Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-28

,hir.ry, ctc. ana has provided work
Ior about -. Skilled ann unsAin. 4
labor.
Nov /, seems thai ihuy- " n" are Al
all acquainted With the present status
of affairs ara inclined T. attempt an
insight into future conditions ANA in
furnc-s. The writer ducS not ~ this
ti.nr wish t. driin. even mmnert
probabilities. hut rather t" suggest !,
determined and U:de-a wake muai,iral
policy. u polite spi!it suited t. the
times ANA j Wen devised adaptation NJ
/, that sp.li; tu ,h- promotion ot' thr pub
!ic welfare.
II order 10 become better acquainted
viii. the enterprise as il exists today.
PAY q visit It. the quarry: look at the
hii from Il distance. Lofty modern
dtIricks pierce tn ky and neat work
shops dot thc very plH,aS where but H
few months ago the. COWS held undi>-
rutcd POSSESSION. 1t il even said thai
naUcht but a careful search would re
suit III the discoN "Iv NJ the Uriginal
ind.nture where. .'o many years ulu.
the marule-Nk, columns Ot the Maine
Canitul ana other smaller lots of STOCK
were qua rl'ied for notable building
work of that day.
Closer inspection will certainly o.
Y: SIun surprise; IN" will notice The
i cnd.rfu development. also the "Ni-
dent pcrmanency of Improvements, in
rluGiu& the pre-: rnce of modern labor
saving devices calculated I" minimiz"
failure and to facilitate the various
quarryiu- processes.
Three II the largest derricks ul-
operated by steam. each being con
neotcd directly by wire cable, With Il
Iridium hostins engine Of modem TYP
Various drills, also operated hy steam
IN, i'll constant use. Within d few
LAYS huge blocks lUx30 feet and three
feet in thickness. weighing about 10
tons. haN, been successfully quarricd
Orders for stones such as these can fe
filled at short notice. however. as the
available stock resulting from aSSres-
.ivc development is 10 be considered
.hove par with regard to marketable
excellence.
The natural seams and layers have
offered desirable advantage and the
rNi..n,i-; nf extraordinary dimension
wurk cam W. met without pcrrleNitN.
III, product il white. 81 fine composi-
lltiE ann ''iIl ~ ''''
without the attendant dangers of cr-
ratio cruss-Grtin. Long slabs split II
halves arc evenly surfaced and arr
found IN ~ remarkably true to the
raiGht-tdEr
Although the progress and develop
mcnt has covered the past two years, tn"
quarry is just beginning to give actual
a idencr Of the limitleSs source Of sup
lly.
blacksmith shops. store houses and
n ,ommodiUuS office building have been
built and are we'll suited to the pres
ent needs If til" business.
The contracts for the finished prod
u,t of the Tayntor concern are handled
by George l.. Lord, who was instru-
mental in locating the new company
here. and it viii be readily seen that
TINS industry is directly dependent upan
M. business lntlinati0nS Of said COM
rUnN.
SUM. IL. J. Carrick Of New York.
VINO has been in charge of the work
hero during the year past states thai
tn. 10. sibe shipping facilities are alto
.ther too inadepuItc There il scant
room, fCl the proper handling Of rrcn
the smaller shipments at the Maine
Central ward. If a siding. provided
without extraordinary expense. could he
constructed from the main line to the
Lord works the Tayntor Company
would be in position 10 erect perma-
Irat cuttin. sheds in that vicinity
Their r,isht traffic would amount to
several thousands Of tons in annual
SHIPMENTS Of finished product. The
writer il authoritatively informed that
IN. proposed siding would be furnished
biz The Maine Central Al Il cost Of not
less than Sco00. This the first cost
addod 10 the uncertainty Of 4 uniform
rata. however. presents two problems 4
which are or are not to be solved.
II Il said that the rough granite can
he shipped "a Portland BY water ana
there undergo process Of manufaciure,