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the first quarry north of the river; owned as now since 1874; workmen, about 5 ; sales 

 yearly, $3,000, formerly (in 1874) $8,000. 



George F. Parker: quarry near the last; opened in 1869; annual product, formerly, 

 $4,000, now $1,200. 



Albert Carlton: near the foregoing; opened in 1876; workmen, 2; annual sales, 

 about $1,500. 



Kittredge & Palmer: same locality; opened in 1874; annual sales, about $1,500. 



Parker Fletcher: same locality; annual sales, about $1,000. 



Newton Perham : quarry in edge of Amherst, teaming to Milford ; yearly product, 

 about $1,000. 



Granite dealers in Milford, who dress the stone but do not own quarries, are Isaac H. 

 Carlton, Charles S. Barnes, Marvell & Weaver, Pierce Perham, and Frank Frost. 



Fitzwilliatn. The granite quarries in Fitzwilliam are principally situated beside or 

 near the railroad in the vicinity of the depot. Brief notes respecting them are as fol- 

 lows : 



Daniel H. Reed: quarries one half mile south of the depot; opened in 1816; owned 

 and worked as now since 1864, on a tract of 300 acres, mostly of granite suitable for 

 quarrying. Five openings are now worked, two of them supplying large amounts. 

 Quarrymen, 10 to 30; average number of cutters, 5. Sales in 1869, $40,000; now, 

 about $15,000 yearly. A part of this granite lies in straight sheets, varying in thick- 

 ness from a few inches to a foot, from which flagstones of any desired extent can be 

 obtained. Largest block sold, 12 feet long by 4 feet square, weighing 16 tons; 

 largest sheet, 16 by 9 by r foot. The statues on Horticultural hall in Boston, and St. 

 Paul's church in Worcester, are from this granite. 



Albert Hayden : quarry one fourth mile north of the depot; opened in 1872; 6 

 workmen; yearly sales, about $5,000. Kruff's block, Pearl street, Boston, was from 

 this quarry. 



A. D. Stone & Company: quarry about li miles north of Fitzwilliam village, team- 

 ing to Troy depot, 2 miles. Workmen, formerly, 20 ; no work done last year. 



The following quarries are beside the railroad, one mile west of Fitzwilliam depot : 



Ethan Blodgett & Company: quarry opened in 1867. Average number of quarry- 

 men, 16; of cutters, 9. Sales in 1873, about $20,000; last year, $12,000. Largest 

 block, 10 by 7 by 2f feet, weighing 15^ tons. Shafts 20 feet long by 3^ feet square 

 can be supplied. Specialty, monumental and cemetery work. T. K. Earle's house 

 in Worcester, the court house in Fitchburg, and the trimmings of Morse Institute in 

 Natick, Mass., are from this quarry. 



R. L. Angier: quarry opened in 1865. Average number of quarrymen, 8; of cut- 

 ters, 8. Value of product in 1873, $10,000; in 1877, $6,000. Largest block, 16 feet 

 long by 2i feet square, weighing 15 tons ; could supply 20 feet long by 3 feet square ; 

 has sold blocks 6 feet square and 2 feet thick; could supply 10 feet square and 3 feet 

 thick. Trimmings of Murdock block, and of the National Bank, in Winchendon, 

 Mass., and the Soldiers' monument in Granville, N. Y., are from this quarry. 



