Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-04-24

not long after openings were mace IN
Hampton and Granville, N. 7 The
roofing slate manufacture soon became
quite brisk, and was all of the time on
the increase Col. Allen manufacturing
some A, 900 squares each year for five
or six years after 1850 from one quarry.
About 1859 the business of marble
izing slate was commenced. This was
begun in Castleton by the West Castle
ton Slate company and the Messrs Hydes.
The saving and marketing has, since
1859, increased to that extent in Fair
haven and Castleton that it now en-
embraces much the larger proportion of
the Slate manufacture in those towns.
''The Fairhaven Marble and Marbleized
Slate company" now have two mills on
the south bank of the river, little below
the lower bridge in the village of Fair
haven. One mill is used solely for saw
ing blocks, and the other partly for saw
ing, and in part for cutting, grinding,
rubbing, polishing, and so on in the va
rious stages of the process from the
block or slab, as taken from the quarry
to the finished work each department
is by itself. each has its appropriate ma
chinery aud tools, and the whole is run
with a system that one can but admire.
Ryland Hanger has the supervision and
general management of this establish
ment, and thoroughly understands his
business The leading business of this
company seems to be the manufacture
of nantes. They manufacture them
from both marble and slate, and more
more beautiful or richer looking mate
rial never entered into the structure of a
dwelling This company procure their
slate stock mainly from the Allen quar-
ry, located east of the village.
Another thriving slate mill establish
ment is now in operation on the old
Da7ey Iron Works ground. This con-
Germ is run by the Vermont Union Com
pany, and superintended by Aaron r.
Vail, Esq. The company manufacture
mantles, billiard table beds, slate and
marble tile and black-boards. Their
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tensive. They frequently receive large
orders from the Southern States for this
necessary and indispensable article of
school furniture. The slate blackboard
| half an inch in thickness, left the re-
quired length and width, and in its nat
ural state, except the planning and smooth
ing. The public schools of Texas were
| furnished entire with slate black-bOards
within the last year or two by the Eagle
| Company in Poultney, and the Vermont
| Union Company are now furnishing the
schools of Kentucky. Slate is a rich
material for that purpose, and the slate
black board must soon come into general
use.
There is still another mill in Fairhaven,
apparently active and prosperous as the
other two. 1t is called the Kearsarge
Mill and was erected i'll 1868 by Simeon
Allen and Mr.. Leonard. Mr. Allen is
now the sole proprietor. This mill is To-
Gated near the railroad (epOt, and is run
by steam power. The stock used in this
mill has heretofore been obtained mainly
from the quarries on Scotch Hill. The
building is large; the lower story is used
for saving, and the upper story for mar
bleizing.
At Hydeyille, two miles east of Fair
haven, are two more large slate mills,
each doing a large business. One is
owned and operated by the Messrs.
Hydes and located at the outlet of Lake
Bomoseen. They were among the pion-
GERS in the slate mill and marketing
business, as they have been in almost
every business enterprise in this section
of the county for the last forty years.
f. A. Billings is running a mill owned
by the Hydes, which he has leased for
term of years. There are also two mills
north of Hydeville and near the quarries
before mentioned, on the west side of
| Lake BOmoseen.