Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-05-16 | Page 15 | Idaho Has Modern Road Equipment Emergency is Met by Gem State

to Idaho Has Modern J Road Equipment g r a e l' l r c Emergency gency Is i Met By Gem State of huge crusher and stone quarry of Twin l' l Falls alls highway district Upper right W. W L L. Johnson I V chief engineer lower left Stuart H. H Taylor s treasurer secretary of district L n 4 t j. g o 3 I d I tr 7 t t tS I I r v S f- f V f v-i v yX X x v i v V v X- X iS HS 4 i i f kJ 1 fi d r I 1 Vp A. A 9 x r Yv G Q r v 49 n w S Sr Su u r p a s f SK Si v yiv-x yiv v ii 8 5 j r r rr f d' d herald Special I FALLS Ida May IB Noces 15 Noces- Noces JL sity which Is the mother of oC invention In Invention In- In Is ts responsible for tor the tho fact that Twin Falls today possesses one ono of or orthe the largest larget and most modernly equipped rock crue crushing crue plants In the United States The Tho plant was built at ata ata at a 3 cost of or more moro than It has hasa I a a. capacity of 50 tons of oC crushed rock an hou hour I Tho The crusher Is the property of ot the Twin Falls highway district and was built bunt to supply a 3 need for tor crushed rook rock which In view of ot the fact tact that there thero are no 10 ordinary gravel and sand deposits n near ar Twin Falls delayed I highway development In this district I Is The crusher w which has been In n op operation operation operation op- op for tor t two o or throe three weeks does a away a with the necessity for tor drawing upon Burley three fifty three miles east of here for sand and gravel s and pa paying high trel freight ht rates on tho the same The Tho rock crush crushed d at tho the plant Is black lava will m The Twin Falls crusher plant I I provide crushed aggregate for tor tho the I paving or of four fifty miles mues 01 or of state and mm nna i count county h highway h a and 27 1000 square I yards o of paving ing for the tho city of ot Twin Falls as well Wen as minor concrete structures turcs tures and buildings In this Immediate vicinity This crushed product according accordIng accordIng accord- accord Ing Ing- to geological and construction exp experts ex ex- p Is 19 Ideal for tor road-building road and concrete work orle The fine tine material In quarter Inch grade Is admirably adapted adapt adapt- ed the these e authorities Ta say to take taho tho the place of or any sand and in concrete plasterIng plaster plaster- In Ing or any an- another other building purpose In addition It Is 18 sa said lei that a first class concrete may be bo made out of this stone with a a. lesser leser percentage of ot cement than an any other material available here here- abou ts Surplus In Is Stored Stora Storage e Is provided for tor the material when not needed eded for Immediate use on the roads b by means of ot a n. twenty-ton twenty locomotive crane crano and specially special do- do signed boxes s of ot yard five capacity are aro aroused used on flat cars care for tor transporting this material from tho the bins to storage piles Tho The boxes are designed d to op- op operate op op- crate erate on the tho same Barno principle as a n. clam m clamshell clamshell I shell bucket and provide pro about threefold threefold three three- fold capacity for tho the crane cran Recovery from the storage pile Is mode made by use o of a 1 one and a n halt half yard rard clam shell bucket One Ono compre or of ot ill cubic feet ca capacity caI capacity ca- ca provides air enough for tor all the tho I coyote drilling I la in the e quarry t the ec dl d 1 u ns an ns I i j hot block t f ng a so v r oil furnace und and pneumatic drill sharpener sharpener sharp sharp- ener ncr for tor t the he edging t of f t tools besides meeting calls from Individual contractors contractors contractors con con- tractors and concern for tor sand and i gravel for tor construction work From I present Indications It seems that the tho I 1 Institution at first proposed as ns a a. temporary tem tern temporary II utilIty will v Ili become a n. perma porma- permanent font nent c establishment thus thua eliminating Importations of geological product The Thos principal officers of ot the Twin Falls highway district are arc C. C B B. B Channel Channel Chan Chan- nel chairman Stuart H. H Taylor sec sec- treasurer W. W Yo I. I I Johnson general general gen gen- eral superintendent and engineer ens T r M. M of ot Kimberly Kimber- Kimber ly h and A. A E E. Larsen of or Hollister with those mentioned form the board of ot highway n commissioners Tho The crusher plant was planned by hy and erected under under un un- der the supervision euper of ot F Engineer Fi Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son who is now actively In charge chars of ot tho the operation Tho The district voted n n. bond Issue In then spring of ot 1919 of ot forthe for tor tho the surfacing hard of ot roads roada There are nrC about 2000 miles of ot road In th the dist dla- dla t t