Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-29
SuefiaI Totifes.
The oliver Marble and Granite
Works Of Rutlands VT.

One of the largest and best conducted monu'
mental establishments in the country, 30 Wioe
" and favorably known for their exceIien.
work owe their success tothe three following
DISTINGUISHING characteristics: superiority OF
material. artistic execution. and low prices
The frat ia chiefly due TO their immediate prox-
unity to the celebrated Rutland marble Sual
ries, and their location on the direct rahroau
route westward from most of the valuable
Granite Quarries of New England. as TINS I'M
norfant advantage of location sover all otner
the nroprietor of the Works; and his patrons
have the full benefit thereof in personal selec
ton of material from the entire product OF the
auarries. By these selections, customers are
a Ways getting s'the cream" OF the entlre tweiVe
ueposits, whose aggregate stock on hand, rom
which choice is made, amounts to at least
million of dollars.
AS under this plan of personally selecting all
the material used, there is and can be no accu-
mutation of inferior stock, to be afterwards dis
posed of, parties may always feel assured OF
getting only the very best OF STOCK In tneir
work Furthermore, soundness OF material ls
equally well insured, which Is very important
consideration, involving. as ~ does, TO great
extent, the question of durability, which is an
Essential REQUISITE to good work.
The second distinguishing feature OF these
works, and which perhaps has most contributed
10 their reputation for superior work, has been
justly earned by the employment OF the most
combining the labor of each workman to such
specially of work as he excelled in.
1t must be apparent to every practical mind
that let carvers be constantly at carving, let
terers at lettering, moulding cutters moulding,
hewers hewing, polishers polishing, and SO on
through every classification OF the labor OF
large and well-ordered mandatory, the WORK
men must of necessity be ever acquiring great
er pre- cision and dispatch in their respective
II being the determination to sell at the low
est prices that can be afforded with q reasona
Bile profit, this systematic adaptation of labor.
added to their unequ4lled facilities in the selec
ton of material, makes inevitable their
Third feature, and enables them to furnish
the very best WORK at the lowest possible
In order to fully meet the demand of the
times, and that the work may add variety and
new attractions to the several localities In
which it is erected the services of the best tai
ent that can be obtained, is employed In con-
stantly originate g fresh and novel designs for
military and civic monuments, tomos, heartn-
stones, tablets, etc, to which is invited the
critical inspection of parties desiring cemetery
improvements.
The constantly increasing business of the
works. of course, Is not confined to any partic,
ular locality or State, and the several local
dealers with whom it comes in competition
have no cause of jealousy at the seeming In
roads upon their business. For 1t is a notice
able fact that wherever the work goes it ELECTS
such an increased interest in and demand for
good work, as to fully compensate for any ap-
parent loss to other dealers in individual cases
by the general stimulus given to the trade ;
and 1t is not possible that this establishment
will execute more than minor portion of the
ed It Is being the large and widen
already being erected in over hundred differ
ent cemeteries.
TO this brief announcement OF the facilities
and ability of the works, there need only be
added good and ample evideDce OF integrity In
its operations, not only in its monied trar sac
tions, but in details of manufacture with which
the customer is usually unfamiliar, and Ii
which he must to great extent depend upon
the faithfulness of the builder.
Touching this point, perhaps the most salts.
factory assurance thereof that can be offered
is the testimony of those whose orders have
been already executed by these works, the
deeds of the past being the best guaranty for
the future. Hence, that parties who favor the
establishment with their orders may feel as
cured of fair dealing, and of receiving only the
best of work, the proprietor begs to submit, in
another column, a new extract in each number
of this paper, from some of the many fatteriDs
letters that have been received during the year
or 80 last past. These will also serve TO indi-
cate localities where specimens Of work may
be inspected.
Most of these letters are from customers with
whom there had been no previous acquaint
ance, several being from parties whom the pro-
prietor has never seen, their work having been
ordered by letter, and as a matter of course no
occasion for compliment beyond kindly desire
to express a favorable opinion in behalf of the
integrity and superior products of the
RUTLAND MARBLE g. GRANITE WORKS.