Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-12
GRANITE
Will be Exported to Scot
land Next Month
THE FIRST Time
New England is Now Supply.
ing The Old Country

Rockland, Me-, July l2.-The most
portantevent in the granite indus
try ever contemplated In this country
has been arranged to take place next
month when Mr.. John L. Goss owner
OF the extensive quarries on Crouth
and Moose 1slancs, Stonington, in
conjunction with Mr.. w. S. White,
manager of Booth Bros and Hurri
cane Island Granite Co.. will ship the
first cargo of granite ever sent from
tni, country to Scotland.
Not only will this be the first car.
go ever shipped from. the United
States to Scotland but it will be the
first ever sent from tits country to a
European port.
The importance Of this innovation
10 the granite Industry Of Maine and
New England can scarcely be estimat-
ed for it marks an era ia this great
business, and on its success depends
a great deal, In fact should this en-.
terprise prove satisfactory it means
the revolutionizing of the glauite
trade in the Uni ed States.
The question Of shipping granite to
coal to Newcastle. in a tigurative
sense. has been carefully studied b.
Messrs GosS and White, and some
months ago man was sent to EDg-
land and Scotland to study the condi-
tionS and to report the probable re-
suits of such shipment.
The report was favorable for an
American shipment, and, therefore,
the August cargo.
The conditions that make this move
on the part Of American granite man
ufacturerS possible have been brought
about through natural cluses-the
playing out OF the famous Scotch
granite quarries, operated for cantu
ries as the source OF supply for Eng
land, Scotland and Ireland.
The most famous OF these QuarrieS
is at Aberdeen, Scotland, where the
best building stone of Great Britain
has, for centuries been q1arried Into
the structure Of the great cathedrais
of Great Britain, the Government
houses, and the palaces of the aristoc-
racy, Aberdeen, or Scotch granite has
entered.
From years of quarrying the quar-
rieS have become coal mines as to
depth. One result has been that it is
no longer possible to quarry dimension
stone Of any appreciable or CONNER
cial value, because the Strala which
at first created the fame OF the Scotch
granite quarries, has almost disap-
peared.
1t has become an architectural busi.
ness in England that the architect
who wishes to use granite in the house
structure must needs fashion his house
to the stone, rather than the stone to
the house. This is solely on account
of the scarcely OF good dimension
blocks OF granite In the quarrleS,
which centuries Of building mas rob.
bed OF their naive treasures.
England has become somewhat
alarmed over the scarcity Of building
stone, and has been importing granite
from Sweden and Russia, and arrange.
ments have been made by importers
of granite to delve into the granite
m untains OF Ne w1ourdlard frasup
ply for England.
The fact and the knowled.e that
the Eng ish markets are suffe lg be-
cause OF the denuding OF the Scotch
quarries led Messrs. Goss & White to
send man TO Eur pc to investi.
gate.
The first shipment which will be
divided equal " between the Crotch
Island and Stenington granite and
the Hurricane Island granite wi be
sent direct to Liverpool. England.
The vessel which is owned Dy Mr..
Goss and others will load direct at the
/ quarlIeS at bJth places.
At present in England Ill pieces Of
granite under 40 cubic feet sell for
Sl.l5 to S1.25 per foot, and all sizes
above that at 1925 cubic foot.
Basing on estimates Of transporta.
tion Mr.. Goss says that they can
put the Maine granite in Glasgow,
Aberdeen Of Liverpool at 81 per foot,
where Scotch granite now sells at
81 %.