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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1925
Page
1
One of the largest wholesale jobs from Liano in months was shipped early this week by Smith Bros. Granite Works to Longview. The firm completed an extra large order promptly, reflecting the rapid expansion of local granite dealers who note the stone remains unchanged but firms now handle business more efficiently.
B W Laffety and Sons of Dublin represented here Monday as Mr Laffety ordered a carload of finished work. The firm began as B W Laffety in Dublin thirty five years ago and became Laffety and Sons in 1914. They were noted for service, workmanship, and use of Llano granite The Laffetys are prominent in state monument circles and support the R M C A in Texas. G E Pauling of Marlin Marble and Granite Works visited Llano and placed quarry orders for stone.
The Granite Saw by Darragh Bros at Granite Mt draws nationwide attention with extensive coverage in major dailies and magazines. T. Y. Hill of Cassaday Grey Granite travels to South Texas for personal reasons, saying the trip is not business related while stressing Texas granite needs to keep its money in Texas. Llano Granite is touted as a key Texas product fueling rapid market growth.
W D Montgomery secretary of the P Grey Granite Company states that most of the workforce is at the blue granite quarry this week. Workers are erecting derricks and equipment to better fill orders for the blue stone and their established grey granite.
Local quarries undertake extensive improvements to handle winter orders from Texas and surrounding states. Dealers Granite Corp reports road to quarry now in first class condition for all weather hauling. Cassaday Grey Granite Pony shifts to better dispatch with machinery placement underway. Other quarries are laying new breaks and exposing stone for trade. Two extra cars of rough left Llano for Houston and San Antonio.
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