The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-13
BARRE MEN MAKING GOOD.
AS Proprietors of Southern California
Granite Co.


An industrial edition of the Sar
Diego, Cal, Sun of Dec "a, contains
an appreciative account of the develop
ment of the Southern California Co.
managed by Dante T. Rossi, formerly
| of Barre, once Barre Times newsboy
and one of the founders of the Italian
Athletic club of Barre. In the same
concern are Ugo Rossi and Albino Con-
| ii, both of whom were former Barre
men, the latter having been employed
! by the Harrison Granite company and
| being a leading man in the one time
Italian Dramatic club, while Ugo Rossi
| formerly worked for Jones Bros. Co.
and was also a member of the Italian
Athletic club.
The article in the San Diego paper
says:
ID F. Rossi, veteran granite work
err of Vermont, travelling in the west
several years ago for an eastern stone
house, noted this fact of longevity in
the granite working game. He was
particularly struck by this climatic
advantage. Then he looked about for
granite fields Here in San Diego coun-
ty he found granite--excellent granite
and he decided that here he should
tie his boat
THAT was the beginning OF Rossi's
interest in California; the direct re-
suit was his foundation of granite
company in San Diego drawing from
quarries at Foster that to-day is fur
nishng monuments of Silver GRAY
granite to practically the entire vest
a territory that comprises Washing
ton, Oregon, California, Nevada and
Arizona.
'Rossi general manager Of the i'm
portant and growing Southern Cali
fornia Granite Co., 3S45 NJ street, in
announcing that he plans extensive
development of the industry here and
the TRIPPING of his capacity together
with an incorporation of a big com
panY said:
Could Be Leader.
"'There is no need for San Diego
to bow to any city in the country as
a capital of the granite industry. Here
you have the wonderful Silver Gray
granite, a stone that is similar to
Rhode Island granite in excellence of
texture. We cannot only compete with !
the eastern granite in quality, but also |
in price; the freight rates attend to
that. Sipee there is no combine" in
the granite field, as in the marble bust |
ness. il is easier for the independent |
producer 70 make Roadway and to put |
his product upon the market
San Diego's all-vear outdoor gran |
ite working possibilities and the SUI
periority Of the quality of the stone,
make for great advantages that should
not he overlooked
"The company now has as interest
eluding quarries and plant-of about
100000. of which s25 900 alone is
invested in the manufacturing plant Il
here. Both retail and wholesale
business is done though the latter
$ the more important The raw stone
: shipped north to San Francisco aud
ven farther. and finished monuments
ire also being distributed throughout
he entire western territory
Demand Is Heavy.
An example Of the demand that
tossi has created for his product -
he fact that a Acton monument
out and finished inside from
single big block Of stone, was re
emily placed in the Inglewood GENE
cry at Los Angeles
"Rossi's experience dates from boy
God in the granite fields of Vermont. II
1here he literally grew up with the z
usiness. His has been a thorough /
raining After learning the cutting t
nd trimming craft, he went to italy, .
there for a year he studied sculpture c
D stone, For 10 years he travelled as d
representative of various big east b
I'm companies. v
"Able. practical men-who can &C. il
omplish anything demanded in the t
ranite business-are Rossi's chief as y
stants Ugo Rossi is superintendent Z
quarries A. Cont is plant super
ltendent" G