Show V I UTA UT AUS PORTLAND CEMENT INDUSTRY rT t I a I I I 7 m l p C 5 e e t 7 t S S h c I I I I 0 S fl i it f OF Oi U PLAN p pS Or I mill y UTAH PORtLAND BRIDGE Off ay w i IlAr C H Salt Sa I t Lake City may boast of ot the l only plant for the production of Portland cement west of Denver Demer together toce with wi th a deposit of th tb tbt the Ideal idea t material for 1 cement of ot I the highest t quality which is n at t equaled west of Pennsylvania T The i 1 s i plant of ot th the Portland Cement Co ay of T r at Eighth South Sooth Ro and od Filth Weft West i ii h housed in steel and brick bride Dull 1 and equipped with the he most moat imputed Improved imp VI ved lor br crushing pul pui eri ng o and anil a burning Ce Cement cem ment m nt T l l rt i ii t ri 1 i im t a i day clay lime June rne is shipped hipped down from I f Parleys canyon via the Rio Grande Grands Western railroad by cars care which are switched directly to the crushers hen at the plant Through the crushers the rock g to rolls thence to the mixing bins binE where wh it is In the proper chemical proportions and thence thene to ro re rotary rotary tary The finely powdered rock ia J then t fed ted by automatic machin machinery ery cry into the upper ends of the rotary kilna long steel cylinders set at a slight alight incline lined with firebrick and andr r revolving slowly Into the lower low r ends of or these kirns powdered coal coat is ii I forced I under ar air blast blag producing In n the kiln an Intense white flame which gives ives a temperature of f about degrees to the powdered rock coming through j I 1 from the upper end and At this heat boat the rock ia is par l vitrified and rolls out at the lower end in small rounded black cinker which are cooled pul pulverized pulverized pulverized and conveyed to the stock houses lit in te tIle fine heavy gray powder known as Portland cement The Portland Cement Company of ot Utah limited was organized in 1885 1896 taking over ver the old plant of the Utah Por POI and Cement company which was largely remodeled during that year and began turning out cement In the spring of 1897 at the fhe rate of fRy fity bar har barret ret rew ten tons per pel day da In June 1895 the plant P was entirely destroyed by fire but was immediately rebuilt with thorough fireproof construction Uon and to c I equipped with the best beet methods met and machinery known to the trade The rhe 1 new plant began to turn out cement in I October of 1898 1818 at the rate of bar per day and this capacity was waa doubled in 1809 1899 and again In 1900 1500 eo so that the present output of or the plant is about barrels per days 4 YB Further additions will wm be made this winter in order to keep the capacity of ot the th plant abreast of the growing market for ce ee cement ment meat throughout hout the intermountain In term O states I As the cost t of Portland cement ment is by home horns manufacture Its I value as a cheap ch indestructible and aDd d I extremely strong substitute for stone atone and other building materials Is la becom I lug ing every evry year mere WIdY kIsty recognized and the list of uses to which it is 13 al already already ready put on a large scale is varied and interesting With its Ita use in side sidewalks sidewalks walks foundation and seller cellar floors fleors for plastering cisterne and for fee setting tiles the public has long loag been beeR familiar But Bu great gra quantities are now used for forthe or orthe the entire construction of or railway and road bridges culverts station plat platforms platforms platforms forms walls canal locks ornamental I steps stepa copings copIng and posts for subways in city streets street for tor sewers ewen and conduits reservoirs and dams and in Sn combination lion tion with steel it is 18 1 used for t r the con construction construction I of elevator blue bins water tanks smelter flues for the fhe floors doors partitions j I and walls wan a of offices and manufacturing I c buildings and even eTe for the chimneys 1 and roofing tiles In all these uses tho the appearance of the d work which is that of a fin gray sandstone the infinite variety of forms I bate tc which it may b ha be molded or east cut without the use of skilled labor laber and Its practical Indestructibility by fire firewater water or 01 weather makes it the ideal material for all alt forms forums of permanent construction The market for the Utah Portland ce cement cement cement ment extends from Great Falls on the I north to t i Denver Beaver and Pueblo on the th east and d outside out ld of the distinctively mountain states staten it has a good g oa foothold at Seattle and San Francisco FrancisO where it has been accepted tor for government and private contracts contract The Utah Portland ia In ly lyby by the engineers of the Use United St States en ell navy at Mare Island md Ud d Fort Fot Baker Kaner San Francisco by th t the supervising ar architect archItect architect for tor the public buildings at Den D Denver n nyer yer ver er Boise Helena and und Oakland by bythe bythe the American Smiting RefIning Rel ning for Its enormous new plant c at Murray Utah and by the fhe Anaconda Copper Mining company for its ts a c new plant at Anaconda by bv th Hio itlo I Grande Western Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific railways and in nil ail important construction public and url trI 2 vate throughout th the otates of f I tab ii Idaho Montana Wyoming t and I i j 19 c 0 T |