The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-08-07

portance cannot be imagined by the cas-
ual reader or observer; the immensely of
its contribution to the trade of state ana
country cannot be fathomed save by
those who have visited the headquarters
of the Vermont Marble Company to
which Proctor owes its success and the
Importance and prosperity that today
mark the town as an important center.
When the searcher after facts and fig
ures visits this beautiful spot in the
lovely and fertile valley of the beautiful
Otter Creek, surrounded by stately, YER
dured mountain, his mission is likely to
be lost in his wonder at the marvellous
picture which nature and the hand of
man have prepared for his gaze, To
the artist who faces the white marble
vision for the first time, comes the
thought of the beauties it created i'm an
cient and medieval days, when moulded
by the deft fingers of acknowledged
masters, or piled into temples and col
liseums at which the world still marvels.
Even to the man without poetry in his
soul. the caves of white opened up to his
vision and yielding daily tons upon tons
of the material which later will form the
marble halls for man to dwell in, appeal
and inspire him with something akin to
awe He sees the bowels of the earth
torn asunder to yield to and crafty the
demands and needs of a progressive and
beauty-loving people. In order to get
some adequate idea of the immensely of
this marble industry and an insight ln'o
the skilled labor required to hew the raw
material into size and shape suitable for
its various uses one should visit the
great quarries and workshops of the Yer
mont Marble co. Smpendous the task,
yet simplifed by practice on the part of
operators, the rough stone Is hewed into
shape i'm marvellous manner and by
date. Sawed by machinery, chiseled by
tools, in the hands of skilled men, yet
impeled automatically and polished by
peculiar devices the erstwhle huge,
rough and ugly looking block Is soon
massive thing of beauty ready to be ship
ped to any and all parts of the world
whore the name and fame of Vermont
marble has hecome known Many adj
vantages may be claimed for Vermont
marble, for beauty, strength, durabil-
ity, closeness of grain and fire resistance
1t is unequallod and the improved and
cheapcncd methods of production make
it possible TO furnish the stone in COM
petition with granite, sandstone and lime
stone, Three different varieties are pro-
duced by this company. known to the
trade as Sutherland Falls, Rutland White
and Blue Marble. The Sutherland Falls
Is perhaps the most desirable for build
ing purposes, 1t is slightly variegated;
Is a fine, hard and close grained stone
and does not absorb the impurities of the
atmosphere, but retains it, blight and
clear appearance after continued expos
ure Not being a dead white 1t blends
nicely in an entire front 1t seems to
be the consensus of opinion among sci
entists after the most exhaustive exam
nation that for uniformity Of texture
and hardness, purity and resistance to
decay, among all the building stone in
Gt.tl ,aV1a INn1l = apVaIa
stands the strongest tests and Is un-
questionably the best 1t stands the
test of heat at 1900 degrees Fair and re-
mains uninjured for some time. 1t Is