Show A NEW I 1 MATERIAL cement blocks blo acks to take place of brick will revolutionize the building industry william cook has begun the manufacture of a cement block for the construction st of houses which will take the place of bricks and which at the sarre saire time will ill revolutionize the building industry in this valley tho arst of these blocks will bo be usi used d in the erection of a residence forjohn on his lot on uintah avenue diagonally across from the harmston Han residence winch which is 13 to bo be 32 feet by 32 feet one story and will contain four a bath room and two tao closets ami is to lo bo be ready for occupancy on gri cl ci before I 1 september I 1 the cement block iq 11 sixteen indas conot eight inchez wide and eight inches high and weighs fifty coundi through the block there aro are ta 1 w 0 holes so nothing like five or six inches binche raa squire ire and are made for the purpose of preventing the blocks from aw eating the block is ia made of cement sand and gravel and the ordinary color Is ia gray but mr cook say sacs a he can make from ten to fifteen diffrient shades one block will take the place of 21 bricks and tho the machine that is in use will ill turn out about blocks per day or the aquil of bricks af after ter tho the block la is it requires about fourteen das a for maturing and it finally becomes as hard as the hardest rock and is very durable much moie so than the bricks made from dirt in this valley tho the biggest problem at present is the cement which must be imported at considerable cost but even at that there 13 no doubt but that tho the blocks are cheaper than bricks mr cook is of the opinion that there is a rock right continued on fourth page |