jx28 with grav
ell rooi, and separated from the mil by brick wall
and an iron door, with bri X chimney 50 ieet by II
f ct base; Sand House. OF wO d. 4Oxl6; Stone Shed,
5oA1G; Stable, 45x22 feet Also Carpenters shop,
2oxlG; ieet. These buildings are all thoroughly
The MAC nj merry consists of Stationery Cor.
liss Engine built by Coriss Steam Engine Co, Prov
idenee, r. l., with u Inch eyhncer, lest stroke
feel by 4. inch Tubular Boiler, wi iron furnace.
'front.' and stays, built by j. r. Robinson, Steam En-.
Boiler is made OF inch iron, double riveted. One
copper Steam Condenser: Steam Trap. Robipson's
mill. The Boiler, Engine aud all connected with ha
steam power are OF the most thorough manu- acture;
most economical steam powers in the State, and Is
now in Ieriect running order. Water Is supplied to
the mill from Two different reservoirs, through 600
ieet of inch iron pipe, and the supply never tails
Also Jour Gangs OF Marble Saw (Meiriman's pa
tent two e-feet one 10 feet and 12-ieet gang;
one ~ feet rip saw aud enc sfset do; two upright
saw-mills tor saving stone; two growing macbDes,
one feet and one TOUR feet emery wheel two circu-
lar saws and benches eoring saw, iron frame
jig saw. one drill, one circular mac ine 42.inch
nies' wood pla ner, hydraulic press, 1xi Ieei
paen with Pumps OF $50 tons pressure, butt by the
Lowell Machine shop; three lines oil shat ing2 and
4ineh and above 10 IT, each in length with 6oun tel
shafts and leather betting Tor the entire MILL ont
cspsian for hosting stone, five stone cars and al
the necessary tools for the practical manufacture ei
soapstone.
TINS Quarry is more avorab'y located for business
than other soapstoLe quarry In the country, II
beng the ony quarry of sOapstone IN the Uri ed
States local ed line OF Ralroat. The apstona
from 1t can be shpped by sdetracE. aud via Groton
Junction diret to all the Lus ma kets. The mill
Is s,taa ei aong ile The quarry aud the stone 10
uenVered rom the bed of the quarry directly into
the II II without further handing The so .1s tone
country. ANY person or conn ANY wishing 10 en-.
gage IN manufacturing business in connection
with the soapstoue business will ad This rare Cd.
plrtunty. Premises and .perty can De .. en- any
day before the sale by applying 10
80 Pembsrton square, Boston,
Orto s. s. JACK SON, Au .tinneer
Is Congress street, Boston, Mass.
Five per cent. Of the purchase money will be re.
road leave Boston at IL A. NJ, Fitehburg at i2.i5
2. NJ, and cot ct at Groten Junction with trains
OF the Worcester and Nashua Rainoad from wor.
cester at IL 10 A M, Nashua at Il N, aud the Wors
cester ar Nashua Railroad will stop 10 drop and
take up passengers at the Quarry. teb26, Is mari