The Portland daily press., 1870-03-02

premises
AT GRcT0N, MASS,
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 1870, at 2 o'clock P. NJ.
Weather Fair or Foul-No Postponemere
The property consists OF
An Inexhaustible soapstone Quarry,
and about NINE ACRES OF LAND, with Ten-Ton
inch Rotary Pumps, and apparatus and pips Tor the
same; also, Steam HOSTING Apparatus, Drags
Chains and tools for working the Quarry.
A .soapsfone Mill,
of Wood sOxso feet built in 1866, 20 feet posts
gravel roof with two upright sky-lghts, ana divided
fnshing-room. 60x25, and Office, 2ox55 feet; with
room on the second floor, s0x25 feet. Also engine
and boiler house built of brick 45x2s feet with grav
ell ROOF, and separated from the mill by brick wall
and an iron door, with brick chimney so feet by IL
feet base; Sand House. of wood, 40xi6; Stone She'd
2OxI6; feet. These buildings are ali thoroughly
built and in good repair.
liss Engine built by Coriss Steam Engine Co, Prov
copper valve rods, y feet pulley, 2I-inch face, Is
'front.' and stays built by j. X. Robinson, Steam En-
gineer, Boston, and set under hts PATENTS. This
Boiler is made of inch iron, double riveted. One
copper Steam Condenser. Steam Trap, Robinson's
Engine Pump, steam and heating pipe tor the entire
MILL The Boiler, Engine and all connected with tho
steam power are OF the most thorough manufacture;
and 1t may safely be rIanted one of the best and
most economical steam powers in the State, and Is
now in perfect running order. Water Is supplied TO
the mill from two different reservoirs through 500
ieet of inch iron pipe, and the supply fails.
Also Jour Gangs OF Marble Saws (Merrman's pa
tent two Select, one 10feet and 12-feet gang;
one ~ 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 circu-
lar saws and benches one coring saw, iron frame
Jg-saw one drill, one circular machine, 42inch
Daniels wood pla ner hydraulic press, 7x4 eet
platen with pumps OF $50 tons pressure built by the
Lowell Machine Shop. three lines slattinp e. and
4inch, and above 10 It, each in length, with counter
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
soapstone.
This Quarry is more favoraby located for business
beng the only quarry of soapstone in the United
States located a line of Railroad. The soapstone
from 1t can be shipped by sidetrack 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
furnished by this quarry is hebest 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 rare op-
portunity. Premises and property can be seen any
day before the sale by applying 70 woon
80 Pemberton square, Boston.
Or 10 S. S. JACKSON, Auctioneer.
Is Congress street, Boston, Mass.
Five per cent. OF the purchase money will be re-
quired at the sale. Trains the Fitcbburg Rail
road leave Boston at II A. NJ, Fitchburg at II. 10
on the Worcester and Nashua Rain Dad from Wor-
cester at II. 10 A NJ, Nashua at II NJ and the Wor-
cester ard Nashua Railroad will stop 10 drop and
take up passengers at the Quarry. ieb2G, smart