The Republican journal., 1891-04-30
The Granite States.


4 bulletin Of great interest to Maine la, Just
been >~lIcd from the division of mines and min
ing Of TIE census office. Ii relates to the gran
lite Industry in the United State, and Maine of
course holds Z leading place in this industry.
Massachusetts holds the first place among the
granite producing states reckUned according to
the value of the output. For both states stats-
ties >hoW Il large increase in the last ten years;
Is viii be shown by the following table OF out
put,
Maine. ....... lI75,2s6 1925, $50
Tbs, figures are made up from all the larger
quaIrieS producing thousand dollars worth or
more of stone in 1889. In addition there was
produced i'll Maine about $4,000 worth of stone
from small quarries. Next to Massachusetts
and Maine granite producers come CaIitor-
MIA, Connecticut Rhode Island, Georgia. New
Hampshire. Pennsylvania, Vermont, Missouri,
Mary land, New Jersey, etc, to the number Of
twenty-siX IN all. But In the eight or ten last
ones on the list the production is very small in
deed. The product OF California and Connecti-
cut goes above the million mark for each but the
remaining states all 20 below that mark. Call
fornia anl Connecticut have made long strides
IN the de 'eiopment of their granite industries
III the last ten years. The product of New
Hampshire, the granite state" is but ST21,53i,
considerably below Connectcuts 81 .0Gl POP.
In connection with the Maine output there is
one remarkable fact. While the Massachu-
sets product is valued at only 26 cents per
cubic foot Names Is worth SO cents This is
explained 10y the fact that Names output of
finished product exceed. that of Massachusetts.
Maine has also for the same reason n greater
number of merchants engaged IN the industry
than has Massachusetts.
Each state has its specially. For building
purposes the value OF the product in Massachu-
sets is decidedly in the lead, Maine standing
second, Connecticut third and California fourth
For street work Maine Is far in the lead, Call
forna taking second place.
The kinds of granite found IN Maine and
their distribution follows.
Biotite granlte-knoX, York, Washington, Lin
coin, Waldo, oxford, Kennebec, and Hancock.
Biotite Gneiss-Lincoln, Franklin and Andres
coggn
Muscovitc Blotite granite -kennebec, Waldo and
Franklin.
Hornblendc Biotite granite--Ponobscot and
ltnoX.
Iornblende granite-IIancock.
Divine niabasc-W Washington.
Diabose-W Washington and Knox.
This list cannot be regarded as wholly COM
| plete, since it does not mention Cumberland
county, where there is considerable granite, es-
pecially at Freeport and Yarmouth. But it in
dicates quite well the distribution of the kinds
| of granite which make Maine a leading state in
the industry.
| A special committee OF Bordeaux business
| men has been formed for the purpose Of devils
! ing ways and means for the proposed ship
| railway across France to convey vessels from
the Atlantic TO the Mediterranean without
| their having 10 60 around Gibraltar
| with sealskin sacque, three new hats year, "A
| kind husband, gold watch and chain, and all the
| Brussels soap she wanted to use, any reasonable
! woman ought to be happy.