BUILDING STONE. 591 
There is but little variation in the character of the material except 
in color. The material has been used principally in the construction 
of railroad bridges on the Chicago branch of the Baltimore and Ohio 
railroad. Considerable of the material is used at Lezington, Ohio, and 
in the neighborhood of the quarry. Only a small amount of powder is 
used in the extraction of the stone, and the amount of production is 
controlled by theydemand for stone by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 
Company. The layers of stoneare from 6 inches to 6 feet in thickness, 
and open joints occur from 4 to 5 inches in width. About 60 feet of 
rock are exposed in the quarry at the present time, and the formation 
has not yet been quarried out to the bottom. The color of the layers 
near the top of the quarry is brownish; farther down some of the stone 
has a yellowish appearance, and at the bottom of the quarry is a layer 
of mottled or clouded stone, a blending of red and brown. 
An abundance of stone of indifferent quality may be obtained in 
the vicinity of Wooster from the Waverly formation. A little north 
of the town a much-broken sandstone is quarried to some extent for the 
production of material for building foundations and cellar walls. 
The most important quarry in this locality is in the Waverly con- 
‘glomerate. In this quarry blocks of any desired dimensions may be 
obtained, and the stone is used principally for the construction of foun- 
dations and bridge work. At the joints the material shows a discolor- 
ation to a depth of about | inch, due to weathering. A quality of ma- 
terial rather superior to the above is obtained from the Carboniferous or 
Sharon conglomerate in Chippewa township, in the northeastern part of 
the county. 
In the quarry of the Walnut Grove Stone Company, operated here, 
large blocks are obtained for bridge-building purposes, and some uf the 
material quarried is used for the construction of foundations. The 
principal markets for the material are at Orville and Wooster, and some 
is transported to Akron, in Summit county. The material is a coarse- 
grained though quite firm and durable sand rock, very suitable for 
heavy masonry. At the natural joints inthe quarry the material shows 
but little discoloration from the effects of weathering. The marketable 
material here comes almost to the surface; it is necessary to remove 
only about 3 feet of drift material before the marketable product is 
reached. The material is quite soft when first quarried, but hardens 
upon losing the quarry water. 
