Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-02
WESTERLY

Westerly is a granite center and the rrnduct Is noted for it's high grade and is used in monumental and carv- ed work as well as in building, when the very best material is required. Granite seems to be one of the very fw products that has not advanced at least che hundred per cent in price. The advance in ten years IS about AS per cent, the in crease tn the past seventeen months being 90 per cent, while wages, supplies and edufpment have doubled. The con diftons have been met to a marked degree by the installation of modern iahor-saving high efficiency equip ment for Quarrying the granite.
 Frank A, Sullivan, president and treasurer of the Crumb Quarry com pany, producers of fine quarried blue white Westerly granite, says: Due to the continued increase in the cost of production there is an advance in prices, effective January 1, 1920. While we have not increased our prices on stub posts, most of the other sizes have been raised. not in a flat advance, but we have adjusted the increase, as far as. possible, to cover the additional cost of production. The higher percentage in the smaller sizes Is necessary on account of the greater amount of labor required. We are endavoring to met the new conditions in part by an increase in efficiency.
 .sTen years ago with the quarries being operated by 8 number of differ ent companies, the price for the large sizes was $S per cubic foot. The pres eIit price is S444 per, cubic foot, a raise of 2 3-4 per cent over the 1918 price and an increase of but 4S per cent. in ten years, while wages have more than doubled in that time, as well as the cost of all supplies and equipment.
 Tn spite of the shortage Of labor and other difficulties we have en- counterede during the past year, we have been able to keep our quarries in excellent condition. During Jan uary and February we may be held up somewhat by severe cold weather and heavy snow storms, to be ex- pected during these months but v=e are looking forward to 20 serious de- lays tins winter. We always keep our Quarr7eS in operation, no matter what the conditions are. There may be necessary temporary curtailment, but the operation goes right along!
 The Congregational Ministers As- sociation will meet on Monday in the Plymouth church, Providence. The programme is as follows: -Devotions Rev. Philip Joh; sermon, Shepherd or Trader, Rev. John M. Warren; an- nual election of officers and reports; Gospel in a Chapter of Les sMiserab bles, Rev. Edward F. Evans; Fererro, An Appreciation, Rev. pr. Asbury Krom; dinner; Captain Trevitt. Salvation, Army, will be the principal after dinner speaker.
 Soft soap whisksy, with alcohol as the base, with soft alkaH soap and water for the filling, and a coloring extract to make it look like the real thing, has been discovered in Prov idence. The state chemist upon ana lysing a sample said it contained a soft aIkali soap, mad if used as a beverage would cause sickness, and if considerable quantity of the stuff was consumed death might result.
 The Rhode Island office of the na- ional war savings organization was permanently closed with the passing Of the old year and now the work will be directed entirely from the Federal Reserve districts. The office in Rhode Island has ben in operation more than two years and over ss.OO0,00O worth oi war savings and thrift staNps have been sold. Rhode Island ranks fourth among the states tn the pel