Show ArJiflcfal Stone Mr Elias Morris of the firm of Morris Evans has with characteristic charac-teristic energy introduced a new Industry in-dustry into the territory I is artificial arti-ficial stone and is one of the newest and will probably become one of the most useful of discoveries A visit to the yard of the firm on Tuesday I showed the men employed in tho manufacture of this stone Its constituents con-stituents are Portland cement lime and gravel and isis made into al desired shapes by means of moulds into which it is placed where it takes shape and is then turned out The men were engaged iJ turning out stone which engge used for the new residence of Hon James Sharp general freight and tcket agent of the standard guago lines running north and south from this city The water tables were ready also the stones for the bay window windowsills window-sills window arches circular window win-dow arches brackets corner stones and ornamental work It can be manufactured into anv desired shape and possesses the hardness and durability marble while it is claimed to be much cheaper Some of it had only been turned out eight or nine days and yet was hard and tough and Mr Morris says that this artificial stone possesses such peculiar pecu-liar qualities that it keeps getting harder and harder with age At the same place others were engaged in manufacturing asbestine pipes There were some 1700 feet to be used for Mr l Folsom to bring water from a spring near the Warm Springs to his place near there There were also some 2000 feet of subirrigation pipe being manufactured for Cooper Brothers t bring water from spring to property pro-perty some distance away I Mr Morris keeps a large number of men ac worK at one and another of these new industries and i doing good for the country by the introduction intro-duction of new substantial and cheaper articles for general need |