The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-03-27
AN IMMENSE INDUSTRY.
THE AMERICAN MARBLE COMPANY
NEAR MARIETTA.

dustry which has so recently been
established in our neighborhood.
Endless praise and encouragement
have been given to those who may
cause "two blades Of grass to grow
| where one grew before" And these
benefactors are not less deserving
who take the apparently useless
rocks and give them shapes of use
and beauty.
In the employ Of the American
Marble Company are 100 men, who,
stimulated by generous wages and
aided by the best devices OF mechan-
ical inventions, are yearly convert
ing into wealth an amount Of MIRA
BILE that would seem incredible if
the years product could be on exhi-
bition at one time in one place.
Two miles north of Marietta on
the w. & A. railroad, are the side
tracks, grounds, buildings and i'm
mense stock of the company. Count
, ed with the factory proper are the
engine and boiler house, packing
house, extensive machine shops.
excelsior factory, Offices, stables, &C.,
covering fully an acre of ground.
There are fine residences with con-
venient out buildings and ample
grounds for the resident officials and
workmen.
The front and rear yards in con-
nection with the plant comprise
about 2 acres Of ground literally
covered with marble in all stages OF
transformation, from the rough
blocks, weighing 20 tons, to the fin
, ished and delicately carved monu-
ment. r4...... .5
The grading is now in process for
side track from the M. & N. G.
Railroad, which will bring the
rough blocks and sand for the saw.
: ing directly under the east immense
: derricks, which will pick them from
! the cars and put them down gently
wherever they are needed for future
use. gasg f4I at
A we'll 100 feet deep supplies the
) immense amount of water required
for the II gangs of saws running
night and day with the rubber beds
and lathes. Add to this the water
used in running their $50 horse
power engine, and you have some
idea of the ease and certainty of get
ting sufficient water for steam manu-
featuring purposes in the city Of
Marietta. The management of the
business OF the Company is thor
oughly progressive and bold /; just
the spirit to develop the vast re-
sources of our State. A proof of this
is the large expense recently incur
red for developing the quarries of
green marble near Holly Springs, 16
miles north of here, near the M. &
G. railroad. This deposit of verde
antique marble undoubtedly sur
passes anything on the continent in
the variety and richness of its beau
ty. Like all the marbles worked
by this company, it is practically
indestructible by atmospheric in
luepces, making literally true the
often quoted line, "a thing of beau
ty is a JOY forever"
In cabinets Of our large universe
ties are endless varieties Of rocks
and minerals collected and polished
at great expense, yet not one in a
thousand Of them can surpass the
exquisite beauty of this verde an
tique marble.
An evidence of the excellent
quality of material and workmanship
in the product turned out is the
fact that the company fills large con-
tracts not only through the differ
emit Southern States but i'll the North
and Northwest, FROM New York
City westward to the different states
and territories as far as the Pacific.
They own the patents of some Of
their best machinery. The power.
full machines for counter sinking
and other work, is used exclusively
at this mill, while other works use
their patent molding machines by
paying them royalty.