Circular Descriptive of the Wardwell Stone Channeling and Quarrying Machines Issued by the Steam Stone Cutter Company Proprietors of Patents and Sole Manufacturers Rutland, Vermont 1893 The catalog begins: The largely increasing demand for stone for building and other purposes, calls for the introduction of labor-saving devices, which, while increasing the supply, lowers the cost of production. To this class belong the machines herewith illustrated and which are extensively used for quarrying throughout the country. This article, which begins on the next page, is presented on the Stone Quarries and Beyond web site. http://quarriesandbeyond.org/ Peggy B. Perazzo Email: pbperazzo@comcast.net August 2015
The following stone companies are included in the Testimonials section of the Circular Descriptive of the Wardwell Stone Channeling and Quarrying Machines (Issued by the Steam Stone Cutter Company, Proprietors of Patents and Sole Manufacturers, Rutland, Vermont, 1893, 16 pp.): The Cleveland Stone Company, Cleveland, Ohio J. W. Worthington, President, Dec. 4, 1889 The New England Brown Stone Company, Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut Fred De Puyster, Superintendent, Dec. 4, 1888 Hartley Bros., Proprietors of Lake Superior Brown Stone Quarries, Houghton, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, Dec. 20, 1888 Bayfield Brown Stone Company, Bayfield, Wisconsin, R. D. Pike, Manager, Dec. 13, 1888 Leesville Stone Company, Bucyrus, Ohio, Dec. 17, 1888 Corona Marble Company, Producers of Corona White and Blue Corona Cloud, Corona Brandon and Dark Veined Blue, Block, Sawed and Finished. Quarries and Mills at Brandon, Vermont George F. Breed, President, April 5, 1890 True Blue Marble Company, West Rutland, Vermont, George C. Underhill, Superintendent March 25, 1890 Perry, Matthews & Buskirk, Bedford, Indiana, W. N. Matthews, Manager, March 25, 1890 Carthage Marble and White Lime Company St. Louis, Missouri, Charles O. Dorr, Agent, March 24, 1890 Warsaw Blue Stone Company, Warsaw, New York March 24, 1890 The Prentice Brown Stone Company, Quarries at Houghton, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, F. Prentice, President and Treasurer, et al. Salem Stone and Lime Company, Louisville, Kentucky, Dexter Belknap, Superintendent January 31, 1885 Ashland Brown Stone Company, Lake Superior, Ashland, Wisconsin, Dec. 17, 1888 Kasota Stone Quarries, Kasota, Minnesota C. W. Babcok, Babcock & Smith, Houghton, Bayfield Co., Wisconsin, Dec. 24, 1888 Rockville Quarries Office, Leaman, Illinois Charles L. Hubbard, Manager, May 9, 1884 Valido Marble Company, West Rutland, Vermont Joel J. May, Foreman, Sept. 3, 1884 Hoosier Stone Company, Bedford, Indiana, T. V. Thornton, Secretary, May 29, 1884 Kankakee Stone and Lime Company, Kankakee, Illinois, William C. Cleghorn, Secretary April 30, 1884 F. S. Gross, Lee, Massachusetts, April 30, 1876 Tomlinson & Reed, Chicago, Illinois, Feb. 9, 1883 Belknap & Dumesnil Stone Company, Louisville, Kentucky, A. Dumesnil, Secretary and Treasurer, March 12, 1883 J. Pickel & Bros., St. Louis, Missouri, Sandstone Quarries Jan. 19, 1878 Grafton Stone Company, Grafton, Ohio G. E. Royce, Rutland, Vermont, April 26, 1884 Dorset Marble Company, Rutland, Vermont, March 31, 1883 Warrensburg Sandstone quarries, Warrensburg, Missouri, Bruce & Vitch, St. Louis, Missouri, William Bruce, Superintendent, Aug. 24, 1879 J. K. Freedly & Son, Marble Dealers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 1, 1876 Chicago & Bedford Stone Company, F. M. Melick, Secretary, March 29, 1879 Lord, Belows & Company Quarry on Kelly s Island, Ohio, J. W. Gilson, Bedford, Indiana, March 26, 1879 Rutland Vermont Marble Company, West Rutland, Vermont, & the Kent & Root quarry at South Dorset, Vermont. George C. Underhill, Superintendent for Kent & Root, March 30, 1883 Beaver Dam Marble Company, Baltimore Maryland, Hugh Sisson, President, Edward C. Wilson, Secretary, March 23, 1883
