Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-11
ANOTHER INDUSTRY.
Possibility Of Establishing Stone Gut
ting Sheds Here.
C. E. Tayntor g. Co. Propose that the City
Assist in the Location.

| A special effort will be made, so some
of the Sunday papers stated, to have
the immense granite cutting industry
that is in store for one Of the three
| Kennebec cities, located at Gardiner.
This, however possible it may be, will
not be allowed by Augusta without a
struggle, as it properly belongs to this
city and already the concern is max
ing is making overtures to the city for
the carrying out of plans that will be
better by far than anything offered.
&. f. TayntOr & co. of Barre VT, pur-
chased last summer, the old Whittum
quarry in Augusta out beyond the
back road to HalloWell. They have had
a crew at work there for a long time
clearing up the grout and they have
the situation. 50 they believe, for quar-
rying an immense lot Of first quality
granite. They are now looking for
place to locate the cutting shed and
Augusta is the point they are inclined
to favor. 1t is their desire and
intention to locate the sheds at some
point on the river where they can find
wharf privileges and also be close to
the railroad. Three places present
themselves, Augusta HalloWell and
Gardiner but in every case it is found
that the roads leading to the river are
filed with hills that it would be very
hard to haul. To Gardiner would be
the longest route Of all and the Gardi-
ner people filled with their usual enter
prise for getting new industries estab-
lished there, are viewing the POSSIBLE
ity Of a branch track or some sort Of a
railroad out by the quarries 50 that
the sheds can be located there The
industry means q great deal to the city
that gets il, for the company informs
the public that they will employ be- I
tween 500 and 400 men and skilled men /
at that. in their cutting establishment. /
to say nothing Of the quarrymen Such 4
a class of men make excellent wages /
and it would find a disposition for some /
of the empty houses in the city beside
helping it in dozens of other ways
The company has come to some of
the Augusta leading men and offers
To think first Of all Of locating here if
the city Will build another road. They
point out that they can probably pur-
chase the property at Britt's gully i
where wharfage and railroad facilities
can be obtained. To get here over
Western avenue would necessitate the
hauling over many hills ana it would I
njure the roads badly. They ask if
the city will not construct a road from
the quarries down through the gully
past Johns0n's dam, and making a
steady down grade from the quarry
without a hill to climb. This would in
volVe quite an expenditure to pay all
land damages and to construct the
road, but in case anything is guaran-
teed. the business men who have thus
far been interviewed on the subject are
inclined to believe it would be a good
idea.
A committee Of the Board Of Trade
has been negotiating with the com
pany for several days and it may be
able 70 soon report progress. 1t is safe
to say that the city will not stand still
and watch Gardiner walk away with
another Of the industries that belong to
us by right.