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Show TAYL0RSV1LLE GRAVEL PLAIT IS COMPLETED Large Part of Material to Be Used by State in Building Roads. ! The construction of a $50,000 central ' &md and grnvel plant, owned by Rybrs Rroihers. general road contractors of ! Salt Lake, has recently teen completed at T.ij lorsvilie, elsht rr.'Acs south of S i t j Lake, on the Orem lines. The commie- sioners and advisory board of Ss.it Lake . county have been largely responsible for i the hjildins of this mammoth rtent, accord ac-cord ine to K. W. Ryhenr, gener-U man-acer man-acer of hU firm, he.-ause cf their request re-quest for road material to be used on thf Fait L:ike county ?"2,0T-,C'f"0 roa.l work. Mu.-h maTftr!aJ from this now plant will be furnished to the state rod commission com-mission for surfacing of sf.ita highways. This deposit of sand and gra-- el is Ptrat 'gii'nliy located, according to lr. Ryberg, as it is in the heart of Salt Lake county and not adjacent to the hills. This particular bed was selected by the county officials, through their engineering engineer-ing department, because. after many rigid tests, it proved to be of a much higher grade than many beds under consideration. con-sideration. Sa!t Lake county hns already contracted con-tracted for lOf'.OfiO cubic yards of the sand and gravel from the new p'ant for use on completed road improvements. Several large state projects will a'so use this material. It will be used for resurfacing resur-facing concrete road a in Davis county. The Salt Lake & t'tnh RAilroari company has also let a large contract to the Ryberg Brothers for the delivery of quantities quan-tities of this road material. The plant is designed to furnish various vari-ous classified products ' w:ashed for ' concrete con-crete and bituminous pavements. The capacity of the plant is 600 cuMc yards of sand and gravel per eight -hour day. Shipments of this fine roiti product will be made to all lntermountain points. |