Show Q T timber lm b liber mill scheduled for lapoint i A TOTAL investment of has been scheduled by great lake timber co in ir lapoint and the plant Is 13 exi peeled aed to be in full operation g by july tuly 4 I 1 this was disclosed by dili bill sweeney vice president and I 1 manager ma of the timber firm rueday Tue I 1 u day at vernal chamber ot 1 commerce board of directors meeting mr sweeney forecast that imant would be the timber capital of the uintah basin lie said that the firm timber purchases purchased on mosby moaby mountain comprised the second largest timber sale in the history of utah THE FIRM will specialize in industrial timber he pointed out lie II 11 said that the co company MP any was not here to squeeze uee z e anyone out but would be in competition former location ot of the irm firm was in keetley wasatch county lie said that the company had started establishing itself in lapoint march 28 and already was employing 15 men erection of the first prefabricated building was started tuesday and the building program is scheduled for to completion m by june I 1 mr sweeney said that win will be invested in I 1 now new equipment alone and other used machinery will be opera operated teI jn JA addition to that for a total investment of lie ile paid tribute to karl duff swain local con tractor for the progress he wax was making I 1 IN ANSWER to questions from froia chamber members mr sweeney replied that an sin all electric mill will produce feet of timber per day on an eight hour shift A power line will be built from Nebo kers store in ft duche duch c n no to the plant beyvl byUl otah pewit tod light co and the power POV is if expected to bo ba by may 1 I about 75 to men ore are expected to be employed when the e plant Is in full production during the summer months month about 99 33 men will have year around employment he said paid mr sweeper sweeney pointed out that the activity was a high labor operation which meant that it would employ a lot of manpower total payroll is expected to reach annually lie he also said that in addition to this the area would feel the benefit of the firms purchases of spare parts for machinery and they would use about gallons gallon of fuel per year taxes paid to the county were expected to be about yearly THE EXECUTIVE said that great lake timber co was the largest industrial timber producer in the U S ile he cited the need for the improvement of county roads in the lapoint area lie ile said that the firm will be building roads into scenic areas which could be e enjoyed by the public mr sweeney disclosed that he 14 1 a representative of utah timber industries on the state chamber of commerce hebald paid that his firm was the primary source 0 of f ties for denver denter and rio grande railroad and it also manufactured yearly seven million feet of saw umber timber poles and fence posts ile warned that timber deteriorates teri orates at the rate of 44 4 aa per r year ile he expected that there would be to amore visitors to paradise parm park Ps year than last which Is the area of the timber sale COMMISSI commissioner ONEn orvllle orville swain said that the county was working on the roads in the lapoint area ile he cited a vernal express editorial which had said that lapoint needed an industry indu atry and this appeared to be the fulfillment of this need he said paul M armstrong vice president of the chamber said that nearly had been collected in dues the highest ever lie he said that the chamber presently had ilk a balance of despite starting the year with a deficit |