Alviso was a center for collected and dredged Oyster shells that were crushed and baked for there lime]Calcium Carbonate] and then shipped to Permanente to be processed. On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Marilyn Demas <theschoolbell@yahoo.com>wrote: > Peggy,You have been busy! Most Interesting!!!marilyn > > --- On Sun, 4/14/13, Peggy B Perazzo <pbperazzo@comcast.net> wrote: > > From: Peggy B Perazzo <pbperazzo@comcast.net> > Subject: [NORCAL] Paving stone quarry competition between Rocklin CA & > China in 1876 > To: Norcal@rootsweb.com > Date: Sunday, April 14, 2013, 9:44 PM > > There was competition between California quarries and Chinese > quarries even in 1876. > > > "Our Granite Quarries," "Daily Alta California," Vol. 28, No. 9763, > December 29, 1876, pp. 1 > > "A member of the Pacific Granite Quarries now in this city, says they > are pushing the work in the granite quarries at Rocklin, where they > have spent large sums of money in developing. Now they meet with a > ruinous competition, in the way of pavement blocks brought from China > as ballast, and sold at any price that can be had at quick sale; a > price so very low that it would not pay freight from our California > quarries. > > "This competition is so discouraging that it is a question whether > they can continue to get out that class of stone. Should they be > compelled to suspend, it would throw out of employment a large number > of men who have families to support. He thinks there is a tariff on > such stone, if so, it ought to be enforced, for if our own quarries > can be stopped by such competition, then the persons bringing stone > from China will make our citizens pay well for their former loss. > > "This may become a serious question, for the ships from China cannot > bring enough to meet the demands of this city, while our quarries > cannot be started up at any time merely to supply a temporary demand > for this pavement. To make such pavement at a reasonable price and > profit, the business must be kept up with all the advantages of > experience in working the quarries." > > > Peggy B. Perazzo > pbperazzo@comcast.net > Stone Quarries and Beyond > http://quarriesandbeyond.org/ > All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton AntiVirus > <http://www.symantec.com/>http://www.symantec.com/ > > New additions to our web site will be listed on our Twitter or > Facebook pages, which is open to the public. (You do not need to > join Facebook to view the new additions. You only need to join > Facebook if you want to receive automatic notifications of new additions.) > http://www.facebook.com/StoneQuarriesAndBeyond > https://twitter.com/pbperazzo > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >