New-York tribune., 1909-09-25
MARBLE FOR TWENTY CENTURIES
Colorado Deposit to Gust Product Of
Carrara in Worlds Use.

There are fashions finance. At one time in
vcstmelt in railroading is popular, then there
comes wave Of electrical development. Of trolley
road building. The development Of water powers
has had and is having i,s Innings with irrigation
often associated.
The financial movement oe greatest Importance,
however, not only 10 individual INVESTOR bat to
the country large. has come in the increased IN
tcrest OF Eastern investors in the development Of
the great natural resources Of tho West a pre-
eminent Influence ia this direction being the inn
nense reclamation projects of the United States
government. These stimulating imitation OF
private operators. and sound irrigation projects are
under Nay IN many 81 the Western states
The timber, iron and coal Of the Pachc West are
e"ni's IA for their share. Mining, Of course. We
have always with US. but mining comes under tho
head Of pure speculation. not investment
Mnny of the states of tho West arc auecverinc
immensely valuable deposits. but among them all
'"'"rdd" has so FAR easily taken the lead Colo
radios ,rrlrated hands arc producing more -stisfac-
tors results for Eastern bond and stock holders as
Wei as Tor the farmer Former Governor Myron
7 Herrck OF Ohio with d number Of F,ast,,s as
So-.at"s. rs De. elppir= Immense water powers in
the state. In many different lines Colorado has
come 10 the front IN Tho three OF four year..
bat perhaps the most remarkable and valuable de-
Nclopuent IN the state been that brought aboue
b. the Colorado ule Marble Company which, In
. developing lis immense deposits Of white marble
on tho fuie Creek. in Gunnison County, has
1 brought before the world a supply Of the very
highest grade of white marble exceHing both IN
qualify and quantity tie world famous marbles OF
CaTrnra and OF Greece This property h..s been
developed entirely by Eastern capital.
-Four years ago the existence OF tl.is ,uercan
marble utterly unknown IN the East J; Uas
Introduced through the instrumentalty tho
KniCkcrboCkcr Syndicate. association hank
eTs. engineers and successful manufacturers
gan.zed Tor the purpose bringing Eastern cap
Ital more accurate and dependable acquaintance
with conservative Western opportunity. II is tho
object Of this syndicate through its associates TO
sift out from the many opportunities offered those
which perfectly sound and safely conservative.
and yet which. be c-ause % the intrinsic value OF
the material involved. insure realization OF
profits IN operation impossible II the thor
ourhly developed Eastern territory.
The FIRST enterprise presented 10 tho Eastern
public ay the syndicate that OF Colorado ' uIo
marble. and the facts about this property
spectacuiRr and seemingly eNtraVagant that They
at FIRST met with toeTabiy complete Skcpu-
cisn. However. the methods Cf the syndicate
such % inspire confidence. and the enterprise
hats been broush. a most brilliant success
In speaking OF these methods recently Charles
Austin Bates, president and managing director ot
Fifth avenue, SAID: we have found, - course.
Our success IN securing money and ID developing
two things: The first, that every book and record
connected with the business of the Syndicate or
any its associated enterprises Is open ~ the
inspection OF every investor or prosperity, ih-
In ;he case of tho Colorado Yulc marble de
posits We found mat the only way to make any
man understand their magnitude. the quality OK
the marble and the efficiency and adequacy OF the
@3p1e"t , we - nnve p ~ and = 10 Ie nIf9 h h se M ~, r 0
theIt IN = Fuilnlhh t'I anu ~ iLii Sc te
road We have buili. the big min we have EQUIPPED
stalled aud let him see with his own eyes a de
pOsit of white marble OF The highest quality 80
feet thick and mile IN length, Out Of which We
taking day after day the largest and hnest
monohthic columns that have ever come out OF a
marble quarry, these columns going chiefly 60 the
cOurthOuses at Cleveland and Youngstown. OhtO.
rious buildings now benf, erected there nv SAM
uel Newhouse. In this way have during ths
last years shown the property t. about four
hundred Eastern people
The Creator was certainly N generous mG9d G}
when he nade Colorado" Tor. bcsid"s TIM marble
deposit, which contains ine marble Tor uC tnTS
will take the place which CaIrara has held aNiln6
the last two thousand years, there IS siihi'' ue-
the only reliable deposit Cf slate west Of Tie Mis-
The Coiorado-Yule marble development referred
to is now pretty we'll known throughout the East.
RADIO to make Marble city one of their stops
In an interview concerning his recent Western
i'm no sense of the word business Frank A VAN
derlp. president Of the National city Bank Of New
cerning the deposit marble the property OF
the Colorado Yule Marble Company sud IN part
River to Marble city and 10 other points of inter
pany's property was pointed out 10 me. II must
be remembered that l no expert on marble IN
indications that determine its quality, but, so far
as could see l should be surprised II TINS COM
Of the deposit Is certainly wonderful. ] was much
impressed with Mr. Mannng's knowledge and
energy in connection with every detail of the do
velopment. So far am able to say this deposit
has every inIicitlon of being a wonderful marble
resource. Colorado generally is wonderfully en-
dOwed with natural resources
Whoever goes TO Colorado with open eyes must
realize that all that is required for them is cash
and intelligent management =. - ,o,o q.
work of this kind than IN any other line OF human