Hawkins Company, Tennessee, W. H. Evans, Baltimore, Maryland, March 24, 1884 Esperanza Marble Company, W. O. Sargent, Superintendent, New York, March 30, 1883 Oolitic limestone quarry, Voris, Norton & Company, Bedford, Indiana, March 26, 1883 Terre Haute Stone Works, J. F. Gulick, Secretary and Treasurer, Terre Haute, Indiana, March 26, 1883 Shaler & Hall Quarry Company, Connecticut brown stone, Portland, Connecticut, March 28, 1883 Limestone Quarries, Ellettsville, Indiana, John Matthews & Son, Jan. 18, 1878 Berea Stone Company, Berea, Ohio, F. M. Stearns, President, March 10, 1883 Amherst, Berea, and Grafton sandstone quarries, L. Haldeman & Son, Cleveland, Ohio, April 24, 1884 Burlington Manufacturing Company, F. W. Smith & Company, Pittsford, Vermont, Feb. 18, 1882 The Middlesex Quarry Company, Portland, Connecticut, Jan. 23, 1880 Rutland Marble Company, J. N. Baxter, Superintendent, West Rutland, Vermont, April 1, 1879 Worthington & Sons, Cleveland, Ohio, April 29, 1884 Kent & Root, South Dorset, Vermont, March 12, 1883 Quarries near Knoxville, Tennessee, J. W. S. Frierson, Knoxville, Tennessee, Feb. 16, 1883 Esperanza Marble Company, Office at 115 Broadway, New York, George F. Breed, General Manager, March 1, 1883 Alexander Maxwell & Company, Dealers in Granite and Marble, Marble Quarries at East Canaan, Connecticut, April 25, 1876 Lake Superior Sandstone Quarry, Edwin Walker, Chicago, Illinois, Oct. 10, 1872 Lobb, Dawson, & Murray, contractors, Limestone quarry, Section 12, Welland Canal, Thorold, May 21, 1876 Snider Stone and Lime Company, Manitou Springs, Colorado Red Rock Sandstone quarries, June 3, 1890 Eureka Sandstone Quarry Company, Allen Robertson, President, Tenino, Washington, May 1890 Portage Red Stone Company, Chicago, Illinois, June 5, 1890 Furst, Jacobs & Company, Marquette, Michigan, June 23, 1890 Monroe County Oolitic Stone Company, B. F. Adams, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer, Bloomington, Indiana, June 9, 1890 Arcadian Brown Stone Company, W. S. Maxwell, Manager, Superior, Wisconsin, June 19, 1890 Forest City Stone Company, F. C. Stone Company, John Holland, Cleveland, Ohio, June 6, 1890 Southern Construction & Quarry Company, A. W. Stewart, Rockfield, Kentucky, June 12, 1890 Stone City quarries, H. Dearborn & Sons, Stone City, Jones Co., Iowa, June 5, 1890 Bloomington Stone Company, James B. Mulky, Secretary, Bloomington, Indiana, June 11, 1890 North Bedford Stone Company, B. A. McGee, General Manager, Bloomington, Indiana, Dec. 24, 1890 Peerless Stone Company, Peerless Stone Quarry, L. Dalton, General Manager, Bedford, Indiana, Dec. 15, 1890 H. E. Mussey & Company quarries, Elyria, Ohio, Dec. 15, 1890 Cosner & Norton Stone Company, Bedford, Indiana, Dec. 5, 1890 Hinckley Stone Company, J. H. Hedges, Manager, South Greenfield, Watkins P.O., Missouri, Dec. 19, 1890 Cedar Valley Stone Quarries, E. J. C. Bealer, Proprietor, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Dec. 21, 1890 Illinois & Indiana Stone and Coal Manufacturing and Improvement Co., J. N. Dexter, General Superintendent, Cayuga, Indiana, July 7, 1890 Phenix Stone and Lime Company, Kansas City, Missouri, June 10, 1890 Bedford Stone Company, H. W. Walls, Secretary, Bedford, Indiana, June 5, 1890 David Reed quarries, Chicago, Illinois, June 10, 1890
Big Creek Stone Company, G. W. Bollenbacher, General Manager, Bloomington, Indiana, June 6, 1890 Bodenschatz Bedford Stone Company, E. H. Brown, Secretary, Chicago, Illinois, June 9, 1890 Georgia Marble Company, Office and quarries, Tate, Perkins County, Georgia, Tate Georgia, George H. Keeler, General Manager, June 7, 1890 Elyria Stone Company, Elyria, Ohio, Dec. 16, 1890