The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-19
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
QUARRY FOR SALE
Great Bargain Is Offered
through T. B. Gate Agency

LAND-Consists of 100 acres with
chances for numerous quarry openings
and an inexhnnstibe deposit OF this ex.
ira dark granite 10 is wooded with
sufficient growth to supply fuel
for all purposes except making
steam. The hay held produces
enough TO keep what horses and COWS
are necessary. We have always raised
or own vegetables 20 supply the board
ing house. The land has a 2,000-foot
frontage on Pleasant River Bay, with q
wharf and IA feet of water--enough 20
load vessel carrying $50 tons. II Is
open water and has never had to be
dredgcd and never will have 10 be.
QuARRY-Opening in side Of hill 60
feet high, and OF sheet and boulder for.
nation. As II is situated IL has many
advantages, being only 100 yards from
the wharf or shipping point and connect
ed with railroad track on down grade,
so the stone runs TO wharf by gravity.
Waste stone is got rid of in same way by
track Of equal length and stone Is
dumped over end Of car into the bay
The beds are 100 TO 200 deep and many
Of them very open.
WHARF-Bnilt Of stone and timber
and with derrick, large enough TO store
200 tons Of rough stone.
MILL--l25 K so feet, shingled. Con-
tains 80 II. P. engine and 80 II. p hori-
zontal tubular boiler, . gang saws, rip
saws Of Lincoln Iron Works make, 2
polishing machines, 3 polishing machines
not set up, grind stones, new column
lathe not set up, column polisher. A
travelling derrick carries the stone from
the saws to the polishing mill and from
stoneshed TO mill.
ST0NESHED-Ts connected with quar-.
~ by railroad track, which runs into
center OF same. Saw blocks are also
brought from quarry on same track and
picked up with mill derricks to be placed
in under saws.
BLACKSMITH SHoP-Complete tools
for sharpening and repairing chains
for quarry. hammers, drills, etc.
DERRICKS-Quarry derrick has work
ing capacity of Is tons and is operated
by steam hoist. Mill derrick win handle
lotion saw block and operated by hand
winch Wharf derrick lifts about s tons
and has hand winch or horse hoist. Trav-
cling derrick is good for tons and has
full circle swing.
BOARDING H0USE-ll0 x 25 feet,
story and a half, IL bedrooms on second
floor; Office and store, smoking room for
men, dining room, kitchen and store
room on first floor. All spruce ceiling
throughout and brick floors, brick cellar
BARN--40 40 feet with stone cellar
Holds hay enough for use at the plant
COTTAGE rooms for workmen or
foreman. Could rent to two families.
C0TTAGE-Built in 1905, shingled ex-
terror with hardwood floors and stained
interior, fireplace and stone chimney.
C0NTRACTS-0n hand for two car
goes Of rough stone. One to Quincy,
Mass, for random stone at Sl.00 per foot
and one to New York at $3.50 per foot
for dimension stone +. o. B. wharf.
MATERTAL--Anyone acquainted with
granite for monumental purposes will
its merits. Polished surface is
blue black, while hammered surface is
a bright gray, giving greater contrast
between the two surfaces than in any
,ther granite in use. Lettering, tracing,
ste., shows very distinct. We believe
we are safe in our statement that cary
ng with air tools can be done more |
-apidly on this stone than any Other
md on account of its toughness difficult |
work not possible in other granite can
" executed with ease and safety.
PRICE-Of the property and good win
. 5000, payable in cash $4,000 and g.
rear per cent. mortgage for balance
If $4,000.
The town rebates our taxes 80 ID costs
Is only S3S to S42 per year.
Inquire of F. B. Cate Real Estate
Agency.