The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-08-29
Sutherland Falls Marble Company

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Sutherland Falls Marble Company.
This company, which owns one Of the
larges: and most productive marble prop
ertiea in the world, has for the last year
been improving and increasing its facilities
for the production of marble. They have
added a new mill, number of turning
lathes and new wheels to increase their
water power, and are nearly ready to push
their works more vigorously than ever be-
fore. They have now uncovered and in
working condition little over an acre In
space, practically in one quarry, although
one portion Is two or three layers higher
than the other. The length of the quarry
with the grain of the marbles 70 feet,
width 236 feet. On this space are used
six Wardwell cutters and four grading ma
chimes. The quarry produces is, 600 cubic
feet of marble per month. The four
graders, two of the cutters, and some Of
the machinery in the machine shops are
run by compressed air. The compressor Is
at the mill half mile from the quarry.
The air is compressed by water power and
carried TO the quarry in eight inch iron
pipes. From this main pipe 1t Is carried
to the different machines in flexible rubber
tubes. In October second compressor Is
| to be put in, when there will be eight air
| cylinders fourteen inches in diameter with
twenty inch stroke. These are to be run
| by 69 inch Boyden turbine wheel, made
by Kilburn, Lincoln & Co., Fall River,
and will run all the machinery on and
around the qusrries. The compressed air
is found to work as well as steam in all
cases, and better on grading machines on
&c mt Of the al all times even pressure.
A two story stone mill has been erected
the past winter and will begin running in
about two weeks. 1t contains twelve gang:
from six to nine feet wide and equal in
capacity to sixteen or eighteen gangs o.
ordinary width. In all the mills there are
SO gangs. This mill adjoins the old "Up
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turning shop containing five turning ant
six polishing lathes in charge of w. d
Gilbert. These lathes we're put in sbou
four months ago and have been crowde,
with business, being now some lao order
behind. In connection with the turnin
shop IS Lolishing shop Wh.re mt nuns :
are completed ready for inc Upton. Won
is begun o. two additions to this turin
shop, an of wood 36A42 feet, end one Q
stone 36x49 feet. The the turnin an
polishing department employs ejghtee
men. Three new l!thes are BUILDING an
will be in operation 50 on. To furnis
power for he new mill NEW W tmoI
wheel 48 inches in diameter with twent
foot head Of water, is being pat in. TT
' wheel is at the foot of the old very big
= wheel hoa south of the mill. The wor
= of placing the wheel, rendered unusual
c difficult from its position, has been dol
: by + ed. R. Patch.
:. In col nection with the mill is a cuttiu
o sh p in cha &c of j. F Carew Of Bosto
: This shop is now cutting the stone for
J. block to be built in Boston, fronting {
= Milk street, with sides On Han'ey al
II Arch streets. The block is to be Fl
e stories high-ihe four upper of marble
n and the to al front 283 feet in length. T
Al stones are carved in the shop ready
J. their positions in the building. Those I
n the Sc ond and most of the third stories q
g. already done. Work on the building W
1t be begun about Septemb n 1st.
If The works are under the personal n q
g agement of Redfeld Proctor. The
le are 2l5 men on the pay roll. In the Ii
I. year Ave commodious single tsnemt
+, houses of the better class have be IN ere
in ed for the employees, ard more are goi
he up this fall The comfortable quart,
ty which provided for workmen is one
p the striking features of Col. Procto
1T management. There are, to be sure,
number Of long blocks of small tenemel
on the premises but they were built eff
the control of the works fell into his han
he Since that time single tenements, some
them two stories and we'll finished, hi
10 been erected, and running water has BIZ
~ supplied to number of the old bloc
He says he finds it a matter of economy
'Fs well as humanity TO supply his workn
comfortable quarters, as he is thereby
TX abled TO secure better class of help. .
place is increasi lg in size and is becom
IN more orderly than in former years.