, 1875-05-17
Mr.. GRAVESON.

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~ 's.. 80 s,,.,stsas .,,a.. +. o,n r,nl. ,,oa.,.
."a .,, p". W "a m.i -, n.soss4t.s r....a y.
ons OF tnem' Ao u OF nocchatS patron o.
nuelleEe, and "horo tho ~s'scF camo to aak hioa
any aucstions bearing upon tho buainos4 Of tie
sad Mueller, it was not NJ Easy mnttoz to 70. IN
.no.,r
~us"'''
II tArpeara from df. o1A7o.on'a Acoount that
TIE ouAnnlEs
in The nelghborf,ocd nj tln Duona Wits wore
A,,t onen,J IN t,,a vear 1870 nv a Hsotcl,,nan
,s,. r n'..-. ~. n.,od 49,. na.~ ~ 49,.
n"4uo !.oeAsAtt "''o wv Ae" ~ 01.s w. Nv ~ 'o'
sns California leoGs for time. lao baena
Vista Company commenced operations in 1851,
and aold ono nuarry 10 Mueller in 1858. and that
gentleman l,as worked It since. The vr,or Naa
father anxious to kno" "hosnef any oshof qaAf-
sics Of frccstono had been worked near 31uelleE'a
issoly, and succeeded In asocrtaiuiug that the ".
J. ri.sg quarry, worked By tho cadua Lion,
o@o eeen eat!eo W n'A1 "a''0.' nua 'n~. w
bad bought inferior and choapes stone
Of them. GrAsoaon would not say that
he abao?uto]y know that those softer
"uo .'"p1'"''o w ,... 60,
gone INTO Tue custom'honso, oat tnou9nt ~
they had 1t was into ao'ne inside wall. DO had
no doubt that tho FI'gg quar-j ~ss tnferioz to
+ho nucra T. =. and that IL vss unht far many
80 oo~ .a;, '..', Hu1 -" % ,'.a. ~ ". % LII. ~
purposes spoo'auy 'oF oa'"s ~H!a* ~ VAS
also OF various oo'ofs' ena. In snort. ~ 10 d.
sc1Ibed It, bors : striking resemblance to The ze-
bra-oolored walls Of tho Chicago Cus!oa,.11ou.o.
M. GraTcacn united with Mr, IIunaiprtl III
saving iLst good frccatopp wss ~ EXCELLENT
BUILDING material, but TINT when poor IL WA Of
no rood. liz managed, he said With eru, to
| tic quarry. It u,Ay 10 said, 10 Sir. Or4yeson'n
credit. That lie made an excellcus and satisfactory
| f.vesloue fob Ut tho Chicago Chamber Ut Coal-
tua,so Luil;ting: but. ~ he remarked, 10 picked
! eytry etnno II tbo uuaryy, aud kneu what he
| van rnttinq Wbtu hbkcd about tho matter OF
| sr,Jr1tsa aroaK,
:ttoasy % .; 's"a ~oray rsdon Whst Ie s!snsa
siuoiIct: iot vas uot the splitting Of atone 1,ur
out nIero II could be- soon. 1Io described tho
stono vnrv yn,,cl as did blr IlApaford ~ haytue
fsco tuiI Of clay apots and smother full OF Iron
discolornttons, while tAo csntre, ray, u inches,
was Hound and good. Had klr. Mueller. said liz,
Altar la eplIt h{s stol,o put tho sldo which calno
from the nlddis 1T tho BLOCK downward eyerY
timo. DO would bare llad no trolbc. bat ho was
| fool enough to put tue patched side In sight.
| tor I,;mse(f. Mr, Qrayeaon said he could not
atfori to rse vp.is stone; his reputation was
! rn,th To-, mich to him. IIo then showed the
wr,tsr oyer hs ys.d, and e1otnplilict his method
~ tressine by taking otf tho u,eollpd edecs and
Ieayinq clean, cloay, 2ud eye,,l. -colole4 block
| in lie centro,
| in 10 thv shelllpg aud peettpg. observed tQ the
.,on. IN f;t,,csyo. H.. Grsy syssoIi lad no axoIauA
tion 10 mako. further tbhu tbkt he neyer kpos
fTst.ctasa stona to aot In thst way. but la
thn, uht Tho nutsfda ntnohs would II efnosad to
lin xsather.