The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-04-06

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troes, and via Sc cascade ele We 70.
marked while aserc that d whs altogether
too romautir 3 spo, ior stone mill
Col ProetoF l. about moving inioa fac
residence here sisusted - ihat q over
l1aks the Fslla sud indeed tbs entire e.
tabushment sxcep, the qaanies, asd sin
sight of them. Hcha ga ahead man
and wi.be. 10 BE- sea tbc spot The Quar-
riss arr situated shout bali mile from
tbs mills, on Tie WAY thllhef We passed
several blacksmith and carpenters shop.,
al owned and carried on By The Com
pany Iilsaycry fair road to The quar-
rie,, bat II sueh magnitude Is Che
bnsincss done thst g q proposed land
probabl, viii soon b. carried into efIect,1
to build 3 railroad from The quarrics TO
TIE mills u.iug a wire rope 10 draw mp
tie ears and lower them when loaded
with blocks, the power being a steam en-
CINE stationed al the quarries. BY the
way speaking Of blocks, such q pile Of
marble cdidces, &c, In the rough, we
had never before gazed upon as We saw
in one large building which think they
call the "block house They can place
twenty-five hundred large blocks in &c,
and it is frequently filed TO is utmost ca
paeity, OF was not quite full when we
were thcre) We were informed that
they sell marble in the original block, as
well as after il is sawed.
The quarries themselves are close at
hand; the men work in one at time,
getting out one layer Of blocks from one
aud then from the other. The machinery
is all hoisted from the quarry by the
same means As the blocks are raised, and
changed from one quarry to another as it
is required, by means Of thirty-fye
horse power steam engine, situated near
the mouth Of one Of the quarries. II
takes from ten to fifteen minutes to hoist
block from the poiat at which they are
now working to the surface or block
house. They are at work about one hun
bred and forty-fve feet down almost per-
pendicuarly, and occupy = superficial
space of rs by 81 feet, which they are ELL
larging by means of the diamond borers,
of which they have three, these were
great curiosity to us indeed, as was all
the machinery. These borers have six
spindles, one and five-eighths inches in
diameter, and will bore four feet and
two inches in twenty-eight minutes
into the solid stone. The drill
heads used on these machines, are
made by Australians Diamonds of va
rious shapes, being set in iron on a conf
cal surface. They cost from one hundred
to one hundred and fifty dollars each
head which contains fourteen diamonds,
those we saw had been in almost con-
slant use for year and a half aud showed
not the least wear that could be seen, and
had we were told not needed any repairs
during that time. We counted six steam
channelling machines at work, and when
you know Gas is the case) that they will
average to channel forty feet per day each,
il is not hard to believe, as is stated, that
one machine will do the work of fifteen
men. The Gadding machine drills an
inch and quarter hole of twenty
inch depth in eight minutes. The Ward
well machines are used here, which we
understand are the best machines of the
kind now in use.
The quarry, at which they were at work
while we were there, had been operated
for sixteen years, eight years by ma
chinery. Very few men are employed
here, comparatively speaking, indeed
there is little hand labor anywhere about
the works, everything is reduced to a sci
ence. The water which of course would
soon ill the Quarry is pumped ont by the
engine before referred to. This compa-
ny's sales arc very large, and they are
supposed to be in prosperous condition
generally.
We are under especial obligations to
Mr.. j. B. Reynolds, Zone of the Proprie-
tors,) Mr.. II. B. Douglass, foreman of
the Quarries,) and to our friend and
"brother' "Truman," for politeness and
attention in showing and explaining to
us the various points of interest, and
'1ong may they wave" is our sincere
wish. We shall not soon forget them nor
our very pleasant and instructive trip to
Sutherland Falls. O.