1871-12-20 Sphinx: Hallowell Granite to C.W. Folsom, 1831.011.004-002 - p1

[Letterhead:
J. R. BODWELL, President, WILLIAM WILSON, Treasurer, C.H. CLARY, Secretary.
Hallowell Granite Company,
PROPRIETORS OF
HALLOWELL WHITE GRANITE QUARRIES.
AGENTS FOR
Fox Island, and Spruce Head Granite, and Jonesboro' Red Granite.
Hallowell, Me Dec 20^th 1871.

C. W. Folsom Esq.
Supt Mt Auburn
Dear Sir;

Your favor of 13^th
inst was duly received. but we have
delayed an answer, hoping to be able to
report that the Stone was at the R.R.

We have been waiting for snow,
and night before last got it just as
we wanted. After waiting one day for
a road to make we hitched on to
the Stone this morning and hauled
it about 3/4 of a mile and coming down
a hill it got the Start of us & ran into
the gutter - and it took all the rest
of the day to get it back into the
road /. but it is now all ready to
hitch to & Start again in the morn
which we shall do without fail.
We cannot tell you at just what time