The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-28
THE CARRARA aUARRIEs.
Valuable Italian Property Owned by
Senator Proctor.

| NEW YORK, Jan Ex-senator Proc
/ tor has obtained control of the Carrara
marble industry, which particularly inter
ests sculptors.
! MIR Proctor. of course. is a Vermonter,
/ whence comes some fine marble But far
abroad he has purchased the product of
/ the Italian quarrtes, known and recog-
nIzed wherever marble is used, as embody-
ing all that is best and most desirable in
+ this material IN color and texture dura-
4 biiity. economy in working. sCundness, and
( capability Of receiving the highest finish
/ it cannot be surpassed and is rarely
/ equaled-
/ The so-caIled 'Carrara district" en-
bracing the communes Of Carrara. Massa.
/ PI5trasanJa, SeTaveZra, StaZrena, and
( Ami, IS the centre Of this industry Car
/ rara and Massa are the two most important
I villages, the former having = population
! IL the city itself of q Geo people. with an
( additional 2l000 in the mountain villages
J surrounding II and forming part OF the
commune. These are inhabited almost en-
! tirely by the quaTrymen and laborers. The
commune OF Massa has q population Of
about Zit6O- Broadly speaking the entire
male population Of these two communities
/ Is actively engaged in some branch Of the
! marble industry.
/ There are present IN the district Gil
I = ID
/ are at Carrara, fifty at Massa and the
! balance distributed among the places
named above In addition TO these there
. are perhaps double this number which
( have been opened and afterward abandon
( ed as being unprCductjve or in which. for
various reasons. active work has ceased
( for the time being.
Under the sanction Of ancient laws the
mountains where the quarrics are found
are the property and under the direct con-
troll OF the municipality Of the district in
which they are located Applications for
( leases are made 10 the syndic OF the town.
and within reasonable time, after sur
/ vey, etc, the concession is granted The
5 concession is permanent the only con-
! dat ons being that the grantee should
! formally renew II every thirty years pay
! the annual rent. and work the property
/ The rent is merely nominal. some quar-
/ ries producing hundreds Of tons annually
/ paying but 50 or 81 Failure to pay this
! for TWO successive years or to develop tie
! property in the same length Of time rem
/ ders the concession void Quarries thus
/ leased may be sold OF transferred OF left
as an Inheritance by the grantee at any
I time without formal permission from the
grantor.
+ Besides the splendid white marble.
many varieties OF cCIOred marb es are also
I found on the mountains surrounding Car
raTa- Two varieties of blue dOve-col-
3 cFS0 marble, known as '1ardlgiiC' aid
I PavonaZro," are we'll known in the
! United States. the latter especially being
largely used and comma Gding 9 high price
. Some new and very beautiful fancy mar
/ bles have recently heen discovered near
/ the villages of Cragnala and CasteI- o=sio.
! north OF Carrara- In the vicinity Of Cas-
/ teiPoggio, a very fine variety Of red mar
bic Is qUarTied.
/ Some varieties of the Well-kuOwn black
! and-gcld marble are found At Monte
dArni and FOce. near Carrara It is SINH
. lar 10 that found at Porto Veuere in the
! Gulf Of SpeZia. having q denseIy black
/ ground crossed IL all directions by yellow
/ veins Besides these colored marbles.
| some fine onyx has been discovered a
( Monte d'Arni These quarrfes are not
now in active O. Grafton IL being found IN
/ profitable 10 work them under present
! conditions The merchants and exporters
/ CT Carrara also deal largely in the we'll
/ known Siena yellow marble and The " ri
/ Gus varieties OF Numtdlan marbles TIE
1 latter are brought from the quarries hack
( OF Gran. on the northern coast of Algeria
The extent Of its commerce with al ia
! tons IN its own particular line. with the
variety. quality and ie@uty OF SIS marbles,
+ Justly entities CarraTa to stand a. the
head Of the marble producing centres Of
the world IT has occupied this position
t for centuries and bids fair 10 continue 10
do so for many Inore-t0 come.