BLUESTONE AND OTHER SANDSTONES 



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and grain the stone is very similar to the Portage bluestone. 

 It holds the color well on exposure and is easily worked. 



The quarries are in the shape of irregular pits, the vertical 

 joints forming the sides and ends. The blocks are cut, how- 

 ever, by channeling machines. The channel makes a cut 

 5 feet 9 inches in depth, 2\" wide at top and 1\" wide at the 

 bottom; 18 to 20 linear feet can be cut every 10 hours. The 

 level of the beds is below that of the surrounding country and 

 water is very troublesome. It is handled by steam pumps. 



The equipment of the Warsaw bluestone co. consists of a 

 Wardwell channeling machine, three drills, a steam pump, two 

 steam hoisting derricks; and a mill at Kock Glen with 12 gang 

 saws, two planers, one borer, one circular saw, one lathe and 

 four steam hoisting derricks. 45 men are employed in the 

 quarry, and 20 men in the mill during the season. 



Otis & Gage have a mill in course of erection within 100 

 yards of their quarry. A gravity railway connects the two. 

 The mill is to be fully equipped with saws, planers, lathes etc. 

 At the quarry there is in operation one Sullivan channeling 

 machine, one steam drill, a steam hoisting derrick and a steam 

 pump. 50 men are employed in quarry and mill. 



Both mills are connected with the Erie railroad by side 

 tracks. The market for this stone is in New York, Elmira, 

 Corning, Binghamton, Philadelphia and Washington. 



The following are examples of its use in construction: St 

 Joseph's school at Buffalo; catholic school at Middletown; 

 catholic church at Binghamton; armories at Brooklyn, Hudson, 

 Hornellsville and Tonawanda; Yassar college at Poughkeepsie; 

 residences at Corning, and the residence of N. S. Beardsley at 

 Warsaw. 



Waverly, Tioga co. 

 Gilbert Edgecomb's quarry is 2 miles north of Waverly, west 

 of the Lehigh Yalley railroad on a hillside. The quarry is 100 

 feet above the level of the valley. The hight of the face at the 

 back is 75 feet, and the length 125 feet in a north and south 

 direction. The bed is covered with 4 feet of earth. The stone 



