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42 The Granite Industry of Southwestern New Brunswick: A Historical Perspective Dodds & Co., they located their first granite shed on the premises of the Grand Southern Railway, where they leased a blacksmith shop. Also like that company, they erected a new mill near Magaguadavic Falls in 1890. However, by then the east side of the falls was so congested with granite sheds that they built on The Gulley, west of the falls (Map 4). This placed the four main granite companies almost literally within a stone’s throw of each other. Tayte, Meating & Co. achieved much success and in the 1890s added black granite from the Stuart Quarry (Map 2, 51) to its selection of polished stone products. In 1896 the company won a lucrative and highly prestigious contract to supply 20,000 feet of rough red granite for
Part One — The St. George District 43 Opposite, left: Tayte, Meating & Co. granite shed by The Gulley, c. early 1890. The horses are hauling a dropaxle Sloven wagon invented by Thomas W. Sloven of Saint John. The specially designed axle eased the transport of heavy loads such as large stone blocks. The man in the white shirt is thought to be Anthony Tayte. SGHA, H203 Opposite, right: Tayte, Meating & Co. granite shed by The Gulley, taken on the same day as the adjacent, close-up image. The site is now under water, flooded when the pulp mill dam was constructed. SGHA, H137 Right: Final Tayte, Meating & Co. granite shed, c. 1905. The building was erected beside the St. George Basin in 1902. SGHA, H139 the American Museum of Natural History in New York. But the turn of the century brought increasing troubles that slowly drove Tayte, Meating & Co. to the wall. The company lost its granite shed when the St. George Pulp & Paper Co. gained the water rights to Magaguadavic Falls and acquired control of land along the Gulley about 1902. Tayte, Meating & Co. used the lumber from its Gulley building to erect a new granite shed on the St. George Basin (Map 4), where they already owned a general store. However, the enforced relocation proved costly and disruptive. Around this time, Joseph moved for health reasons to Texas, where he died in 1909. The company remained fairly busy throughout the early 1900s and continued to receive multiple orders. Yet for unknown reasons, Anthony Tayte apparently sold his company shares around 1907, although he continued as a stonecutter until 1925. Nicholas W. Meating died in 1911. When the St. George granite sheds opened in early 1912 after the usual winter break, Tayte, Meating & Co. remained shuttered, possibly due in part to legal troubles with H. McGrattan &
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