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  FoETY-SEVEJSTH 
  REPORT 
  OA 
  THE 
  St 
  ATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  quarries 
  in 
  close 
  proximi'y, 
  and 
  when 
  an 
  extra 
  large 
  stone 
  is 
  to 
  

   be 
  moved, 
  a 
  sufficient 
  number 
  of 
  men 
  are 
  summoned 
  from 
  the 
  

   neighboring 
  quarries 
  to 
  handle 
  it. 
  As 
  only 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  men, 
  

   on 
  an 
  average, 
  work 
  in 
  each 
  quarry, 
  this 
  changing 
  work 
  is 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  when 
  heavy 
  stones 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  moved. 
  The 
  rough 
  trimming 
  

   is 
  usually 
  all 
  that 
  the 
  quarrymen 
  attempt. 
  In 
  other 
  words, 
  the 
  

   quarry 
  men 
  only 
  roughly 
  dress 
  to 
  size. 
  This 
  rough 
  material 
  is 
  

   sold 
  to 
  the 
  dealers. 
  It 
  is 
  then 
  taken 
  to 
  mills 
  either 
  at 
  tide 
  

   water 
  or 
  near 
  railroads, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  sawn 
  into 
  exact 
  size. 
  For 
  

   finely-dressed 
  and 
  surfaced 
  stone 
  large 
  planes 
  are 
  used. 
  The 
  

   saws 
  are 
  such 
  as 
  are 
  used, 
  in 
  marble 
  mills 
  that 
  is, 
  strips 
  of 
  sjft 
  

   iron, 
  and 
  the 
  cutting 
  is 
  done 
  by 
  sand 
  fed 
  to 
  the 
  saws 
  by 
  shovels 
  

   and 
  distributed 
  by 
  streams 
  of 
  water. 
  The 
  planers 
  are 
  built 
  after 
  

   the 
  same 
  general 
  plan 
  of 
  iron 
  planers. 
  The 
  kinds 
  of 
  stone, 
  as 
  to 
  

   shape, 
  size 
  and 
  use, 
  are 
  more 
  numerous 
  than 
  the 
  uninitiatel 
  would 
  

   imagine. 
  The 
  principal 
  terms 
  used 
  10 
  designate 
  them 
  are 
  as 
  fol- 
  

   lows: 
  Flagging, 
  platforms, 
  rock, 
  cut 
  garden, 
  curb, 
  gutter, 
  sills, 
  

   coping, 
  door 
  sills, 
  steps, 
  Belgian 
  bridge-crossings, 
  rubbed 
  s 
  lis, 
  

   rubbed 
  curbs 
  and 
  lintels, 
  axed 
  twenty-inch 
  curb, 
  rubbed 
  flagging 
  

   and 
  hearths, 
  plamd 
  flagging, 
  planed 
  headers, 
  planed 
  platforms, 
  

   sawed 
  and 
  planed 
  well 
  stone, 
  foundation 
  stone 
  and 
  corners. 
  All 
  

   of 
  these 
  vary 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  weight 
  and 
  thickness. 
  

  

  In 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  ownership 
  of 
  quarries, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  

   comparatively 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  men 
  engaged 
  in 
  quarrying 
  own 
  the 
  

   quarries 
  which 
  they 
  work. 
  A 
  farmer 
  on 
  whose 
  farm 
  is 
  workable 
  

   stone 
  may 
  lease- 
  his 
  stone 
  to 
  the 
  quarrymen. 
  The 
  royalty 
  

   exacted 
  is 
  about 
  five 
  cents 
  per 
  square 
  foot 
  of 
  surface 
  uncovered. 
  

   For 
  instance, 
  if 
  a 
  quarry 
  man 
  strips 
  a 
  bed 
  of 
  stone 
  100 
  feet 
  long 
  by 
  

   10 
  feet 
  wide, 
  he 
  pays 
  royalty 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  way: 
  10" 
  feet 
  x 
  

   10 
  feet 
  = 
  1000 
  square 
  feet, 
  (000 
  square 
  feet 
  x 
  .0 
  = 
  $J0 
  This 
  

   is 
  independent 
  of 
  the 
  thickness 
  of 
  the 
  bed. 
  The 
  amount 
  of 
  

   necessary 
  stripping 
  influences 
  the 
  price 
  per 
  superficial 
  foot. 
  

   When 
  another 
  block 
  is 
  stripped 
  the 
  owner 
  measures 
  it 
  up 
  and 
  is 
  

   paid 
  his 
  royalty. 
  Another 
  method 
  in 
  vogue 
  is 
  to 
  charge 
  a 
  

   royalty 
  on 
  the 
  gross 
  sales. 
  A 
  quarryman 
  takes 
  a 
  load 
  of 
  stone 
  

   to 
  a 
  buyer 
  and 
  receives 
  cash, 
  less 
  two 
  to 
  five 
  per 
  cent, 
  which 
  is 
  

   paid 
  to 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  quarry. 
  Some 
  farmers 
  work 
  a 
  block 
  

   of 
  stone 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  when 
  a 
  slack 
  time 
  comes; 
  though, 
  as 
  

   a 
  rule, 
  their 
  workable 
  stone 
  is 
  leased 
  to 
  men 
  who 
  follow 
  quarry- 
  

   ing 
  as 
  a 
  steady 
  business. 
  

  

  