New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07
TO MAKE FINE GRINDSTONES.
PROMISE OF A NEW INDUSTRY IN THIS
COUNTRY.

EXCELLENT STONE FOR GRINDsTONEs WHICH
HAVE HITHERTO REEN IMPORTED. pIscov-
FRED AT rpGEMoNr s D-FORMArioN'
OF 4 COMPANY-THE DOMESTIC
PRODUCT SUPERIOR TO
THAT IMPORTED.
A,opg with the indications OF returning good times
comes the announcement OF new American IN
dustrv which IL destined 10 give employment 10
thousands of people in the United states anu i"
keen I'm this country many millions OF uoiia's' '"e
,ou industry &c that Of making the finer grades OF
rrindstones which. until now have been imported
into the country from Bavaria. France. o'o.a"n
a,d ENGLAND Many millions of dollars nave
been expended by the United States IN purchasing
these grindstones from abroad ana many 'no"
sands of American workmen have peeh uep'"eu
OF labor which rightfuly belonged to them DC
cause 1t is now found that better grade OF STONE
than tina; imported from Europe can be had r'sh'
here in the tinted States. The discovery OF this
high grade OF stone was made by FRANCES =
Cradle OF Edgemort. 5. ID. Edgemont IS o"o
ding Western city and has got past me stage ''
wooden houses. and aspires 10 stone houses
About a year ago Mr. Cradle. VINO owned STONE
quarry near Edgemont and supplied much OF me
stone used in building in the town. was attracten
ny the quality OF the stone that came from the
quarry He sent specimens OF IL 10 S'ohe eApe''s
in the East. who pronounced IL 10 oe the "i'S'
quality of stone for hgh-grade grindstones iney
had ever examined and they declared thai II was iar
superior to the imported high-grade grindstohes
samn,es of the stone were then sent to the Scien-
tiNc Department of the Chicago. burlington ana
Quincy Railroad. and the scientists there were 80
pronounced In their praise of the stone that 'he
company Immediately built "A branch line 20 fiso
mont and now has it In operation Inc tuse
mont Quarry Is a mile and three-quar'ers Io"s'
three-uuarters of mile wide and seventy iee' uefp
The supply OF this kind OF grindsione is sa'n TO oe
slmos. inexhaus,ible and 1t is said that Inc de'e'op
ment Of this quarry will soon stop me ilhp" '"'''
No, only of European grinlsiones but OF emery
stones also the best specim' ms OF which are S'' ~
be- Inferior 10 the EdgoHont grinds'ohe' supply
stations OF the Edgemoni stone Company have Dcen
established AT Pa.mer's Dock. BROOKLYN III o"a""'
Neb and In Edgemont. ). d.
Sn.ak,nc % the new undertaking. Mr.. Cradle said
o. = Tribune reporter yesterday AZ the New-fork
ocsces of the Edgemont Stone Company. No Y VIII
iam-st: ,,
The Indications are that the new industry VIII
be Of a National character. since 1t FURNISHES
nroluct seemingly 50 superior in qua!N an" ]"
quantity so unlimited that expectation WI" "ou"'-
loss he one OF the features. In fact. arrangements
are now being perfected by the company OF an eN-
porting nature. representative HAVING SAFE" last
week from New-York TO Germany for ina; purpose
Heretofore the United States has not produced
crinds.one Of such even texture. with sn'h DIT
ing qualities as 10 do the d"Nca'e eilhu"s ~
oulred By razor and cutlery grinders. These lines
OF grinding have called for the importation OF stone
for their purpose which has come rom h'Faflt,
Franc Seo'ana am E I he RnTns an cum
lery and razors this importation o. ErinHlls.s'vh'
has gone on. The consumption has been enormous
Thousands OF men in this country DO notnlnx .bl,
grind razors while thousands multiplied 90 cu'.Sr.
Grinding SO much has been imported that
7or a revenue the Government fixed duty Of ~
per cen; and considerable money has been Icr.Ntd
from this source and PAID into the Treasury g. IN,
United states This source Of revenue VIII be cat
off entirely along with The importation OF th sf'hu
ing stone which has now found IT'S superior IN our
own country The Black Hills section which mas
pTodnced 80 many 90 ya har so man der
emf products Of value have been discovered ls nc
reg pst FS hav: reached NeworK Thnrsa
and the Fourth OF July was spent IN unp,ckihs H.
preparatory TO exhibiting IT.. This was done yes
ierday. number OF prominent M.w-fO dr,,n nSi
among whom were many stone experts, thor"nShH
There was probably never finer exhibit of grind
ing-stones under one ROOT Tn"y rans'I ~
two-inch diameter TO six inches in thickness an5
eigh, feet in diameter The car contain {, 90
OF the entire number that came IN me sgf',
est degree short OF protection as so spo no
hard "pebbly" spot The grit was OF d i,I
grinders while some Of the were OF dineren,
degrees OF hardness. owing 70 the requirements o.
has heretofore been manufactured NO na'nta.
stone n0, ff Se rnI OF grndng MANY
teal tests to which this Edgemont stone has been
put prove It's adaptability 70 the emery trade me
FAST grinding which the new stone will stand. ana
the firm edges that +, keeps. make II an article
which will supply want long experienced .
The new stone is called the Edg"mont because
OF it, location adjoining the town OF Edgemont. In
South Dakota The new COMPANY ~ known as N"
Edgenont stone Company. OF Omaha. Ncb.. with
headquarters In NewYOrk.
MANY stone experts have from time 20 time
prophesied that In a country vast In extent and
full OF resources ours stone would be sooner
or later discovered which would be the e1uaI OF
the famous imported grinding stone. II IL strang"
that many years have elapsed before THIS Vas
found and that It IS discovered 1t IL or inter
know that s extent l. so vast that the de-
post will probably last thousand years. IKE some
OF tho old nuarres OF Germany, where actlVe "ofK
has been going on for ages.
LILLE HAR AG1LNST STREET STANDS