The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-05
,As Wv aiken Out Of Barre's
Quarries During the
Past Year
BIGGEST RECORD
KNOWN IN INDUSTRY
There Have Been Many I'm
portant Developments
in 1913

Barre granite had its biggest year in
| 1913. Not since the first stone was
! lifted out of the deposits on Milestone
hill has the output of rough stock and
the finished product been so great. More
over, 1918 with it's record for a heavy
| volume of granite business, promises TO
| be eclipsed by 1914. This morning every
manufacturing establishment in the belt
re-opened after the holiday recess. In
nearly every plant work was started on
spring orders and from now on to Me
mortal day, when many of the most i'm
portant deliveries are made. both the
manufacturing and quarrying ends of
the industry are expected to boom as
| they have never doomed before. As
Barre granite men emerge from their
most successful year to start another
l2-month that is to be even buster, the
prevailing note is distinctly one of OPP
timism.
From reliable sources ii was learned
to-day that the output of rough stock
was from IL to l5 per cent. greater in
1913 than in any previous year. A
glance at the following table viii give
some idea of the increase; 1908, l44,63l
tons; 1908, l64,63S tons; 1913, 28l,796
ton. These figures were obtained from
the Offices OF the Barre railroad and
the tonnage does not include the rough
stock brought to Barre by teams. In
recent years the proportion of stock
transported by team to the cutting
plants has been greatly reduced, but
it is still factor to be reckoned with,
as there are a number of deposits yet
to be reached by spur extensions of the
Barre railroad.
Manufacturers and quarters alike
have been favored with excellent wealth
er conditions and suspensions on account
of cold or the heat have been rare.
Early in the year some difficulty was
experienced with power, but the shortage
was quickly remedied and with the vast
volume of business handled. business
men are conEratulating themselves on
having an abundance of power always
available. How the year 1913 would
have compared with past years had the
manufacturers and quarry owners been
compelled to depend upon the old cleo
tric companies, with inadequate facilities
for furnishing power, is largely prob
lematical. Certain it is that with one
exception the industry has not been
hampered by lack OF power.
One OF the notable factors in the in
crease is the growth of operations in
crushed stone and paving blocks. Twelve
months have seen the paving business
grow from small proportions into an
industry that is claiming the attention
of stone men who hitherto have been
unable to comprehend its possibilities.
Not far from eco carloads have been
shipped out Of Barre since Jan. /, 1918.
The industry is centered on the hill and
there are few quarries that have not
been invaded by paving cutters. This
phase of the granted industry is con-
trolled largely from Barre, quarry own
ers contracting to furnish air and stock
for the cutters. Much of the output
has been shipped from Barre over the
Central Vermont road to New London,
Conn. where it is transferred to boats
and distributed along the coast cities.
In this connection mention may be
made of the possibilities of the building
stone in Barre. In the past one of the
uninviting features of the building end
has been the lack of power. Men of
means have hesitated to enter the man
of building stones because of
this drawback. The obstacle has been
and forward looking men i'll
the Barre granite industry as well as
boosters of everything pertaining to
Barre are predicting the day when Barre
viii be known also for its building stone.
The year. has seen the completion of
several fine memorials, a number of
which were dedicated to men in the
public eve In Utica, n. Y, there is be-
lag erected large mausoleum in honor
Of the late Vice President Sherman. The
memory OF John w. Gates, the financier,
is to be preserved in Woodlawn ceme
terv. New York, by a handsome mauso-
Ieum of Barre granite The work was
rut last summer and 10000 cubic feet
Of stone were used in its construction.
It has lateral dimensions of SO feet six
inches, and SO feet, with height of 81
feet six inches. Columns about the
nalIsoleum are II feet three inches high
With a diameter of three feet. The roof
stone was SO feet eight inches long,
md weighed 80 tons.
In Woodiawn cemetery, too, a gigantic
nausoleum was erected for William
Bradley, prominent New York subway
contractor The roof stone is the largest
.ver quarried in America. 1t is 80 feet,
0 inches long, and weighed 73 tons in
he rough. Barre granite was used for
N especially fine memorial erected in
cemetery at Rutland by Ex-Governor
Iohn A. Mead. 1t is a duplicate of tue
lawrence Myers monument at Wilkes
Barre. Pa. also of Barre granite, and
aid to be the finest private memorial in
he country. During the wear Joseph G..
'annon, ex-speaker OF, the House of Rep
esentatiyes, purchased an all-polished
Barre granite memorial. II has been
ct up in the Cannon family lot at Dan
lille, Ill.
These are only few Of the more not
BILE works turned out by local manu-
acturers in 1918. The demand for fine
seems to have made tire
nendous gain and many of the spring
rders call for this style of a memorial.
;arre statue cutters have also contribut-
d explemary works of their srt TO the
ears output.