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1873, ahoiit 20 quarrymcn and Ho cutters were cmplo3ed, witli sales amounting to 

 $200,000; there are now 4 cjuarrymcn and 25 cutters, witli a yearly product of $20,000. 

 Largest Ijlock, 18 tons; could sujjply one 40 by 20 by 6 feet in dimension. J'uildings 

 from this quarry are the Equitable Life Insurance Co. (above the basement), Staats 

 Zcitung building, and Germania Savings Dank, in New York; the Charter Oak Life 

 Insurance Co. (above the basement), in Hartford ; and the City hall and Horticultural 

 hall, in Boston. 



Norton & Holmes (formerly, till J878, J'. iC. J51anchard"s quarry): opened in 1865. 

 In 1873, 20 men were employed in quarrying and 60 in cutting, the yearly sales being 

 about $45,000; tliey arc now $8,000. This quarry supplied the basement and trim- 

 mings for the first three stories (>[ llie Tribune building, New York ; tlie Washington and 

 I'Iddy street fronts of the City hall in i'l-ovidcn* c ; JJemis block, near the 'I'ranscrijjt 

 building, in Boston ; aufl the Soldiers' monument in Ceorgetown, Mass. 



Donagan ti; Davis : quarry opened in 1872. In 1873, 15 quarrymcn and 4 cutlers 

 were employed; sales, $75,000. No quarrying has been done for two years. Some 

 10 cutters arc now employed, the sales being about $10,000. The largest block of 

 granite ever taken from Concord was supplied by this quarry, being the base of the 

 Soldiers' monument at Marlborough, Mass., Si feet square by 3;^ feet thick, weighing 

 22;} tons. Shafts could be got 18 feet long and 4 feet square. The building of the 

 New England Life Insurance Co., in Boston, was from this (|uarry. 



Fuller & Pres.sy : quarry o])encd in 1865. In 1873 about 25 men were employed in 

 quarrying, the sales amounting to $20,000; now 15 men are emjjloyed, the sales being 

 about $7,000, all unhammcred stone. The largest blocks sujJijlicd have weighed 15 to 

 20 tons; shafts could be got j8 feet long and 3 feet square. Jordan & Marsh's Iniild- 

 ing in Boston is from this quarry; also, tlic Manchester, N. II., Soldiers' monument. 



Abijah Ilollis : quarry opened in 1865. In 1S73, 12 men were employed in quarry- 

 ing; at present about 8 arc at work. All the stone is sold rough. Largest blocks 

 ever sent away, i83 tons; could get a bloi k measuring 100 by 30 by 12 feet. Exam- 

 ples of the stone from this quarry are the Ether monument, J5ost(;ii jjublic garden; 

 the Cadet monument. Mount Auburn cemetery; and the Soldiers' monument at Ccju- 

 cord, Mass. 



C]ay lirothers : quarry o])encd in 1865; purchased by jjresent owners in 1876. Men 

 employed in 1873 and now, about 6, — all in fiuanying. 



Crowley & Quinn : quarry opened in i8rj4. In 1873, 10 men, all at f|nnrrying, with 

 sales amounting to $5,000; in 1877, 3 '" quarrying and 4 in (.uUiiig, with sales (;f 

 about $3,000. Largest block, lo^i by 5 by 3.'; feet; could supply shaft 20 feet long and 

 3 feet square. 



Putney (Sc Nutting: quarry opened about 1850, In 1873, <J "i^" were employed, all 

 in quarrying, with •11i5,ooo sales; now, very little is done. 'J'he Masonic Temple in 

 Boston is from this (juarry. 



C. W. I'^merton : quarry opened in 1875; 5 (juarrymen and 5 cutters; yearly sales, 

 about $8,000. 



