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Show MARBLE C0LU1S READYTDB POLISH Georgia Concern Declares It Is Ready to Complete Capitol Contract. According to word received yesterday by D. XL Gulllotte, local ngont of the Bluo Rldgo Marblo company, which virtually vir-tually has tho contract for furnishing marblo for tho Interior of tho new capltol, capl-tol, that company, sine word wu received re-ceived about a week ago that the contract con-tract was to go to thorn, has blocks for tho twenty-four monolithic columna all sawed and lo only awaiting dctlnlto word to take thorn out of tho quarry and potion them. In defenso of tho quality of tho Georgia marblo which will bo put Into tho statohouso tho company has forwarded for-warded to tholr local agent an analysis of tho atone, nil follows: Moisture 10 por cent Silica -18 per cent Aluminum H per cent Magnesium 28 per cent Calcium carbonate ........PS.S2 por cent Total P9.72 per cent In tho statomcnt received It. Is stated that tho OS per cent of calcium car-bonnte car-bonnte Hhowa that tho marblo Is exceptionally ex-ceptionally pure. Tho marblo will bo nuarricd at Talc. Ga., and sawed and polished at the company's com-pany's plant at Nelson, Ga. In placing tho marblo In position In tho capltol tho company hnH announced that it will use all local labor with tho exception of two expcrtu, who will come from tho quarries quar-ries to superintend tho worlt. Al a meeting of tho capltol commission commis-sion scheduled for today It Is expected that tho preliminary action will be ratified rati-fied and the contract signed. |