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Show Best Access to Western Markets Utah Offers Tremendbus Advantages For Expansion of Industry in West (This Is the first of a series four articles outllninr ' ;em of the adY&ntafes offered by the state of Utah and this area to any industry wishlnr to expand or to establish a new lndnstry in S. K j the potent far western market. It was prepared under the direction of the Utah committee for industrial and rifc4i 'ii- - Butte 9 i oBilling j Sheridan IPocatello f employment planning ij.-XJL;- . i Rock Springs, r Cheyenne Utah does not advotate or urge I the displacement of industry Denver from its present location in other areas. Such relocation is a costly undertaking and not often econ Oakland omically feasible. But there are strong reasons for a progressive, 1 San Francisco long-terdecenj tralization based on market ex passion in the West. S The establishment of operations "VtaF V in Utah in this community or I f AnMattfa in a choice of other Utah communities fits squarely with the San Diego ophoenix j de- objectives of -i i . centralization. the i Utah, on C whole, has (1) best access to a Ia western combined market, (2) -J superior ' labor force, (3) a co MARKET HUB OF GROWING Map shows Utah as center of operative attitude toward in rapidly-growin- g iwesterri and market. an unmatched and great (4) dustry, treasury of mineral and otljer consumers require more products natural resources. from industrial suppliers. There . The far western market of is a general opportunity for eleven states, comprises an area diversified- - new industriesmany to of the United States. share in the expanding economy of one-thi- rd Its t population is growing at a of the West. Utah's central rate three times that of the naposition and its transportional average. It has 20 million tation facilities provide an; adCommercial HEBER The people with a greater per capita vantage in assemblying raw maincome than any other area. terials and distributing finished Bank of Utah announces the comproducts to all parts of the West. pletion of their new building on , Heart of Market , For a firm seeking to serve all the corner of Main and Center Utah is the very heart of this the West from a single plant, a streets. Open house was held great and growing market. Be- - Utah location is superior to any cause of its advantageous position other. Even those manufacturers Saturday, and officials of the aa the hub of a great wheel, the without any available local pro bank conducted callers through ' Pacific Coast, being one . section duction materials, such as Ther-mo- the building. of the rim, Utah is the best locais constructed of company (rubber products). The tion from which to reach the the Barbizon corporation (nylon, Roman building a trim of cast brick with. entire West. From Utah to the rayon and silk garments) and stone. Parking space is provided Inc., (radar south and east of the major markets of the West, the routes are shorter than from any and television electronics) have The idea for the designbuilding. of the other single point. They give chosen Utah solely on the ad structure, according to bank ofdirect access to the great popula- vantages of distribution and ficials, was taken by the architect tion centers of the Pacific Coast labor force. from a new building housing the Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay, Utah offers a superior National Bank of Washington at (Next Portland, Seattle, and to inland labor force.) Tacoma, Wash. points 7 such as Spokane, Butte, Idaho Boise, Falls, Cheyenne, Denver. Phoenix and Las Vegas. i. Utah is a converging point of rail, air and motor transport. An excellent network of transporta tion lines radiates Irom this cen .Iter to each of the major market areas, making it the strategic location for immediate industrial operations. The Union Pacific, .Western Pacific, Southern Pacific and Denver and Rio Grande .Western railroads provide direct rail connections with major cities; airlines radiate in seven directions, and highways follow the same pattern for motor trans porta tion. The industry of the West is expanding steadily and industrial ! Wji m A8"! 