Connecticut western news., 1875-09-17

diamond d-headed drill; the third machine was cutting through the stone in horizon tai direction, and the fourth was idle at the time of our visit. The latter wasa diamond drill machine for horizontal cutting. The diamond drill used will cut hole four feet deep in about six minutes. The marble is taken out in immense blocks weighing sev- eral tons. We saw one block of about sev- en tons hoisted up from the quarry, a sin gle pair of oxen supplying the motive pow CT. The derrick in use is capable of bear ing the strain of stone weighing twenty tons. The stones intended for the Capitol building must of course be mostly of given dimensions SO when the great blocks of marble are removed from the quarry they go first to the saw-mill, close at hand. The shed has four diamond saws in it at pres ent; a sand saw is to be added, so that 8 number of saws may be put at work at the same time on single stone. It is impossi- ble to work but single diamond saw on 8 block of stone. The diamond teeth of the four sets ot saws in use cost $1 ,60O. The saws are run by steam and will each cut 16 inches in an hour. The Pitkin Brothers of Hartford have only recently put 50- horse power engine into tlfas saw shed. It is one of the finest they have ever built, ,and runs almost without noise. The stone sawn into the required shapes, it is conveyed to the railroad station, there weighed, placed on platform cars and shipped to Hartford. Fifty-three men, exclusive of superintend- ents, are employed at the marble quarry. The marble Iiwas told was worth about $2 per cubic foot in the rough delivered in Hartford about $2.50 sawed. MT. John R. Getz is the superintendent of the work in the saw shed Mir. D. J. Griffith is the fore man of the quarry.
 The quality of the marble is found to be better the deeper the workmen get, and the bed ex tends great distance in all direc- tions. MT. Griff1ths informed us that he expects to find marble that will be suff1 . ciently fine for monumental purposes. The quality of that already taken out IS unsur- passed for building purposes. It is believed the finest marble in the whole section of country will be found in large field now planted with corn, little north of the quarry open. The owner of the quarry re- ceives royalty of 25 cents per ton for ev- cry ton taken out. l...s.- ...
 It may be we'll to add, in regard to the marble found in the quarry, that the range of low hills in which it is found extends north and south from Long Island Sound to Canada While for the most part the formation of the range is merely limestone, right here in North Canaan fine quality | ae l1 Sn Soo hun Sko h being something like mile, or mile and a quarter, and it's length above half mile. The finer quality of the stone is on farm of MT. Allen. -
 INCREASE OF THE FREIGHT BUSINESS OF THE | CONNECTICUT WESTERN RAILROAD.
 There are other industries in the town of North Canaan beside the marble quarry. A mile or so away are the three lime kilns of Pierce & Lawrence, ono kiln new one. This firm turns out 220 casks of lime pel day. Last year the Connecticut Western railroad carried 56,00O casks from these kilns, two car loads per day, to Hartford, from whence it was distributed to New Ha, ven and other points. A switch runs from the depot directly to the kilns. The pro- duction of these kilns will be largely in creased the ensuing year, and the business with other that has recently come to the road and will yet come, will augment the revenues of the road, we are glad to say.
 In the town are also located the tbree furnaces of the Barnum Richardson com pany, where 50 tons of iron are turned out and shipped daily. The ore is brought from Ore Hill and smelted at these furna- ces. A switch also runs from the Connec- ticut Western railroad to these works. We should add that this company have also a saw and grist mill in close proximity to their furnaces. ...-..s
 The railroad company are urged to run a switch from the depot to the marble quar- ry, and it is probable that it will be laid within year.