Granite at the Chester Granite and Polishing Works ,transportation, by Chester & Becket Railroad, a branch of the Boston & Albany, which connects the Becket quarry through Walker Brook hollow with the main line at Chester, a distance of 3 miles. The rough stone is shipped direct from the quarry; the rest is taken to the cutting shed at Chester and reshipped there. The granite thus comes to be known as “Chester granite,” although the quarry is in Becket.

The product is in regular demand for monuments in Pennsylvania, New York, and Michigan. Specimens: Dr. Hoover monument, Chambersburg, Pa.; Mc- Cormack monument, Pittsburgh, Pa.; W. A. Harder monument, Hudson, N. Y.

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