Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-08-12
| STONE MOUNTAIN
CONTRACT AWARDED

Atlanta, Ga.-A contract has been
awarded for relieving, outlining and
pointing the equestrian figures of
Davis, Lee, Jaskson and color bear
er in the central group of the Stone
Mountain Memorial and the work will
start Immediately on large scale, it
was announced Saturday by the
Stone Mountain Memorial Associa-
ton.
The following statement was given
out by Hollins Randolph, president,
on behalf of the Association:
eve have just awarded contract
for the first section of the central
group to the Stone Mountain Granite
| Corporation, and work will start i'm
mediately upon mobilization of the
necessary men and machinery, and
will be prosecuted on large scale
with the utmost possible rapidity.
This action was taken after ex-
haustive consideration of proposals
submitted by several bidders. We
have lost some time in making the
award, but have saved, we believe, a
great deal of money by refraining
from precipitate action. Acceptance
of the proposal of the Stone Noun
tain Granite Corporation was unani-
nous. Their work is to be done I'M
der the supervision and subject to the
approval of the Sculptor, Mr.. Luke
man, who was present at the meet
ing when their proposal was accepted
and concurred in the action taken.
''The Stone Mountain Granite Cor
poration is one of the oldest and
most responsible concerns in its line
of business in the United States. 1t
holds under lease from the owners of
Stone Mountain the granite produc-
ing rights of the mountain. 1t has
been operating the lease fourteen
years and the lease has twenty--siX
years to run. 1t has at it's quarries a
very large organization of men and
machinery, which enables it to make
an immediate start on the work for
the Memorial Association. 1t has han
died more Stone Mountain granite in
all sizes, shapes and forms than any
one else, and therefore it is more ia
miliar with this particular granite
than anyone else.
"The company enjoys very high
reputation in the business world. 1t
has successfully and satisfactorily
performed some of the largest gran
tie producing and granite carving
l contracts on record. 1t furnished a
large portion of the granite for the
Delaware river bridge linking Phila.
delphia and Camden, the longest and
highest suspension bridge in the
world. Embraced in that contract
was the carving of ornamental pan
els of colossal dimensions. 1t is un.
der contract to furnish a portion of
the granite for the Arlington Me-
mortal bridge across the Potomac at
Washington. 1t is under contract to
furnish the granite for the new Gu
ban capitol building at Havana, which
contract includes ten Ionic columns
| five feet in diameter and forty feet
high. 1t has furnished the granite
for four hundred post offices in forty
six states, besides innumerable other
public buildings, bridges, etc.
"In addition to it's operations at
Stone Mountain, the company oper-
ates at New Orleans a very large
monumental works, both in granite
and marble. The officers of the COM
pany are Albert Weiblen, secretary;
George Weiblen, treasurer; R. E..
Suggs, sales manager.
"The Stone Mountain Memorial
Association has in cash and solvent
subscriptions an amount practically
sufficient to carry the first section of
the central group to completion.
"With the creation of designs in
,, the hands of sculptor of such high
ability and character as Mr.. Luke
man, and with the execution of those
designs on the mountain in the hands
of company of such great expe-
rience and high standing, we feel that
the success of the enterprise is abso-
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