Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-30 | Page 51 | Salt Lake Clay Plants Enlarged

ClAf PlA JS f lAR fD Two Companies Manufacture tu ture tuie e Pressed Brick and arid Pipes Salt Lake City and the state of or of Utah lack JacH nothing in n clay products product as the thc resul result of d developments and and improvements made here during Ing I by two Salt lake pressed brick and clay pipe plants the plants the Salt Lake LaJo Pressed PA-essed Brick company and the I Utah Fire Clay company Prospects for 19 1929 9 are more glowing glow glow- in ing than they have been durin during I 1928 according to of officials of or both companies Not that the t last year car wes was not a a. good one however Chestar Chester Ches Ches- ter tar B. B Cahoon general manager for forthe forthe I the tho Salt Lake Pressed Brick com corn pan pany and Leslie Squires secretary secretary- and arid treasurer for fo the Utah Fire FireClay FireClay Clay company both state stata th that t the business during the tho last year ear was very satisfactory and b both th are op optimistic optimistic op op- for a bigger and better new ew year rear The plant of the tho pressed brick firm Wa was enlarged about l a year ago to meet increasing demands of ot tho tue territory Mr Cahoon said and several now new products were added until at the present time everything every every- every every- thing thinS in brick clay pipe or tile production that can possibly be used is made right here in Salt Lake Previously Pre the companies had been sending out outside the state tor for art artand and and- S and mission roofing tiles They arc are now being made here HOME PRODUCTS Salt Lake home builders now can start in iii the J basement of ot the home homek with the the- sewer pipe connections move up lip to the tile the bathroom and anel kitchen floors and proceed to the roo roof and employ only home products prod prod- uris in tn the process of construction The decorative e tiles Used In mantel places and Interior decorating also can be purchased In Salt Lake from froma a Salt Salt- Lake factory factor The Tue development of or the cIa clay and tile business In Ut Utah h and the surrounding sur sur- rounding territory has been excellent excel lent the officials declare The lo local 10 cal plant of or the Salt Lake Pressed Brick company now v Is shipping its products throughout Nevada a and 11 1 Idaho as far north as Boise and in lIo sot th estern Wyoming Mr p Cahoon Caboon said sald The dally daily capacity of or the plants here is s enough h to supply products f for r several states at ates s. s they report The capacity of oC the pressed pre brick plant which Is one of ot the most mOISt modern in the country is bricks dally daily five miles of ot clay pipe and anda 0 a proportionate supply of ot the fancy tancy tiles Wes and bricks The plants during the last year rear have been running on a 75 per cent I capacity basis on an average e. and have been employing more than oo men and women The general tendency of ot the Uie smaller towns Is to revert to the USe of the thc better be class bricks pricks and anti clay now Mr Cahoon said Especially Especially Es- Es is Js this true in the use of clay pipe for sanitary measures The Thc smaller communities are using the new vitrified product rather than the old loosely loose formed clay pipe that thai allowed a bigger percentage o of seepage A good many of the the- farm homes through the state also aro are piping sewerage outlets from the homes he said and it is the general genera spread of ot this type of business that is ex expected ex ax- to make mako 1929 1129 a a. banner year ear earIn in the cIa clay bric brick and tile Industry of ot Salt Lake The Tho officers of ot the the- Salt Lake Pressed Brick company are John P. P Cahoon president George B. B Curley vice president James In In- director and attorney William J. J director Ches t ter tet- P. P Cahoon director and general manager and John B. B Cahoon as assistant assistant as as- general manager The officers of or the Utah Fire Clay company are F. F N. N Cameron president A. A E. E J KImball vice president pres pros ident and gener general l manager II IT R. R Waldo Valdo secretary J. J A A. A Groesbeck treasurer and Leslie Squires Squire actIng actIng acting act act- Ing secretary and treasurer The pressed brick plant is located beat beat- ed at Thirty-third Thirty South and Highland High 1 land drive Th The fire Ire clay plant Is at Murray and its offices at 1078 South First First- West street The offices of ot flees of or the f former company are Inthe in inthe inthe the Kearns building