Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-11-09
Speffal T9ttres.
The Oliver Marble and Granite
Works of Rutland. VT.

One OF the largest and best conducted monu-
mental establishments in the country, 80 wide
ly and favorably known for excellent work
owes its success to the three following dis
tinguishing characteristics: superiority of na'
terial, artistic execution, and low prices
The first liz chiefly due to their immediate prox-
unity to the celebrated Rutland Marble Quar-.
ries, and their location on the direct railroad
route westward from most OF the valuable
Granite Quarries of New England, as this i'm
portant advantage of location over ell other
similar establishments is not lost sight of by
the proprietor of the Works and HE patrons
have the full benefit thereof in personal selec
ton of material from the entire product of the
quarries. Thus, customers are always getting
''the cream" of the entire twelve deposits
AS under this plan of personally selecting all
the material, as used, there is and can be no &C
emulation of inferior stock, parties may al
ways feel assured of getting only the very best
of stock in their work. Furthermore, sound
ness of material is equally well insured, which
is a very important consideration, involving, ar
it does, to great extent, the question of durs-
bility, which is an essential requisite to good
work.
The second distinguishing feature of these
works, and which perhaps has most contributed
to their reputation, has been justly earned by
the employment of the most skilled srtizans
| that can be obtained, and by combining the Ia
| Dor of each workman to such speciality of wOrs
| as he excelled in. Let caryers be constantly
at carving, letterers at lettering, moulding cut
| tiers moulding, polishers polishing, and so Oh
| through every classification of the labor of 8
large and well-ordered mandatory, the work
men must of necessity be ever acquiring great
er precision and dispatch in their respective
departments, while this systematic adaptation
of labor, added to their unequalled facilities il
the selection of material, makes inevitable their
Third feature, and enables them to furEisf
| the very best work at the lowest possible
prices.
La order to fully meet the demand of the
times, the services of the best talent that caI
be obtained, is employed in constantly origin
ating fresh and novel designs for military anc
civic monuments, tombs, hearth-stones, tab
let's, ETC., to which is invited the critical in
spection of parties desiring cemetery improve
| ments.
| The constantly increasing business of the
works, of course, is not confined to any partic
alar locality or State, its products already be
ing erected in over hundred different Gene
| teries.
| To this brief announcement of the facilities
and ability of the works, there need only b.
| added good and ample evidence sf integrity il
its operations, not only in its mOnied transac
| tions, but in details of manufacture with which
the customer is usually unfamiliar, and il
which he must to great extent depend upOl
| the faithfulness of the builder.
Touching this point, perhaps the most satis
factory assurance thereof that can be ofFere
ts the testimony of those whose orders hav
been already executed. Hence, the propriet0
begs to submit, in another column, a new ex
tract in each number of this paper, from som
Of the many catering letters that have been It
ceived during the year or so last past. Thes
will also serve to indicate localities wher
specimens of work may be inspected.
Most of these letters are from customers wit
whom there had been no previous acquain1
4nce, many from parties whom the prOpri
.tOr has never seen, their work having beer
, ordered by letter, and a matter of course Ut
occasion for compliment beyond kindly destr
10 express a favorable opinion in behalf Of tn
integrity and superior products Of the
RUTLAND MARBLE Il GRANITE WORKS