The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-03-01
SAFE At PUBLIC AUCTION,

SALE AZ fUBLIC AUCTION,
To the highest bidder, without reserve, on tho
premises,
AT GROTON, MASS,
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 1870, at o'clock P. M.
Weather Fair or Foul-No PostponsmenR
The property consists OF
An Inexhaustible soapstone QUARRY,
and about NINE ACRES OFLAND. with Ten-ren
inch Rotary Pumps, and apparatus and pipe for he
same; also, Steam Hosting Apparatus, Drags,
Chains and tools for working the Quarry.
A .soapstone Mill,
of Wood, s0xSO feet, built in 1885, 20 feet posts.
gravel roof with two upright sky-lights and divided
finishng-room. 6Ox25 and Office, 20x25 feet; with
room on the second floor, sOx25 feet. Also engine
s roof and eparsted from the m nv yse' brc ray
and an iron door, with brick chimney so feet BY II
feet base; Sand House. OF wood 40x16 Stone Shed,
20xl6; feet. These buildings are all thoroughly
built and in good repair.
lss Engine, built by Corliss Steam Engine Co, Prov
dence, R. l., with 12-nch cylinder, A feet stroke,
copper valve rods - feet pulley, 24,lnch face, 10
front and stays, built by j. r. Robinson Steam En-
gineer, Boston, and set under his patents. This
copper Steam Condenser. Steam Trap, RobiDson's
Engine Pump, steam and heating pipe for the entire
MILL Inc bOlier, Engine and all connected with the
steam power are OF the most thorough manufacture:
and it may safely be ted Of the best and
most economical steam powers in the State and In
now in perfect running order. Water is supplied to
the mill from two different reservoirs, through 900
feet of inch iron pipe, and the supply never fails.
Also Jour Gangs OF Marble Saws lMerriman's pa
tent two s-eet, one 10feet and enc 12-feet gang;
one II feet rip saw and S-feet do; two upright
saw-mills tor saving stone two growing machines,
one feet and one four feet emery wheel, two crcu
lar and benches, corning saw one iron frame
Jig saw, drill, one circular machine, 42-insh
Daniels wood pa ner, one hydraulic press, 7x4 feet
paten with pumps OF $50 tons pressure, built by the
Lowell Machine Shop; three lines OF shafting,7, and
shafts and leather betting tor the entire mill;
capstan for hosting stone, five stone cars and all
the necessary tools for the practical manufacture Of
s0apstone.
This Quarry is more favoraby located for business
than any other soapstone quarry in the country 1t
beng the only quarry of soapstone in the United
States located on line OF Railroad. The soapstone
from 1t be shipped by sde-track. and via Groton
junction direct to all the various markets. The mill
is situated alongside the quarry, and the stone 10
delivered from the bed of the quarry directly into
the mil without further handling. The soapstone
furnished by this quarry hetbest for all in the
country. Any person or company wishing to en-
gage in a manufacturing business in connection
with the soapstone business will find this op
portunity. Premises and property can be seen any
day before the sale by applying TO
80 Pemberton square, Boston,
Or to s. S. JACKSON, Auctioneer.
Is Congress street, Boston, Mass.
Five per cent. OF the purchase money will be re-
quired at the sale Trains on the Fitchburg Rail-
road leave Boston at II A. NJ, Fitchburg at 1918
on the Worcester and Nashua Rail- Dad from Wor-
cester at II. 10 NJ, Nashua at II M, and the Wor-
cester and Nashua Railroad will stop to drop and
take up passengers at the Quarry. feb26, 2s,mar1