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Show THE PORTLAND CEMENT CO., OF UTAH, Ltd. One of the most important factors in the commercial conquest of the west is the Portland Cement Co. of Utah, Limited, manufacturers of Red Diamond Portland Cement. This Company first made cement in 1896, ' when they manufactured only 50 bar rels per day. At this time this was the only Portland cement plant west of the Missouri River, with the exception i of one. The old plant was gradually 'j increased in size until 1903, when the rapid development of the methods of manufacture in the cement industry mads it imperative that this Company should overhaul and modernize its . plant. The old plant was therefore ' closed down and practically re-built along new and modern lines. This work of reconstruction, which required re-quired six months to complete, working work-ing night and day, brought the capacity capa-city of the plant up to 6000 barrels per day. During the four years of operation since this reconstruction this company has made a splendid re-' re-' cord for steady production and uni- ! form high quality of its output. ) Red Diamond has for years been i accepted and used by the United' !L States Government in the Federal buildings at Boise, Ogdcn, Oakland, and Salt Lake City, and in the Mint Building at Denver, Colorado; also in t I : 1 iH EgSSfcKjjM ly B KiiiwiiSSwlBWi"-t JwwBI -BWWWIWjBESOiJMHBjt HM)EBta 715 -VJI ---Tf XT3W"" V V' ' ( f "ngjpjmfl B BBBBWIWWWi IBBBBhfciHWtBHBWWBM-WWWBWBPiWWWBWBWHBBBiBBBBBWWI M the Naval stations at Marc Island and Ft. Baker, and in the Army ;ost at Ft. Douglas, and in the dam of the Reclamation Service at Minidoka, Idaho. It was also used in building the Clark Chimney, "highest in the world," at Butte; by the American Smelting & Refining Co. in building its plant at East Helena, Murray, and Garfield; and in the United States Smelter at Bingham Junction. It was also used in the construction of the great Washoe Smelter at Anaconda, and by the Utah Copper Co. in the construction of its plant at Garfield Red Diamond was also used in the construction of the great irrigation dam at Milner, Idaho. The Denver & Rio Grande, Oregon Short Line, San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake, Southern Pacific, and Union Pacific railroads have all been heavy consumers of Red Diamond Portland Cement. The Cities of Salt Lake, Ogden, Boise, Butte, and Spokane have accepted ac-cepted and used Red Diamond for street paving, side-walks, sewers, reservoirs, res-ervoirs, and in fact, all classes of public pub-lic works. On:y a few years ago Portland Cement Ce-ment was a luxury, because of its high price, and its uses were few because be-cause of the general lack of knowledge knowl-edge of it properties. However, the public at large has been educated in a very practical way to the possibilities possibili-ties of Portland Cement as a building build-ing material, until now it is rare, indeed, in-deed, to find a man who docs not realize the merits of Portland Cement Ce-ment as a construction material. It is being extensively used in the up- H building of San Francisco, for the H reason that it has been demonstrated that Portland Cement, properly u.ed 'H is without question, the best material jH known to resist earthquake, fire, and H water. H The plant, office, and laboratory of H this Company arc located in the south- H western part of Salt Lake City, near .H 8th South and 5th West Streets. 'I Spur tracks arc built into the works H from the San Pedro, Los Angeles & !H Salt Lake, Oregon Short Line, and jH Denver & Rio Grande railroads, with H first-class shipping facilities on all U these roads for both in-coming and ;H out-going carload business. H Lcdyard M. Bailey is General Man- rl ager of this successful concern, and Ijl Wilmar Evans, Assistant Manager. jfl |