The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-12-27

beds from twenty TO seventy feet In
thickness and IL remarkably ffee from
seams, rowfeet and other def, t.. The
marketable oolitic stone is covered hy
dirt and hard limestone. which must Of
course be removed until the ooN tic stone
is laid bare. This stripping. VIII b forms
a large percentage OF the cos ~ PRO
ducins the good stone. is carried on 70
q large extent during tho wirter when
The oolitic stone Is nos quart a owing
10 danger from frost: for. stra ge a. IL
may seem. stone will freeze. ~ I rs. the
quarry sap that Is IN the stone X n freeze
and shatter the block Of ston 80 that
u becomes worthless. After me stone
has been qunrricd a few week ma has
seasoned there is no longer aft danger
from frost.
Those Who have never seen ne opera
ton Of cuarrylne stone as II IS srsormcd
In these ruarries nave an error ous idea
that II is lone by blasting. No powder r.
used. The stone IS cut by c~hanneiers.
machines very much resemble a port
able engine or small locomotive Each en-
gine is provided with portable iron rails.
braced and bOlted together IN sections.
Of the nroncr width and gauge a. carry
the machine la X and forth in the same
manner that a locomotive follows It's
track. A set ~ drills. five 81 number.
&lAtflkNA fAfl' " FNn NiAA NiAN" T." WtA ~
an edge. play M and dow Oh fne side
Of the machine. cutting about 3 inch ~
zach stroke. In this way a GU made
about nm inch and a half wide, iA 20 ten
feet deep and MS long as the i& 8 viii
permit. generally from nifty ~ lr hun
dred feet. After n cut IL complf Af I the
desired depth md the channeler f Z. owed
to another position a steam dir is en-
ployed to break the block looa on the
bottom. Derrick power IL III applied
and the stone il rolled over nr tn side
ready to be drilled and broken iMi blocks
OF any size. usually six to ~ 1--we or
fifteen feet long.
Two Mills.
The Bedford Quarrics COMPANY lsr I've
or the largest mills IN the courtryt wheel
are thoroughly equipped with the later
improved gang saws. wire saws. paaners
| headers and iathes for the saving turn
ing and planning Of tho stone when 20 az
sired by its customers. These nj Us ar
lighted by electricity furnished ne a Nm
plant. the property ~ this comp ". thu
enabling It 10 run the machincry nigh
and day when necessary. Tha this I
important IL shown by the fac that 1
has been running night and DAY Tor tn
past eight months and expect 10 r ,ntinu
doing SO all winter. so great is ne dc
mand for Its produce.
The buildings Mt this plant are model
OF their kind. built OF solid dressed stone
The machin shops are IN charge o
skilled mechanics. who make most OF III,
new parts for the machinery when tn.
| old ones give out. and who keep the en-
tire plant In frst-class order. To nav
ever a reasonable conception 81 the mag
nitudc OF the qunrries and equipment oi
the Bedford Quarries Company one mus
inspect them personally. An idea OF their
business may be conveyed BY the state
mcnt that every weekday a long train
load OF stone is shipped from the quar-
rics over the Belt railway. some OF the
cars perhaps destined for Canada. where
a good demand for the stone has devel-
oped. while some may go 20 the plains
or western Texas.
stone from tho Hoosier quarry hae been
used In the construction ~ many Of the
handsomest and most expensive public
and private buildings throuehout the
country. Reference. 20 the list * ~truc-
lures which follows. all 81 when have
been built from stone Furnished ~ tho
Bedford Quarrics Company. vii show the