The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-20

his money we'll invested. The train from
Montpelier at half past six in the morning,
and the one out OF Barre at 10 in the even
ing will show any one who is interested in
the matter how many men work in Barre
and live in Montpelier, who would work
here II there was shed room. Twice the
shed room there is here now could be &C.
cupied."
G. ii. More, proprietor and manager Of
the firm of G. II. More & Co. courteously
devoted half-hour OF busy forenoon to
giving the reporter information he was
seeking. This firm has worked over one
hundred men, but at present only about
specially of large monumental jobs, vaults,
mausoleums, etc. They are at present
working on the Collister mausoleum, for q
prominent attorney Of Rochester, N. Y, the
Peter Smith mausoleum that goes to Day
ton, O., and the Justin 8. Morrill, mauso-
leum, all of which have been described in
previous issues of the Waterman Beside
these they are also manufacturing two Of
the largest shaft jobs ever quarried in
Barre. One Of these is for Henry w. Ben
nett of Asbury Park, n. j., the longtime
president of the Pittsburgh Gas Company,
now manager of Keith theaters in New
York and Boston. The other shaft is for
John D. Rockefeller, president of the
Standard Oil Company, and will be placed
in his family lot in Cleveland, o. These
shafts are 80 large they could not be trans
ported from the quarries to the sheds in the
rough, and Mr. More has force of men at
work on them on Milestone hill. The di-
mansions of these jobs may be Of interest.
For the Bennett shaft the bottom base is
twelve feet six inches square, two feet five
inches thick and weighs, in the rough, fifty
tons; second base, ten feet square and two
feet thick, weighs twenty-five tons; third
base and die seven by six by seven by ten,
weight forty-fve tons; shaft four by four
feet, and ffty-three feet long, weight one
hundred tons, making total weight OF
two hundred twenty tons Special cars
will be required for transporting this job.
The bases are carried in vertical position
and the shaft requires three cars. The bot
tom base of the Rockefeller shaft is fourteen
feet square and three feet thick, weighing
seventy-fve tons; second base nine feet
two inches square, and three feet eight
inches high, weight forty tons; die six feet
eight inches square and seven feet long,
weight forty tons; shaft five feet square,
ffty.two feet long, weight, one hundred
sixty-fve tons; total weight. three hundred
twenty-five tons. Both of these jobs were
quarried at the Wetmore & Morse quarries,
and the contracts call for their completion
within sixty days. Mr.. More is enthusi-
astic on the subject of additional shed
room in Montpelier, and his replies to
questions put to him show that he is be-
lever in the Scriptural injunction that
scare" said Mr. More, affected business
seriously in the spring months, but orders
are again coming in. The trade for June
increased materially, showing that the peo-
pie are settling down to the realities of war;
Barre granite is being ordered as much or
more than in the past, and the demand for
this granite has steadily increased during
what we call hard times. Collections are
slow, but the banks in Montpelier and
Barre are always ready to cash our notes.
and to help granite men in any way they
can. On the other hand these notes are
prime commercial paper" The reporter
piled Mr.. More with numerous questions
regarding his opinion Of the need of more
shed room in Montpelier, and whether it
would be good investment to put capital
into such sheds. In reply he said: "The
city OF Montpelier has done good deal to
encourage the granite industry here by ex-
empting new firms from taxation for FIVE
years. Rents are lower here than in
Barre, and there is no question but what
money invested in additional sheds here
would pay l am prepared to furnish work
for one hundred men in a shed the same
effect The rental OF such plant would
not be less than ten per cent II the money
that has been sent west from Montpelier
and lost had been invested in stone sheds
here, the income from this money would
have been not less than ten per cent. Fur
cost, me, land adjoining my sheds, on which
to build another as large. furnish power and
stone-working machinery at one-half the
total cost OF running two plants Of the same
size, and will guarantee ten per cent in
come on the investment for the man who
builds the sheds. l make this offer, not as
an advertisement, but as an inducement for
some one with the money to put up such
sheds and thereby have work done here
which is now of necessity done in Barre.
The cost OF such shed would be less than
$4,000, including cranes. II we could
spare the money from our business we
would build them ourselves"
The foregoing shows that the granite
business in Montpelier as a whole is pros.
porous. If 1t is to increase and spread,
furnishing work for hundreds of men who
are now by force of circumstances COM
PEELED to work to Barre additional encour-
agenent in the way Of capital invested in
stone sheds must be forthcoming. The city
as a municipality has done all it consistently
can. Who has 10000 more or less, to in.
vest in this industry?