The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1915-09-17


10 between the Mount Nebo Marble
company OF Utah and the Tompkin-
K,ei Marble company Of New York
the product OF the Utah quarries OF
the company. consisting Of hirdseye
,arbi. and other valuable and beaut-
fut marbles. will be place on the mar
ke, I'm every state and indications are
n, this time FOR an extensive sale Of
the product. says the Herald Republi-
can The Utah marble will be ship
ned Co the New York plant OF the
Tompkin. company In the rough
and distributed from that point ~
finished product
y. T. Porter. director Of the Mount
Ncbo Marble company. has Just re-
turned from New York. where he
closed the contract with the Eastern
concern. which l. the largest marble
| commission company IN the United
| statet Porter says that the Tomp-
kin-Kicl company was most enthusl-
astic over the Utah product and anti
clpatcd using az least carload day
In the near future.
First Carload shipped.
The first carload ~ Utah marble In
| blocks six o. eight feet long and con-
tanning seventy-five 10 n hundred Gu
bic feet 81 marble went forward To
| New York last week and other ship
ments will follow az the rate ~ about
one carload every ten days Tor the
next two months. ~ the end Of that
time. the Tompkin-kici company re-.
port to e. u. Stewart. secretary % the
Mount Nebo company. that shipments
viii be increased to two 60 three ear
loads week and further increase to
a carload n day within three Co four
months The shipment which went
forward last week II TO be- used In /,
building In New York city.
The Tompkin-kiol company IL the
largest marble commission house IN
the United states" says Stewart. "and
hereafter viii handle our product Ia
all the states with the exception Of
Utah. An Investigation has been
made by the company Of the quarrica
~ the Tennessee Marble company M
Knoxville. Tenn. and ~ our quarrics
and Il finds that conditions here are
much better and the quality Of the
marble II superior 10 that OF Tonnes
see or any other produced In the Uni.
ted States. GOV. William spry. whll,
In the East recently. accompanied
Porter a. the Knoxville quarrieH and
says that there IL no comparison OF
the quality OF the two products.
The Tompkin-Kiei people are
most enthusiastic over our output and
are receiving inquiries daily about the
marble. They have kept the wirei
hot telcgraphing for samples and the
prospects for the marble Industry In
Utah are most bright. They have
reported Co NJ that our marble doe,
not come into competition with an,
marble produced In the United States
The only marble produced anywher,
In the world which comes near belnl
as good In quality or as beautiful a,
the Utah stone In from the quarrles OF
France. Germany and Italy. but thes,
are now closed down and no shin.
menta are being made 20 the Unitet
> states ON account OF the war.
We already have sent forward ON,
carload OF our marble 10 the Tomp,
4, kin'hiel company and two more cur,
I are ready for shipment The stone 4
being shipped In the rough for dress
ng NJ the New York plants and be
fore the end OF three or four months
AZ the most we anticipate. on adyicei
? from the New York concern, 20 b.
shipping at least a carload a day.
WIN Require More Men.
In order TO handle this increase,
d business We will add a second pneu
matte drill 60 our battery az the quar-
ry' This viii necessltate the employ
ment OF about fifteen more men I,
k handle the work"
The Utah marble Is bringing On an,
. company a thousand dollars a oarloa,
Ia the rough, which win mean viii
dalN shipments OF only carload
more than three hundred and NH,
thousand dollars annually 10 the Utai
u concern This does not include IN,
business In Utah. which will be han
a dled exclusively by the companv h,
self. '""' F"