Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-01-05
SpetiaI Yntifes.
The oliver Marble and Granite
Works of Rutland. Vt.


One of the largest and best conducted monu
mental establishments in the country, 80 VIDE
ly and favorably known tor their excellen'
work owe their success to the three following
distinguishing characteristics: superiority o.
material, artistic execution. and low prices
The first is chiefly due to their immediate prox
unity to the celebrated Rutland Marble Quar-
ries, and their location on the direct ratlroae
route westward from most OF the vaiuaoie
Granite Quarries of New England, as this I'm
portant advantage of location over all othel
similar establishments is not lost sight OF DJ
the proprietor of the Works; and his patrons
have the full benefit thereof in personal selec
ton of material from the entire product of the
quarries. By these selections, customers are
always getting ''the cream" of the entire twelve
deposits, whose aggregate stock on hand, from
which choice iS made, amounts to at least Q
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 o
getting only the very best of stock in tbeil
work Furthermore, soundness of material Ii
equally well insured, which is very important
noogp il
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 beer
Justly earned by the employment of the mosi
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 mine
that, let carvers be constantly at carving, let
terers at lettering, moulding cutters moulding
hewers hewing, polishers polishing, and so or
through every classification OF the labor OF 6
large aud well-ordered mandatory, the work
men must of necessity be ever acquiring great
er pr cision and dispatch in their respective
departments.
It being the determination to sell at the low
est prices that can be afforded with reasona
BILE profit, this systematic adaptation of labor
added to their unequalled 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
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 fol
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 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 it is a notice
able fact that wherever the work goes it elicits
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 Cne general stimulus gwen 10 the LTdOe
and it is not possible that this establishment
will execute more than minor portion of the
work required throughout the large and widen
ing field it is being distributed, its products
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 evidence OF integrity in
its operations, not only in its monied transac-
tiOns, but in details of manufacture with which
the customer is usually unfamiliar, and in
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 1or
the future Hence, that parties who favor the
establishment with their orders may feel as
sured of fair dealing, and of receiving only the
best OF work, the proprietor begs to submit, in
another column, new extract in each number
of this paper, from some of the many fattering
letters that have been received during the year
or so 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-
pr1etor has never seen, their work having been
ordered by letter, and as 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 & GRANITE WORKS.