... Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I-V (1912)
Parks, W. A. (William Arthur), 1868-1936, Canada. Mines Branch · Ottawa : Government printing bureau · leaf 132
in. centrifugal pump. Ninety-five stonecutters and thirty quarrymen and labourers areemployed. The efficiency of the gang saws is about four inches per hour onlarge blocks. Besides being used for building purposes the stone is sawninto slabs for table tops, counters, etc. It is said to be capable… … 91 Cut shoddy, rock face, $3.50 to $3.75 per sq. yard, f.o.b. quarry. Sills, two brick, rock face, bedded, bushed top, 75 cents per ft., f.o.b.quarry. The production in 1911 was 150,000 cubic feet. Stone for the construction of the post-ofifice in Quebec (Plate XI) washauled from these quarries a…
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