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Show FOUR BUILDING FIRMS INDICTED N. Y. Building Trust Inquiry Takes in Sand and Portland Cement Concerns .Nj;V YORK. Dec. 29. Federal in - j dicintents charging violation of thei I Sherman anti-trust act were returned i-oil. iv aKi'i"1 rbqr sand concerns and' I'Vvi-n individuals whose activities hive been scrutinized In connection1 With the "building trust" lnvestiga-1 rtlon. I The corporations indicted were. The Gooilwln-tiallagber Sand il '-iravel corporation; Manhattan Sandl. company, inc. Colonial Sand and Stone company, inc.. and the Kenoxj Sand rinil iJrsel company, In Siiriiuei I'ntemeyer, counsel for the: executive committee investigating the "Fiuikiing Trust" Tuesday began an ln-i iMUtry into cement ma n 11 f act 11 re byj summoning C. Ramond Hulsart vice president of the Cement Manuf artur-1 cry' l'roductie association. I l-'rom the by-laws of the association ,Mr, I'ntemyer read a rule that allj members were to fllr monthly lhfor-j 1 mat ion concerning all contracts, work, prices, deliveries ami "other data" on business 't t ha firms I The witness said ilinu were between tO and too manufacturers of Portland cement In the ountr. The "big f i e i II the cement business. Mr. I'ntemyer named as the Atlaa. Alpha. I.e),iRh, , Vulcanite and Universal Fort l.i ml ceJ Iment companies. VP but the Universal were eastern It oncerna. it was stated. |