Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-11-24
&peftal Hnttfes.
The Oliver Marble and Granite
Works Of Rutland, VT.

One ofthe largest and best conducted monu-
mental establishments in the country, so WIDE
ly and favorably known for their excellent work.
owe their success to the three following distin.
gushing characteristics: superiority of materi-
al, artistic execution and low prices. The first
is chiefly due to their immediate proximity to
the Celebrated Rutland Marble Quarries, and
their location on the direct railroad route west
ward from most of the valuable Granite Quar-.
ries of New England, as this important advan-
tage of location over all other similar establish
ments is not lost sight of by the proprietor Of
the Works and his patrons have the full benefit
thereof in personal selection of material from
the entire product OF the quarries. By these Sc.
lections, customers are always getting "the
ream' of the entire twelve deposits, whose
aggregate stock on hand, from WEIGH choice IL
made, amounts to at least million of dollars
AS under this plan of personally selecting al
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 get
ting only the very best of stock in their work
Fur thermore, soundness of material is equally
well insured, which is very important consid
craft on, involving, as it 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
to their reputation for superior work has been
Justly earned by the employment of the most
| skilled artizans that can be obtained, and by
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 caryers be constantly at carving letter
ers at lettering, moulding cutters moulding,
hewers hewing, polishers polishing, and so on
through every classification of the labor of a
large and well ordered mandatory, the work
men must of necessity be ever acquiring greater
precision and dispatch in their respective de-
partments.
1t being the determination to sell at the lowest
prices that can be afforded with a reasonable
profit, this systematic adaptation of labor, added
to their unequalled facilities in the selection of
material, makes inevitable their
Third feature, and enables them to furnish the
very best work at the lowest possible prices.
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 originating fresh and novel designs for
military and civic monuments, tombs, hearth
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 particu-
lar locality or State, and the several local deal
ers with whom ii comes in competition have no
cause of jealousy at the seeming inroads upon
their business. For IL is a noticeable fact that
wherever the work goes it elicts such an in
creased interest in and demand for good work.
a. to fully compensate for any apparent loss TO
other dealers in individual cases. by the general
stimulus given to the trade and il is not pos
sible that this establishment will execute more
than a minor portion of the work required
throughout the large and widening field it is be-
ing distributed, its products already being
erected in ever a hundred different Cemeteries
To this brief announcement of the facilities
and ability of the works there need ONLY he
added good and ample evidence of integrity in
its operations, not only in its monied transact
ions, but in details of manufacture with which
the customer is usually unfamiliar, and in which
he must to great extent depend upon the faith
fitness of the builder.
Touching this point, perhaps the most satis-
actory assurance thereof that can be offered. Is
tbe testimony those whose orders have haen
already executed by these works the dea5S ~
the past being the best guaranty for the fnfnre
Hence that parties who favor the establi sbTnent
with their orders may feel assured of fair deal
ing and of receiving only the best of work the
PROPRIETOR begs TO submit, in another column a
new extract in each number of this naner from
some of the many hattering letters that have
been received curing me year or so last past
specimens of work may be inspected
Most of these letters are from customers with
whom there had been no previous acouaintance
several being rom parties whom the nrorriator
has never seen, their work having been 6rdered
Inv letter and as a matter of course No occasioS.
for compliment beyond a kindly desire 10 eT
press favorable opinion in behalf of the intec-
rity and superior products of the
RUTLAND MARBLE s. GRANITE WORKS.