Show Ideal Idea Cement Begins Operation of 2 Million in New Facilities Ideal Cement Company Friday I II I began operation of its it's new 2 million cement storage and bulk I loading facilities facUlties at the ilie firms firm's Devils Devil's Slide SUde plant 55 miles mUes east of Salt Lake City Operations began began began be be- gan with the barrels bar bar- I of cement Into a bulk truck destined for the Flaming I Gorge Dam site I Ideals Ideal's storage facilities consist of nine concrete silos 36 ft in diameter and 14 ft high plus p us I four Interstice bins with a total capacity of ot barrels barrel of ce cemP ent A barrel of cement is Ibs or four 94 lb Ib lb sacks of cement Storage Capacity This new storage capacity addI added added add add- ed to the existing facilities provides pro pro- I vides an overall storage capacity I of at barrels of cement cement- nearly one-fourth one of ot the the- plants plant's annual productive capacity The new bulk loading facilities are the fastest available An average truck Is loaded In approxImately approximately eight minutes Bulk rail railcars railcars cars with a capacity of barrels are loaded in 20 minutes Three I giant combination truck and railroad rail raU- I road track scales are reported to toI I Continued ed on Page Three I I Continued from Page 1 IDEAL CEMENT be the largest lever scales seales ever made Each is 13 10 30 ft wide and ft long One scale for each row row of ot three silos alios permits simultaneous I bulk lo loading of three rail cars or trucks Dust Collection II systems Y s t e s are throughout the new facilities assuring a free dust d duet u s free t-free free operation Ideals Ideal's President Crts Cris Dobbins Dobbin said the new storage-loading storage facilities fac fac- and the expenditures nee nee- essery for their construction re represents represents represents re- re reI I presents a n reaffirmation of or Ideals Ideal's faith In the soundness of Utah Utah's I basic economy and the great future of ot the IntermountaIn West Using Ideal Oem Cement lt i I In addition to the Flaming Gorp Dam Ideal demerit cement is Ia being used h to tb the ores ore WAnt Maat t t a at at Jt Ctt tt n pia plant 1 nt nf vitt provide t ra raW w m H fat the Columbia Columbia- den a St Steel plant at Geneva Utah Other projects using wIng Id Ideal al cem oem cement cement ent Include plants and for construction of the MinuteMan MinuteMan Minute Minute- Man MIs Missile lIe the federal interstate highway program in Utah and the tho administrative building and runways at Salt BaIt Lake City municipal pal pi airport Ideal cement has been used throughout the state In the i construction of homes churches hospitals office Ice buildings and structures The Ihu new plant went Into inlo pro pro- following th the thi f 4 W t World W 11 O Onu nu 1 f r Ideas Ideal plant t r i at It t Devils Devit Slide S1 I is Charley 8 S. Under hl his direction lon a continuous tO main af and t modification program has haa kept the plant up to date and completely modern modem In every respect re re- sped Production capacity at Ideals Ideal's plant la Ie now barrels per year ear Id Ideal al also operates operate a warehouses warehouse and terminal the scales office in Salt Bait 11 Lake City Cement from the warehouse and terminal Is distributed in the city Ity and to southern Utah F |