Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-05-07 | Page 4 | No.79-Utah Portland Cement Company

Nb NO 79 79 UTAH T PORTLAND A CEMENT D Dy By LELAND DE LANCEY I.- I. II 1 II 11 J It v l ji or OL ce CC cement cc- cc I. I M Vi ment mont in Utah was originally un un- Un- Un by a 3 corporation known know cnown n nas as Portland Cement Cement- company compan in which tho the moving spirits were George Y V. Wallace and Elms Elias Morris This was In 1890 and the plant was the only one producing Portland ce cement ee- ee ment west veat of ot tho the Mississippi river The orl original plant has been destroyed and rebuilt and Improvements made and expanded until in 1910 all previous plants were destroyed and tho the present pros pres ent eat ono one completed The present Utah Portland Cement company compan is 18 in a a. way the tho outgrowth of or the original one ono For while It is a now corporation it is producing on tho the ground round of tho the old 01 Ll The Tho present company i K Ia ten years rears old P. P J. J Moran Is hI tho the president Snow vice president and general gen gen- oral eral manager and Herbert A. A Snow secretary r The Tho manul manufacturing c- c turing plant is located at Sixth West est and ind Eighth South streets The raw material comes from an open c excavation excava- excava cavalon cava cava- lon ion In Parleys Parley's can canyon on tho rock b being boIng bo- bo Ing ng rich in 1 lime me an and silica the composites com con required to produce o Portland I rement At t the manufacturing plant it t t is ground to a a. powder mixed u and d then burned thus burned to an e of O addition powder with tho the proper proportion of oC gyP gps duces Portland ortland cement Uces or- or Approximately Approximate 1200 plant by the sacks are produced that W If Was t tas to note noto It Is 13 as In 1898 and 1900 3 Oin a O fl flin loa of ofa capacity in Utah with a had seek It iw Its m market a f day dRY to to the north Great Falls on e and San Francisco on the the Denver on the east cast with three a a t tal operating In Utah ta t t- approximately of or da market their e eUtah entire a o. day rl a and nd Utah southern Idaho valla vada notable tho the Portland cement in iii tt Ut ah h art 1 d dani m reservoir Mountain Dell Den r fourt fourt 9 in Parleys Parley's a canyon I raney u with n 11 rr from Salt Lake Take dri Three gallons citY are in the Ing Ins reservoirs reser t If made mado of the Portland j East at s f East aU all being Pleasant valley e dams with nd cement Portland Tho liso Utah j i capitalized for Cor r