New-York tribune., 1907-12-01

of manufacture: marbles from France. Italy and
Greece. and from Vermont Tennessee PennSyI-
where are here TO be found in vast quantities and
in every variety- OF color and veining. while all
The famous limestones are even more largely rep
resented.
HARD WOOD VENEER MILLS.
The Astoria Veneer Mills concern is conceded to
be without a peer in its field. TO the size and
equipment OF its plant, the magnitude Of the in
vestment the extent OF its production and the scope
Of IT'S trade activities And, with the growing
scarcity Of hardwood timber. the use of veneer is
rapidly increasing, for 1t would be quite too cX-
pensive 10 follow the prodigal example of
grandfathers who boasted Of their old solid ma
hogany'' and the other rare woods they so laVishy
vast ted. NOWADAYS only surfaces, parts In sight,
Sfe raious m woods be- applied and so the veneer
mill has displaced the saw mill In this line OF manu-
Tho Astoria Veneer Mills were founded at the
inception of the last quarter of the last century by
william H. Williams s ana M i5s estansffht was as
fiat sicing machine the which, indeed revolution
time was that known as rotary cutting e. the
hardwood logs were fastened az thelr Ii ehqS % on
centres and the veneer was cut ffon thef clrcufh-
This destroyed the figures of the wood, besides
being more or less wasteful The sIicing machine
cuts through the log longtudinally and thus pre-
serves the figures OF the wood. and the grain as
wea very important matter IN fancy lo wGodS 3; Force
fully demonstrated in the swift and powerful
growth of the business he founded Ihe niue pSiinl
one cutting machine. and yard space OF % & by %
feet. has expanded that II 10Y nov tand fffeen
one two and three story buildings. which range in
eInf GIIesioh5 f5 ekilied hands There now five
cutting machines seven veneer sa~s, ,myoent mU or
saws and complete and elapoTa'e tdIpitic INN
the very latest and most approved autohialic 'uii'
tn the great storage department of the plant Of
to-day there is scarcely tne % ~ie .n eight million
feet of mahogany. in the shape OF veneer % or ertb
stock of timber and TnanIIac5f1 aca ~ one and one
quarter millions of dollars And F 70 now rep
resenis an Of nearly & m5Ili9n as doal pa
and which still owns and uses n ncontribIion: for
these rare woods from not only McKee, Sa Se
sndeed the first direct shipment of hardwood Irol
the last named country came TO tne A hinned ali
over the United States and Canada a,r,,, n, the
,, ne 9sriiv rejnforced however, by one of Its
most valued aids: William H Wiliians' Il. s.ppnder p
dene William william n Williams. jr.
5secretary1' H p Williams and R. T. wiiiiaiiiS'
A GRANITE WORKING PLANT
One of the thriving stone working businesses. go
typical Of Long Island City. was founded aDou.
,,;r,,, ,ears ago bv Peter Neary 6 notable worker
i'm pranite-of that day who 'n 1873 was one OK
the first the diamond E
II was incorporated two years ago unoef 'no
name of Peter Neary & Sons Company.
The plant perhaps the largest OF It's Kiho ouiSi'e
of the Eastern States fourteen city oss aho
comprises two cutting shops and one HH Nartown o m
r.reeE and beside the tracks of the Long Island
RaiirSsa sno sei is run BY 1horsepoweT. steam
and has a complete pneumatic outht tor sloh'
It taxes an average of forty-five Eanos 10 Iha ha
the eight polishing machines the gang saw, IL
rubbing bed the four turning iathes ana me .tr1 o
poshing Iafhes the shops and MIL ana the ,woo
mton nerricks and the 25ton travelling crane that
handle the giant blocks and columns as as thoush
fhey were no weightier than papier fnache -.
This progressive firm gets ar, ample snars % %
the orders granite work OF an Kinos; chi
hll6jnr material or ornamental when the archI-
fects and engineers distributing their faSors;
account of its reputatio lor Sooa "ofh fioAHp-
delivery and square dealing.
COAL. AND LUMBER INDUSTRY
In what evidently once an artstocranc quar-
ter the Astoria section there Is 70 b 1ouna-