Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-09

tain, whore we soc "a few mon digging
and hauling on both sides OF the track
Here Is "a foTty-tou block of marble
drawn by 81 oxen. A convenient switch
would have done the work ia tenth
Of the tmo. on there To- the right "a
dozen ablc-bpdied men have three Inn
wcnsc blocks, an aggregate weight Of
90 tons, which they are moving down
steep hill, covered with bits OF mar
bic.
To my mind they do their work very
iugoniDusly. for 10 g. mo- small Job &C.
handle 30 tons OF stone and slide them
"a mile down steep bin should the
blocks get away from them, they would
go crashing down Ike an Alpine ava
l1nche, crushing everything In their
way. even invading one quiet village
of 400 or 500 souls
a PERlLOUs JOB.
To bring these heavy blocks down
to "a lower level f. one of the hardest
and most perIlous Jobs tho qugrrymen
undertake. and some Of the mon On
gagged DOB 10 get double pay ON account
OF the danger they Incur The first
steps I'm their work consist I'm driving
o. number of heavy stakes - orr 70 foot
apart deep into tho hillside down which
the blocks are 60 be lowered a heavy
cable i- wound around the -hts-hest stake
and tho other end NJ it is attached
10 the stones 20 ho lowered Bv tho
use of iaokscrcws and rrowbars On"
eide II tho block next 10 the Incline
is raised n Few Inches when creased
poles or eoapcd gkids are pushed un-
der a. Tho blocks ARE thus far hell
fast Boy tho heavy cable but when tho
creased poles ure inserted undcr them
tho rope IFS slowly paid ont and Tho
huge mass first pushed a little. ler'us
To- slide down Tho uondcrous mas
f.tf liz
mon arc required FOR this operation.
two AZ tho stake 90 paw out the ro0o.
two glt on the ton n the blocks ready
IN take tho r1pc ana hold back "
the stake should show signs - EiViue
wav ana two walk Immediately I'm
front 70 remove large stones which
NAV ne encountered and m replace tho
ekidv rndcr tho block Tho three IN
fve-iuch hcmuon cord ls r7id out p7
fast ae the stone moves ana ms soon
ne ~ has passed over two skds the
mon 0n tho ton pick them uu and hand
them 10 tho mon I'm front who place
Them under tho block which passes
soluod railway T. kout before the block
ne Il slides down Tho work has hccu
carried on after this fashion from th0
time whereof the memory % man nun
moth not IN tho contrary Tho Italian
government which ike an monarchi's
le very p1tcrnalistic. recently provide
hv law for the usc NJ three cables IN
lowering these blocks ~ marble. hut
mo law hos ALWAYS been n dead letter
the work going ON ion the same old
Fashioned dangerous way
Tho steam car has now brought me 10
o. typical quarry scene. Hero are two
men saving a block Of marble by hand
They have n little money Invested In
their saw. and they think they must
crnmcnt a. small royalty and mako o.
fair living. competing with the steam
works IN the village down the hilL
ANXIOUS FOR AN AMERICAN
TRUST
run across more business men up
300 the mountain. and again hear IN"
same old story. I'VE need an Amer
lean trust here We would put ail our
ouarrics under the management OF
some efficient American business man;
we would put our property against the !
money he would advance and each take |
"a certain amount Of stock from him
Then another gentleman remarked |
that "a man who needed mild eli |
mate for his health would do well % |
come here. He could make 20 per cent |
and get we'll ~ he wCrC sick
[ questioned this assertion about the |
big profits. but tho man would not re- |
bate a fsrthing, and the other men re-
iteratcd that what We nDcd ls "a q
'troost " / could not rcprcss smile |
No the constant r'itCrati0u ~ "a long
ing for an American trOust' as they |
called II. when one of the company OK
claimed with emphasis. ~, Signor. |
more work would Doe done by machin-
cry. aud profitable use could be made /
1f tho billions ~ tons of debris that !
are now only "a threatening incum-