The Portland daily press., 1876-05-16
Correspondence of the Press.]
The Centennial Exhibition.
Maine Products at PhiIadeIpha-Grau-
lite, Slate and IrOu-Mac hinery-Credit.
able Display of saco Water Power Ma
chine shop-Hardy Machine Co., etc
Notes, Comments, ETC., etc.

PHILADELPHIA, May IL, 1876.
Having sent forward list of all the fabrics
L could find which were manufactured in
Maine, I will now give a description of SO
much of the minerals from that state as I can
find in that department.
I will begin with the
Granite.
This department of Names productions is
fully represented, both by samples and columns
which rise above the surrounding Articles on
exhibition. In the mineral department. which
toward the eastern end of Main Hall on
the side next to the street, in a rather
obscure nook, found samples from the famous
quarries of Hurricane Island, owned by Gen.
Davis Tillson of Rockland The striking quail
ity of the granite is shown by the highly pol
ished cylinder of the stone about three feet
high and ten inches in diameter. Resting on
the cylinder is design for a soldiers monu-
ment in solid piece about a foot square, upon
the top of which are cut all the emblems of
war. The design is excellent and the work.
manship is as exquisite as if done by a skillful
marble sculptor. There is no better granite
than that from Hurricane Island in the mar
ket The part of the building in which it is
AOSosON 10 NOoi6hotCN " w.
In ST 50" a block of granite from the well
known red granite quarries in Robbinston, is
exhibited by the Calais Red Granite Co., in
which Hon. f. A. Pike is largely intere sted
The block shows the stone as it comes from
the quarry in one section, which is followed by
sections showing its appearance in the various
stages of cutting to high polish. There is no
richer looking stone from Maine.
The great display is made by 1.-THE Hinsdale,
Doyle Granite Co. of New York, of which j.
r. Bodwell is President. Their granite comes
from the Bodwell Granite Co. quarries which
are located in HALLOWEEN, Rockland Harbor
Ninalhaven and various other places in Maine
The space assigned for the exhibition of this
line workmanship is on the south avenue about
200 feet down from the Maine headquarters.
Its official designation is ST o.. The first
monument is made Of Halowell granite in the
form OF sarcophagus and is the most elabo-
rate piece OF work in granite on exhibition.
The base is surmounted by design of drapery
which required two workmen six months to
cut. 1t could not be more graceful in marble.
The cutting required two men whole yesr
1t has been sold for $4,000. The second is a
pedestal OF stone from the same quarry orna-
mented with polished cylindrical pillars from
the Vinalbayen quarry, surmounted by life
size statue of Hope cut from granite. The
company have another monument in the form
OF obelsk cut from Vinalhaven granite with
polished trimmings These all show the great
progress which has been made in the finish of
granite, which few years ago was only
thought OF as fit for building jails. As speci-
mems OF the characteristics of the granite
rom the various parts of Maine, the Bodwell
company have cubes about Is inches on side,
rom their quarres at Mt. Desert, Spruce
Lead, Vlnalhaven, Jonesboro, and the East
Boston quarry near Rockland The Mt. De-
sert specimen is of delicate salmon color.
while that from Jonesboro is rather more pro-
nounced in the same direction. The exhibit
ton by this company will do much to bring
most attractive features in that portion of the
bpilding.
W. X. Chase of Bluehill exhibits a fine
specimen OF cut granite in the form of a pedes-
tai. 1t goes into the center nave.
A sample of granite from the St George
quarry is entered by T. o. Martin, in T GA.