In compiling a book of this type, a bibliography is most important. However, to list all the sources of information would fill many pages, therefore, inasmuch as most books contain the same general information, I have prepared a list of the more important sources.

Needless to say, much information was derived from records, deeds, maps, guide books, and surveys belonging to the Old Colony and New Haven Railroad Historical files.

As previously explained, reference notes were omitted because of repetition. However, the ones not found in the books referred to are identified as follows:

(1) Parker Historical Notes (Thomas Crane Library)

(2) Muzzrole Newspaper Articles

(3) Bryant's personal ledger, containing notes, letters

and general information.

Where I have made reference throughout the book with the phrase "according to the records"; again, this information was derived from all the books, historical notes, and pamphlets containing information about the Granite Railway.

First Railroad in America - The Granite Railway Company
(Privately printed, 1926)

Lives and Works of Civil and Military Engineers
Stuart-Van Nostrand-1871

One Hundred Years of American Railroads
J.S. Starr, 1928

Steelways of New England
Alvin F. Harlow, Creative Age Press Inc., 1946

Memorial History of Boston (4 Vols.)
Justin Winsor, 1881

Granite Industry of New England (Vol. 1)
Arthur W. Brayley, 1913

History of Milton
A.K. Teele, 1887

History of Braintree and Quincy
William S. Patee, 1878

History of Quincy
William C. Edwards

History of the Old Colony Railroad
Hager & Handy, 1893

Story of the Old Colony Railroad
Charles E. Fisher, (Privately printed, 1918)

A Congressional History of Railway in the United States, (Vol. 1)
Lewis H. Haney, 1906-1910

Iron Horses-American Locomotives (1829-1900)
E.P. Alexander, 1941

History of Bunker Hill Monument Association
(Privately printed, various volumes and years)

Parker Historical Collection (Thomas Crane Library)

E. Milton, The W. Quincy Quarries and the Railroad
Elizabeth F. Frye, 1901 (privately printed)

History of the Granite Railway Company (their by-laws and
Charts) Alfred Hodge and Son, 1870

Articles, notes, maps, deeds and general information
Old Colony and New Haven RR Historical files

Along the Line. New Haven RR - October, 1926
(privately printed, monthly, by the New Haven RR.

Gridley Bryant's personal ledger, containing notes, letters
and general information. (W.C. Edwards; collection)

Of Yankee Granite
E.H. Cameron, May and June, 1972, Technology Review.

The Quincy Patriot Ledger - various articles from 1837 through
1962

The Boston Globe

The Herald-Traveller (Boston)

Old Photographs loaned through courtesy of:

Mrs. Jesse Baxter U.S. Dept. of the Interior

Mr. Louis Badger Thomas Crane Library - Quincy

Mr. William C. Edwards (Parker Collection)

Mr. Robert Faxon Society for Preservation of

Mass Archives Antiquities

U.S. Library of Congress The Bostonian Society

Photographs of present day remains by the author.

Recently, the Thomas Crane Public Library, of Quincy, Mass., acquired a reference book, entitled THE GRANITE RAILWAY AND ITS ASSOCIATED ENTERPRISES.

This book was compiled by Robert E. Scholes, of Braintree, Mass., and covers ten years of research, beginning with the Granite Railway Company; the various enterprises that were connected with it; and concluded to the present-day situation.

The reason for donating the book to the Library as a reference text, rather than having it published, was because of the prohibitive costs of such a venture; and it was the Author's thought that, in view of the historical value, it should be available to any who care to use it – especially in view of the publicity in the newspapers over the past few years.

This book contains 200 pictures covering all phases, and approximately 45 pages of notes and general information. By way of explanation; some of the pictures were loaned to the Author to have reproduced – the balance being taken by himself at various times during the period of his research. The pictures that were taken at the original site were made possible through the efforts of Mr. Richard Muzzrole, an amateur archeologist, who became well known through his untiring efforts and newspaper articles, which cover a period of approximately four years in excavating the area where the granite was quarried, finished, and transported for use in the construction of the Bunker Hill Monument.

It is sincerely hoped that future readers will derive as much pleasure in perusing this reference book as the Author had in compiling the facts.

April 23, 1964

The above notes were written by the author – Robert E. Scholes, 23 Storrs Ave., Braintree.

The book is loose-leaf, the pages protected by cellophane. It will not be available for home use but may be examined on request at the main library. It is shelved in the Quincy Room.

Dorothy E. Newton
Assistant Librarian