The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-21
CLAIMS THE HONOR.
POI NoFcEosa Granite Company for the
Heaviest splrs Carried By Ran.

heaviest spife carried ~ Kan.
The Editor 81 The narre Times Dear
Sirl IL the November Issue 81 aslone
| note the iolloWIngi
The Hare, VI. Times, which always
ably champions the Vermont granite,
quotes the above paragraph and add, tbs
following The Herald lays Itself liable
10 correction II the siateueat that q
sixty tom shaft of granite sent ifom
Connecticut was the largest shalt 20
stone ever sent hy rail IL America etc
You are quite right IN stating that the
BOSTON Herald lass itself liable 10 cor,
rretlon, and sou are quite wrong IN your
contention that Barre has the record
over Connecticut yet
Your Information, or rather lack II
Information. 4 probably due % the fart
that you have never had brought 10
your attention the 100 ron polished shaft
~ The West Point monument. which was
quarued az stony Creek. Conn. lrom the
same quarry that produced the Hartford
bridge and The Sauii Ste Marie obellsk.
This stone YOU WIN observe weighs
nearly 80 tons more than tho one YOU
quote q having relieved Connecticut ii
the honou thrust upon her by the B0S.
Ton Herald
Your failure 70 recognize this a. the
greatest feat Ia the annals 81 stone
qnauying IN the United States h. /
believe. un.nteutinnal and Is attributable
o. 4 great eNteut % the secrecy c0nneets
a with the quarrying. cutting, trens.
porting and erecting Che hattie monn.
ment at West Point. The owner IL this
quarry, Mr. q ", NoYcross, has always
felt that sooner o. later rcquisition
would Be made upon the quarry that
would really test its capacity. ala result
IN the production Of a mouolith that
would make some of Tho mummles OF
ancient Egypt. who have been sarcopha
mzed for centuries beneath those mar.
yellous achievements In stone, ait up
and take notice Up to the present
time, however. The opportunity has not
presented itself, and the quarry has been
obliged reluctantly 10 proceed on the
even tenor 81 its ways. producing nos.
ton terminal stations, Hartford bridges.
20, 30 40, 80 and l00.ton monuments.
n connection with tho transportation
Of this monument from the sea level 10
tho sitc at West Point, a distance Of
200 miles, Z was necessary 70 cross the
Hudson river a. Nowburg By boat and
transport this enormous shaft up the
steep hin az West Point to an elevation
which, | think. Il something In excess
o. 1000 feet. Notwithstanding an this.
the actual running time while this shaft
was IN transit Was only thirty.eight
hours.
While \ has always been the desire
OF the writer not 70 give too much pub.
LEFTY TO this West Point monument a.
a quarrying feat, he is sending you IN.
der another cover two half.ione cuts
showing the monument IN the quarry
and also erected at West Point. He
would particularly admonish yuu to "a.
sist him IN his campaign OF secrecy in
connection with this lO6.ton Connect.
cut stone and say nothing about Il in
any future edition Of the Times. The
loss Of the record over Connecticut
might be too much Of a shock 70 descend
upon Barre and It's able champion, The
Times, during this period OF bank sus.
pensions and clearing house certificates.
AZ some future time when the face Of
Mary Cunningham. the best product Of
Vermont's late lamented sculptor, be-.
comes plentiful throughout the United
States, It might be well TO break Il
gently.
IN the interim You might write an ar
ticle on the greatness Of Massachusetts,
as 4 granite producer. You will observe
from the last geographical report from
Washington, D. G., that she led all other
granite producing states, and furnished
nearly four million dollars worth Of
granite in the year Of 1905. One opera.
tion in Milford alone employed over 300
hands at one time.
My contention is that Massachusetts,
holds the record over Maine, Vermont
and Connecticut.
Yours truly, w. s. Tobin.
Worcester, Mass