Show MORAN CORNERS CEMENT MARKET One Reason Why He Underbid All Al His Competitors LOCAL FIRM TO INCREASE TREMENDOUS DEMAND FOR CON CONCRETE CONCRETE CONCRETE CRETE IN ALL SECTIONS The Time divergence of over oer in the tim th bids for the Big Cottonwood conduit that was Wis estimated to cost 30 has givin gin I rise ris to much discussion di n It I develops dev lops that much of the tho divergence is due to the ceI ce cement ment merit situation P J Moran has ha a con contract tract wieh the Portland Cement company company of Utah for from O to 30 barrels l lof of cement for the time American smelter at the theof point of the mountain This made it i im impossible Impossible possible for this slant to agree to fur furnish nish nl h cement for the conduit for some months in hi the time future The contractors In wiring to other factories in other ports parts pats I of the time country countr found the same condition prevailing For this timis reason they did not dare to figure closely closel on the time contract not knowing whether prices price of cement would go soaring searing before they could get their supply This Is one of the big advantages Moran had over his competitors and he lie heI worked it I for Us its ts full ful worth orth I At the time same time Ledyard M 1 Bailey Balle Baie I general manager of the time local loal company compan argues argue that the time price rice of the time concrete should maki but little difference in the time bids fhe contract he lie says will wH call cl for barrels oC cement Time TIle local price prIc is a barrel barNI Cement can be shipped in from Germany German for or Z so the time added cost COlt at the most could not be more than 1 a barrel or on the con contract I tract Demand for Cement Immense I Th Tt The incident calls cals attention n to the tre tremendous tremendous tremendous demand that is growing up for I Portland cement The rho local factory factorY has hasa a capacity of barrels a day or barrels n a t month Even with wih this output it i is far tar from able to meet the demands and will wt increase its is capacity at once to oo barrels barels a I day da rhe The construction of the time new smelter calls for 20 to 30 barrels of cement not later inter than the time middle of December The he city et is consuming 1000 10 barrels a day in the construction of sidewalks and Manager Bailey estimates that bar barrels barrels barrels will wi be used use in this way WHY before work is closed close down for the winter The gov government government work at calls cal for barrels more nore from Cram rota this factory facton These The figures do not take into account time the sup SUI supply supply ply pI for small smal contracts City Engineer George W Riter Rier fears that this timis shortage e of cement may inter interfere interfere fere fre to some me extent with the public work of the time city Cement is now being shipped in itt from all sides side but the time demand is ib as al great reat in other places as in iii Salt Sal Lake There was WUi never ne r a it time when hen Portland cement v WS s so s extensively used use The Time consumption has increased eightfold in inthe inthe the tle last hUt ten i years This year the con consumption consumption in tc tIme th country will wi be upward of barrels |