Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-11
A CONNECTICUT INDUSTRY.


 An Inexhauslible Supply of Granite
 of a Very High Quality-Stands Re-
 mark able Tests-A Big New Enter
 prise in the Connecticut Valley. Our little state is famous the world over for it's hives of manufactories, and "zat leetle yellow spot on the map" that Talley- rand pointed out bids fair to maintain for ages to come its prominence in this line. The little state has sterile soil for the most part, and our farmers ,as a rule, verify wiring their income from it by the sweat of their brows. The state yields 8 little iron, considerable copper, very little coal and good deal of fine granite. Just now great deal of interest centers in the new industry, which ia being developed by strong corporation, the Columbia Granite company of New York, whose quarries are on the Connecticut river. During the past summer this company has constructed about two miles of standard gauge rail road, connecting their various quarries and stone sheds with the Valley division of the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad and the large dock on the Connec- ticut river. The railroad is equipped with standard locomotive and cars, and it is simply 8 question of increasing the equip ment to enable the company to furnish stone as faat as needed for any work, no matter how large.
 It has now opened New York office in the "Times" building. The business was incorporated in July, 1899, under the laws of this state, with a paid up capital Of s100,00O The officers are: J. G. Murphy, E. M, president; William A. Engeman, l treasurer; A. L. A. Himmelwright, 0. E., secretary. MT. Murphy. the president of | the company, has well known national reputation as a geologist and author. The Mercantile and Financial Times says:
 The Columbia Granite company's principal quarries are on the Connecticut river four miles ineShsustible It is Being developed into one of United States. The quality of the stone is ex- cellent There are two varieties, one of which is particularly adapted to architectural purposes as in piers, foundations of largo buildings, arches etc. It takes beautiful polish. snd o ing force Beverage of twelve tests at Columbia o b s se aDa department U. s. arsenal Wat rfown, Mass
 4o4 lbs per 1quare nch6 qualities that ren e@S P's~NSS w ere ir will b. subjected to exceasive wear and shock. It is also the finest stone in the world for monumental purposes or ornamental use of any kind where chseled surfaces required. Not eve the finest Scotch granites can be compared with these either with regard to strength, beauty Architects and builders everywhere would do well to look into the merits of these grantes for themselves.
 The Hertford Times rays: "Tests seem to prove conclusively that this (ths Columbia | Granite company't) is thestrongeBt granite l that has y-t been found in auy part of the | world. 1t has been tested at the Columbia School of Mines, New York, and at the l Watertown arsenal. At the former place 1 it was proved to sustain a crushing weight altogether beyond parallel; 8 test which was 1 fully confirmed by the authorities at the 1 WatertOwn arsenal.
 | "When it is considered that 12,000 to l 15, ,00O pounds to the square inch is the general rate of resistance for tough build l ing stones, particularly granite, and that l 10000 or little higher has been shown l only in a few exceptional cases of extreme hardness, the facts developed by the Mid dletown granite, under ths college tests and the tests at WatertowR, may we'll ex. cite astonishment."
 In review of book on granite, itt properties and essential nature, the author of which is John Glenville Murphy, vel { known geologist and president of the com pany we have referred to, published 1T Engineering News of January 12, 1893 l these statements are made-and coming from good an authority as that distin gu!shed journal, they are all the more in teresting and important
 Engineering News, January 12
 The fact in the book of greatest practical in terest, however, is that the granite quarry whicl has been opened near Middietown, Corn, by thu | c nmhia stpp l which is from half to 8 third stronger than an. l granite on the market. Tests made on tn scnool of mines, showed a comprehensive strengt
 of 31 .659 pounds per squ.Ie inch, as the averag O75 pounds per square inch. To confrn
 these results, four specimens were teste and an average strength of about 5000
 pounds, with an ultimate of 35,9e5 pound } were shown. All the tests were made on tive | inch cubes We believe this is a much highe , l crushing strength than has ever been recorde | for any variety of stone. Baker gives the crush
 nch ct The aG of | strengths of English stones given in our issue o September 2e 1s9a showed an average streogt ! of 300 pounds for granite, and maximum o
 2l, ,163 pounds Merrill in his recent work, seport over 12O tests of granite from all parts of tn 26. GOO to 23, 900 pounds for Minnesota granites would appear from all the available data tha l the Middletown granite is as strong . buildin | stone as has ever bsen put upon the market.
 Editorislly, the game influential journa says.
 of building stones ia commonl ly rated at 12 00U t | 15,000 pounds Der square inch when tested il 2-inch cubes, and only the hardest and toughes of the commonly used varieties roach e strer gtl above 2O,O00 pounds. Recently, however, g gran l ite quarry has been opened the Connection l river, the product of which shows g. crushing strength averaging some 1000 pounds, nearl. doublo that If the average granite in the market
 Samples of ta's stone tested at the Watertowl arsenal have shown maximum ultmat
 strength of ,965 pounds per square inch. If au. | of our readers know of a record higher than thi ! for building stone of any sort, trust that h. will report it, as fact of general interest
 The importance Of this, for lofty ant
 very heavy buildings, and for all struc
 lures requiring the very strongest foun
 dation stones, is apparent at once.
 The Maromas granite formation is di
 rectly on the Connecticut river, of whict
 it forms the right, or west bank at
 point four miles south of Middletown anG nineteen miles south of Hartford. Doubt less the supply is inexhsuetible; for we suppose the sane, or very similar for. mation, is what we see cropping out al
 the way south from these qusrries, eight miles or more, almost to the south border of Haddsm. Itis said to be not only ot unexam pied strength. bat to take on s beautiful polish It would seem absurd
 with such granite right at hand, to 90 on importing sienite from Aberdeen. or from fhil@, or anywhere else.
 The Columbia Granite company was in corporated last July, under the laws ot New York, with paid up capital of $1OO,- 900. Its president, MT. Murphy, was the former geologist of Wyoming. He is un. questionably right in holding that granite is the primitive rock. It is the gray ada
 martine ribs of the planet. It exists ev. erywhere, but not under conditions so fla vorable as those that are presented at Ma
 romas. There, the qusrried stone can be loaded directly upon vessels at the dock ol sent by rail. The company has constructed and strongly equipped three-mils brancn road, connecting with the Valley road di- vision of the Consolidated road. In the spring the quarries will get under way and the stone will begin to be sent to market
 The company's office is in the Times build ing.
 Doubtless the new enterprise is destined to grow into a large concern, and to em. ploy great number of mon.
 Seventh Ward Politics.
 It is reported that strong opposition has developed in the Seventh ward against the nominee of the Jefferson club, George M Grant, the claim being made that he i. not the choice of the democrats in that
 ward. It was sls0 rumored that the oppo l T ,t,,.