Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-09

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raised, no. end Of noise and excitement,
a vast expeDditureof money, ,-4-not that
the interests Of the Government might
be secured, NOT that the rsally great
merits Of the quarry might be deves-
oped and appreciated, but solely to
make the stealing good.
Action and reaction ere always eooal
and opposite. The quarry h now -
far below just appreciation Of iss real
merits, a. Il was raised above u seven
or eight years ago. l,
The most interesting question, to the
people Of this section Il. win it, ever
revive? and the truth .oompels she ad-
mission that under existing arrange
ments the chances are agaInst such an
idea F'" ft'A ,''- P.t- 'p''f 'n T.
But very little work b being done
there now. The whole force ON the
work does not exceed fifteen men, Just
about enough to show up the dssola-
tion, as Marius sitting among the ruins
of Carthage was just what was needed
to complete the picture. st-iNi'' =.
To give an ample guarantee that the
work is being well aud faithfully done,
it is only needful to say that william
Mason has charge Of the quarry. = y
The Granite Quarry win never re-
viye to do any good until the sc. Louis,
Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Company runs out to it q switch or
branch road; and then estimating bricks
at six hundred 10 the solid perch, and
putting building cvbes Of granite on
the market at the same prics with brick,
there Is a nice fortune over ali expenses
in the loose granite that to-day encum-
bers the quarry. o0t tsta.s.si -, q
Business men wao MAKE large con-
tracts for material for work want tosse
arrangements actually existing and In
operation adequate to deliver more
than one cart-load per day. To all
such men the sight OF that ramshsckls
arrangement Of poles and old iron sup
posed to be q railroad, leading from the
quarry to Middlebrook, viii be sum-
cient to dissipats all idea of looking for
much from that quarter. "
When on tour Of inspection - the
Granite Quarry recently, the writer
was amused while listening to the de-
tails Of the great things that wsrs TO
ing 10 be done there; the half-a-mlIllon
dollar contracts that were going to come
in, and how swImmingly everything
was going on. He was reminded Of
the description given by Texas Colonel
of the improvements which he was GO
Ing to put to his House, which included
among ether things a Porto Rics In
front, q Pizarro In the rear, and . lem-i
onade all around it; whilst on the roof
he would place . horoscope which he.
would export from Galveston. 4, g.,
But will the Railway Company build
q branch road TO the quarry? The
writer not being the Company cannct
certainly say; but he knows the parties
most directly interested, and be knows
something Of the fixed principles by
which business men are governed, and
he does no; regard as favorable the
probabilities that the road will be built
at least In the near future. daiets
But there are other similar deposits
in the neighborhood accessible by q
branch road, aud which are fully equal
IL not superior to the one Of which We
have been speaking; % that there need
not be any limit to enterprise in the
granite interest. It il safe 10 say that
nothing has yet been done TO show the
public the Importance Of that inter-
est. ~, rfaf ofts5fano< .fiff
But this subject cannot be dismissed
without pausing for one moment 10
Pilot Knob with the Granite
Quarry; each one an inexhaustibls
source Of wealth after IT. kind, each
one capable Of Icing made . controlI-
ing facter IN the wealth and prosperity
Of the country. And yet when the
writer recalls how At the Knob he met
at every step the evidences Of thrift
and successful inAastry, the proofs of =
Just and liberal adminiftratIon, which
recognizes the interests Of the whole
when ne remembers how
at every turn he met vigorous, skilifJi
aud contented operatives, and when hs
recalls the open-handed aud genial
with which he was tresssd by
the officials on the work, and then
turns to the Granite Quarry, no feels
like crying out: Woe toa country when
a mine Of Its wealth 10 controlled BY
one whose soul lives In an alley.
.fi Guilty Of vvrong. 5e