Show Of CEMENT CH ENT LARGE It Il Is 18 very err probable according to lo 10 local local cal COlI architects and nd contractors that concrete will hold an Important place in tho the construction of a number of new buildings building planned for Ogdon which aro are to be erected elected in tho the near future In the east both In the build buildIng buildIng Ing lag of o ollice structures business blocks and also residence concrete construction has been growing In fa ta favor tavor vor for or the past paRt two years yeah ears and though as yet et tho the material and Its KB possibilities ties lies have hae not Hot been boen demonstrated to the tho extent sat tsat It eventually will be good goud progress Is IB being made In Its general adaptation and Its use prom promises promises IBe to become universal Concrete construction Is comparatively lIvel new During tho past throe three or four years oars only has bas the tho material been used to any uny extent In tho the building line and in the early can stages singes of the tho evolution of the tho processes of its use it was wag decidedly unpopular This was waR due probably to lo the tho tact fact that tho first exam pi OH of the work as might havo hao been expected e were crude credo The Tho Indi Individual vidual blocks that wre manufactured along tho the lines followed in the tho mak making makIng making ing of brick wore unlovely In ht the tho first place and wore not of or durability to resist tho the acion ac action ion tion of tho rho water In particular ular so that tho the first ventures In their use uRe as a n building material gave ga 0 unsatisfactory results Thin nun fact prejudiced builders to lo a considerable extent against their use and It was not nol until water proofing methods had load boon been b on perfected and find sat sai sails ls factory tests hod had been made maclo that the tho product pr duct was really considered seriously Now however with the beautifying possibilities po which have havo been Leen added to tho crude concrete structures and the simplifying of tho rho methods of building together with tho added advantages of reinforce reinforcement reinforcement ment meat tho tine material is 18 one ono out of many and is In hi many man ways WaA tho the Ideal factor I for modern modem structures Use In fn utah This form of building In IB reaching Utah and two of tho the representative tive UVo buildings bull In Salt Sail Lake Bike which ex ox exemplify concrete construction fire are tho UIO new lIew o lo building and the tho Mission theater building In the tiou nt or these th o structures tho the shell process watt wart find this method has haa mum advantages over the tho slower Blower and Md more morl expensive brick system nape daily in the construction of o the larger buildings The concrete foundation is in II now tho the rule and not tho the exception In tho Ito building operations throughout tho the city and mill tho the rapidity with which a agan gang gan of workmen len can call complete a n largo large and practically indestructible foundation Is IA a revelation to the lay lav layman In man Several of the now new residences i especially the cosy bungalows furnish examples of the material as applied to home buildings and there is much to be bo said in Its favor from tho do domestic standpoint Is Found Economical Econ Among the advantages of concrete which appeal especially to the tho home homo homebuilder builder may may ma be mentioned relative economy conom In l construction whon com corn compared pared with brick and oven some hum lum lumber her ber structures Its solidity and per permanence permanence permanence and especially tho the protection protection tion lion it affords against fire and the tho consequent reduction in Insurance rates which follows It Is claimed for concrete that it resists tiro better I titan than any an building agent with tho the ex exception exception of brick The Introduction of snow white con concrete concrete concrete crete and stucco opened d a wide range of possibilities when decorative fen fea features ta tures lures and beautification are arc consid considered considered ered eyed it being possible to give rIo the ma nun material every over appearance of white while mar ble hie bleAs As well as the mission stylo men mentioned mentioned the old colonial style also Is IR very vory eQ well adapted for concrete con construction and many man beautiful examples exam examples xa l ples pIes of this kind kinel arc are to ho he found It Itis Itis is said In every ev 0 1 eastern city of o Importance Im Importance 1 and also in the smaller cities throughout the tho country For Roofs Too It Il is claimed for the tho concrete rest resi residences dences that they thc arc are warmer in winter win winter winI ter and cooler in than the I frame or brick structure he the I changes in temperature having hut but little effect on op tho the material The Iho They are easily kept clean too loo and are arc practically mouse and vermin proof In the east in erecting buildings of this kind the tho walls are aro often completed flat fiat on the tho ground and then thon raised into Inlo place and If Inventor Edison substantiates 5 his hla claims it will bo be possible In fu the th near future for fol the tho comparatively poor poorman poorman man to build his own concrete homo home by b a method of block construction which Mr 1 Edison has bus Invented and demonstrated to a certain extent |