1 red : . hic :geo-grap- New Heber Bank Opens . . Two United States Steel Corp. subsidiaries American Bridge c o m p a n y and Consilidated Western Steel. Corp. have been awarded the job of fabricating and erectihg the steel for the new Statler Center, a combination hotel, office building and garage to be built in downtown Los An geles, it was announced today. Six large derricks and 300 men will: be used during the erection of the steel, which should be completed in approximately 6 to id a slump this week as only eight permits with a total valuation of $35,050 were issued in the office of Earl Conder, city engineer. Total for the week is slightly over half of the $67,950 total of the previous week. Permits were issued this week i to: D. Earl Stowell, 790 E. 3rd S., E. 1237 $500, garage; R. D .Pope, Briar Ave., $10,000 dwelling; Jane Storrs, 231 W. 4th N.. $1000, remodel; Max Bunnell, 1303 E. 9th S., $1500; addition; Elbert H. Startup, 1280 N. Cherry Lane, $12,000, dwelling; Henry Gerwin, 796 E. Milton, $9000, dwelling, Virgil Bullock. 655 W. 4th N . To GRIFFIN $450, garage; H. Rex Taylor, 448 JOSEPHINE give lecture and demonstration W. 3rd N., $600, garage. on modern home appliances here Monday. 9 Net Income Of Steel Firms Ffalls In 1949 Partjof Steel for Los Angeles Project to Come From Geneva Building permit issuance tbok i i SUNDAY HERALD Sunday, June 11, 1950' Business and (Finance Activity Takes Slight Slump ' well-conside- J it ui xuuustry, manteis, neai estate r5 Provo Building f well-plann- ed jfrlrfr h ' The net income of iron and steel companies last year, after all charges, was $527,567,000, a decline of 2.4 per cent from tha net earnings of (540,548,000 in 1948, on the basis of reports to American Iron and Steel institute from companies representing 91 per cent of the steel ingot output of the United States. The companies' return on investment was 9.7 per cent, compared with 10.9 per cent in 1948 according to the institute's figures. Earnings on sales in 1949 were 7.1 per cent, compared with 6.7 per cent in the previous year. months. Under terms of the contract, Consolidated Western Steel! Corp. will fabricate one half of the steel and American Bridgei company the other half. Part of the steel for the project will be rolled at the Gereva Steel Co., in Utah, which is also a sub sidiary of the U. S Steel Corp Engineers estimate work on thei steel erection will start in about three and a half months. 8 v.v Finance .Co. Manager Attends Convention I' T. H. Copus, manager of the Personal Finance Co. in Provo, was among those commended for an outstanding record at the na Grow Named to Firm's tional convention of the company Accounting Committee at White Sulphur recently W. Va., according to Springs, D. Spencer Grow, president, Charles Hi Watts, head of the orUtah Savings and Loan Assn., has received word of his appointment ganization; Mr. Copus has been to the accounting committee of with the company for four years, the United States Savings andj A lecture and demonstration Loan League. The appointmenton modern home appjiances will including three years in charge of the Provo office. came from Henry A. Bubb, of be given Monday at 8 p.m.-iTopeka, Kan., presidents tif the Utah Valley Furniture Co. by the home economics department league, which is the nationwide trade organization of Josephine Griffin, Westinghouse of University of Utah. She has the savings association business. demonstrator. recently completed a course of The demonstration will include training in Los Angeles. She has Eight players in the American the use of the electric range, re- traveled extensively with her league hold lifetime batting aver- frigerator, electric mixer, auto- lecture program and has adages of .300 or better on a basis matic washer, roaster and other dressed school, college and womof having played 400 or more appliances. en's club groups as well as public Miss Griffin, is a graduate of audiences. games. x Demonstration Of Home Appliances Set Monday Night n WIN RECOGNITION Don Ferguson, right, president of Wasatch Southern Gasoline Co.. presents wrist watches to Henry Jones of Pleasant View, left, and F., H. Keith of Orem in recognition of their superior rating for cleanliness in operating their respective service stations. Taylor Johnson, absent when picture was taken, received the same award. The presentations were made at a recent sales meeting. I Eitel-McCullou- gh, 0 - WlSSttfll , --- - ' Public Exhibition Of Truck Driving Set Here Monday A public , demonstration "suJj' on j. truck driving will be conducted Monday at p. m. on First South street between Third and Fourth West streets, according to Sgt. Max M. Snow, traffic and accident prevention division of the Provo police force. The police department will cooperate with the Cloverleaf dairy, Great American Indemnity Co., i - lic is invited. BEER COMES HIGH FORT WORTH, Tex. (U.R) A Fort Worth waitress landed in jail when an oil broker complained of an "overcharge" on beer. The man said she sold him two bottles of beer after hours. 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