Show some I 1 interesting ng facts about TI tiie the ie jumbo plaster cement co 1 A GREAT manufacturing TION IN SOUTHERN UTAH KEAN KEANS CEMENT AND MARBLE imitations What promises to be one of tiie the greatest industries in southern utah is the jumbo cement arid and plaster company which is situated at segurd on the alie san elvanell pete Pet branch of the rio eio grande western railway about eight miles north of rich held the construction of this aliis plant was commenced about it a year and a half ago and the mill house itself wits was completed and began lie he mana manufacture facture of plaster paris ten tell months ago in order to introduce their plaster on alit market the company sent out sample sampie carload lots of it all over the western country with the guarantee itee that if it was not alio alie best plaster they had ever used parties to whom it was consigned need not take it and in no case ras was it ever rejected the depland for the product of the company I 1 an I 1 g r tl daiy increased and it b soon became necessary to en the plant so thatah th that atai i the lw lati Ti t present at time A i lias has tv a bapat jaity ca j y I 1 as waa 1 ran IM 1 am u I 1 n ba s yam U i m p any mw aa is i s syryi I 1 dmn fy ap pp 1 yi J 1 u 1 irs 4 cent of ys theP the plaster lanC 01 pans jt used used in salt lake city and other parts of the state and they have tile the largest trade in portland of ally any it institution asti ution I 1 of its kind kill while se igwel attle 1 san 1 francisco ran cisco los angles and idalio idaho furnish al aai increasing demand for it besides tile manufacture of plaster of paris the alie coni company pany is turning out several cir carloads loads a month of w what blat they term land plaster which is used for fertilizing and consists oil of bf the native gypsum as it ft is taken from the quarry and ground into the alie impalpable powder it is said that this is ne lie of the best fertilizers known to lo the agriculturist as it not only lily enri enriches clies the soil but acts aeng as tin an insect destroyer the jul jumbo company 0 however has not escaped tile accidents mishaps and faults that usually 1 ally attend the commencement of a new enterprise of this character 1 the I lie first of these was the hie breaking ill away of their dani dam which aused misused considerable delay tile then came anio the giving away of its inal canal and a reconstruction 0 of f parts of ahr P plant IL 11 t that were f by experience to be inadequate these were till all adjusted and early in the operation of the i 11 plant it was found that a groat great I 1 loss in profits was being sustained by having to haul the product et to the alie railway which was over it a mile distant from the works so it a spur was was built from the main line of the railroad to the works which is over it a mile in length and that together with a bridge across the sevier river lost cost upwards of then again quarry is two miles from the works and the ha hauling hattling tiling of tile the gypsum to the mill by team was found not only to be too expensive but altogether too slow to supply the demanti demand so a tramway was built between tile quarry aud and the works at in an additional dit ional cost of about this tramway is equipped with several automatic daid dumping dilag cars made of steel which reduces the cost of hauling the gypsum about one half A short tinie time ago an ail annual stockholders meeting was held at Ril richfield ifield at which about one hundred liu adred of the stockholders were pl present besent and shares of the capital stock was represented judge greenwood and mr air david R stevens were present mt at tilis this meeting with all the proxies pro ie from millard county amounting to about sl sharps larys these gentlemen men also had lularee arge num ai i fe i anit ftc i b berof e r 6 p proxies avei r I 1 art 1 t 61 ST jiff 11 JIM t igi rotary was read which failed hail d to abow w with sufficient cien t clearness the affairs of the company and an ail auditing committee was appointed to boover go I 1 over the secretary Secre 8 books and bring out a more complete and intelligible report anew A new board of directors wits was elected consisting of judge greenwood J ji W johnson of pi ovo J F tolton of beaver city judge chidister Ohi dister of f richfield judge ferdinand Per dinand pricks fricks of manti warren sevy of bangui pangui and ezra omaker of manti judge greenwood being afterwards elected by the board as president of tile the company by this aggregation of what is said to be some of southern best business men inen the sto stockholders 1 I feel assured thata thorough P 9 li business policy will be pursued and that the business will immediately be set upon a dividend paying career at it a recent meeting of the directors the ambirs aff lairs of the coni company P were thoroughly 0 gone gon e over several reforms fornis re inaugurated and it a competent business im managed in a g 1 wl will 11 soon be placed in charge of companas comp anys air affairs airs ail and it is firmly believed that inside of byear it year tile output of tile the plant will bo b nearly doubled concluded on page 10 n A f 1 4 S zoo from 1st ast page along acob side of tile jumbo works has juab been completed a large keans heans cement plant that is taru in out from froin thirty to forty for by tons tolls it a day of this ceni cement olit that is said b the users of this product to bo be the best keans v cement i nent manufactured in the world this cement is used for making i imitation ini tation marble onyx and various other kinds of ornamental ornain enal stones or what is known to builders e rs as sica giola judge green wood was exhibiting ex hi biting here bere this thip r week sonie some beautiful specimens of marble imitations fiade frow from tilis this CC cement the jumbo company have a to supply ule for manufacturing the benns cament lit for ninety years at t a good profit and it is said by t the h manager of tile the keans co 00 that his success ess in manufacture i ing fig this superior cement is largely due to the alie pure excellent quality of gypsum furnished by f tile the juinio comp lilly As there are a great many stockholders of the juin jumbo bd company i in n millard 4 I 1 co it is i s well perhaps to say that since the stockholders meet meat ing I 1 fig and tile election of the new board of directors tile demand de inand tr fr jumbo stock has increased nid md lias has consequently materially advanced in pt price ice |