The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-16
An Opportunity TO be Graspcd.

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ness men of Montneier has bann consider. ",
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hort an ,i n ,'j 10y at"a ~
diyid,,ais nrn assnniatin ~, d;id,I -,
Wontnsie as, ,"aai, tio ranasi,;,, ,d an
I .piiHi i'ast as, WIN Vi'o PIVlvsiulon MaS
inte earnast "u wai ~ w
;s tbe fatn,s ya,,,'nr e,
oil tbo OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, ,or,,a for H.,
with tba land on ybicb +La iattar aro ioo'
cated IN Rarro ,;iaoa ''i Tto
comes from Mr. II II wetmoraP ne nres'
emf nronrietor of the wetmoro <, Morse
nronarty he inv;totio, Of tha ooY,rnittao
Some ect.ort, Fl co iti.,,,s ,,d L,i,,, ,.,,,,
of MontnniiSr ,isited tho c,norr,, a,d ,,nri,s
in onestion on Wondav snccial train
over tIe Centraltoo ~ co,,nop, to parra
A. tbat nIara NJ yVa+,ora ini,'adi .io ,,a,t'
and alec Mr. n Moroa nrasiiont ~ ~
Rarre Granita raiIwav n corrnoration vl,"so
history anJ ,nanaoe,nend ora oi,'oo hoio,y
The syitcbing anfT;nn g Cranite Cit,1 ,,"o
nlaced hehind tbe car and rho ascent of ,ha
hin To the nuarries hogan A fe,v Of the
comnanv yvore familiar 1,,;th tho ,,aoni.nda
of tbe e1ternrise that had heen rndesrtai1on
in the cnnstruction of this roilvov and
| nushed far towards comnIa,;on einco tLa
hepinuiug of lost sun,ner bnt to tle ,,rootar
number Tho road ami Tho avtamt Sc ~
ouarry rtarost ,,oro a ra,o1otio,, o,,.,iIo
! TO-
| tan, an elevation ~ about nina bynn1rad
| feet in fonr ,niles bngins Tn on ;noi;,a ~
! two hundred sixtv.fonr foot To tLo ,,;ia tta
car was nushed foT two miles to tha % s,,,itnh
| hack. - Taking another trarls the road cor
! tinues alone around tLa b;ll on - sLor,i,,
! ascending Grade. to the Parlsburst o,,orry
| Grading Is done some distance hevond h1t
| tbe rails have baan loid onIy to ti;s -
| The evtension will comnlats tbo cirdn,,;+ ~
the hill. After a tramp of a nnarter Of a
mile the Wetmore quarry was Reached and
! insnec+ed with a Great deal Of interast
One need not he an exnert in onarr,,ine
TO see and understand at a Glance the
ADVANTAGES of the situation ri tbis ,,rnn
erty. There is granite of the 6nefst
quality in exhaust1ess pxtent Tho
MITCH is i'm the ripht direction Tho o,arrv
| is in the side Of the hin and ia tberafnr9o
easily worked and drained, The attraction
of gravity is a more economical AZ We'll as
effective force than derricks and nn,nns
The ADVANTAGE of the locality in this re-.
spect can NOT he overstated and IFS value
was apnarent even to casual ohservers Of
! this and neiphhorinp nnarries Tho face il
exposed TO wide extent and in regi,lar
! lines. making if nossihle to ouarrv sba fts oT
/ great length and blocks of any peGnired
| mapnitude Consnicuous among tbe MT
terms exposed and ready for shipment was
one ten and one-half feet souare and two
feet thick. and a shaft thirty.four feet long
and three and one-half feet s1uare snIit fron1
the face of the onarrv in nerfectlv rnctangn-
lar shanes. and This we nnderstandis il The ne.
cnliar merit Of the granite ouarried On tbis
nronerty-ite tondency to ciaa,,o ot iIt
anplesHa quality that very greatly rednces
| the cost of cntting II ia nossihle fo r,,n tho
track of the railway alone the face Of the
quarry and load directly on TO the cars
When once ON hoard cars there 10 No
appreciable difference between a carriage
! nj four or egbt miles to tbe 1ocaIi+v ~ - n
cuttinr. The pronertv at tbe onarrv 80 COM c'ro
sists of twentv-siX acres in the heart of the
granite region. and all the nnarried stock =.
at the village. of four acres of land and tbe
extensive nlant in the wav of sheds sb,nu
machinery and tools for cutting and nolishl
inc. Itis n mapnifcent nronertv =" II is
the hest quarry on the hin l." saw oId oranite
operators. and il is one of the Oldest
Mr.. Wetmore has nIaced a certain nrice on
this property, large part of which he will
take in stock If a comnanv shall ha formad
with view to buyinG and onerating The
pronertv Here is an 0nnortunit,, for Sfont.
heller enterprise an onnnrtunitv that rarely
comes to anv town. OF the extent and
value of the nronertv and tbe snnerior ad.
vantapes of the locality of tbe nnarrv tbero
can he no doubt II is a fact that tloro 10 a
demand for granite as wide as the Iength
and breadth Of this countrv an1 AZ - ~
demand is growing bevond the canacity ~
existing nnarries - sunni % Yo ot
with good business mananemant' ' the inY
dustrv ia profitable is proved Inv lon0 ev-
perience under circumstances and c6ndi.
/ lions that have added much 10 the exnanea
of handling the rough stock and shinninG
finished work. The building of the Rarre
/ Granite railway to tbe nnarriee and Tho con.
struction of two lines of raiIwav to Mont.
pelier. giving the comnleted. nroduct an
outlet, With the making Of comnat;nc, r.; frai,,ht
rates TO all parts of the conntrv ha1a nracY
tically removed tbe fetters fyo,n tbia r. IN IN
dustry. and its rand exnansion shows tbat
il is feeling the imnulse IF the cbanged cor
ditions under which If ia now nrnSecutod
Railway construction has nIaced NontnaIia
in close nroxin,itv IN tha ouarr;es TN
facilities afforded both bv a magnifoant
aoueduct and the Winooslsi river for a choon
abundant and effective mower are nnri
Nalou' Inc power, une lOca1ty Tor the
raii,vau iinas or anu SnUr,s IT anu the
ton nf fan;Iitas I'LL @ Inc associa-
10 80 far as MontneI;ar "a U1y oo oe1leI
rIv onestion ~ ontarrn - r1u, PiIina- %
ah1ndauco 81 oo,,;tn piIse' nere is an
reonired for tb;l yar.in,Ior i ihe @ldo",o ' ~
suInniiod n,jtbt ont' pa .iHulaI ouJeoe Eau eau pe
~ pI a,iialilS .he res9urces 'I oI
rai,dd raS ,,i ueIiGee tie uaPisai VIII pe
aO,,, Nv, ~ eihulous Vi stahulhS
Is aha at Vno 'liilnS anu growing to"hs OF
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