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Show SUNimY HtRALD MARCH 15. 19SI Uuh County, Uuh SUNDAY. DECENTRALIZATION INDUSTRIAL Provo Pover Builds New ft n Many Firms Prefer Sub-Statio- i Snioll Coiiiniunily , i Sites, Survey Shows year. The aubstatka, which will ea-- ! able the utility to take standby power from any ether generating source, will be located en property purchased at about 11th " I. an the Springvllte Road. Also scheduled for completion In ;i3i3 is the new "white way" light-- i Ing project from the north city limits to the south city limits. Cost of the project is $60,000, with the Utah Road Commission and the (Provo Utilities Department splitting (the cost. .Sodium vapor lights are being installed at the extremities of the white way, near the city limits at each end. Mercury vapor Lights are being Installed In the central section. The Provo municipal plant has made a suostantial profit each year since It went into operation April 1, 1940. The system now has a valuation of around 13,000,000. Employ. ' ing 71 plant, office and distribution system employes (this does rot Include the 16 waste removal department workers), the utility has an annual payroll of about 1260,-00- nt from any lane body ef water produces a relatively mild climate. In addition, these cities are located within easy driving range of aome of the finest scenery In the country. Apa of Ue proximately people of the state live In this atrip of territory, which extend north and south paralleling the mountains, from Fort Collins and Greeley south, through Pueblo to Trinidad. Where a company is ownir operator and where location is not stringently governed by markets or materials, companies may bt located, in many instances, where desirable living conditions are found. The small town has an Ir resistible charm for many in The feeling of "One-ness- " the community and the espirlt ie corps of the small town has been a locatlonal force bt some thty variety, mai " have been oriented , for the most part by these factors of imoortance In Industrial location. For example, the largest manufacturing flnm new post-wa- r In Colorado il Julius Hyman and sec-nd.r- v Company . chemical plant This company located In Colorado because of the availability of the faRocky Mountain Arsenal plant cilities. Thus, neither tht Colorado market nor Colorado mate-Ma- li oriented location. One secondary factor oi loca tion-- In Colorado, which has been of great Importance for some flrma.ta Initiating operations in this western state has been that of the community Itself. To be more specific, Colorado attracted some firms because of the attrac- tlveness of the cities In the state and. secondly, because some en terprisers liked the "not too large not toe small" clues on the east em slope of the Colorado Rockies These cities Include Denver, Colo rado Springs, Boulder, Longmont Loveland, fort Collins and Greeley Thee cities have an average elevation ef approximately a , mile, and their great distance r i 0. The steam electric power plant's generating capacity Is 14.000 k. w., f i 4 One president of a company that moved to Colorado from New York said, "We like the small of Colorado has been the recipient ef a number of new wiim-an- t firms since thej war. of any of these firms have been "foot-loose- V. :'(( t,. peo-ple. the firms. the 1! two-thlrd- The atat 1 J- - The peak load of the plant, .recorded last November, was 11, 200 k.w. The plant's load has exceeded Its "firm" capacity, which la the generating capaclty of Its largest unit. Standby power Is purchased from Utah Power and Llrht Company at $21,000 for 1000 ONE OF WORLD'S MOST MODERN FIFE PLANTS Here's a view in the Interior ef the modern Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Company plant at Ironton. In center la cast Iron pressure the DeLavaud centrifugal pipe castlnf machine showing a . pipe which has Just been pulled from the machine. Pipe la shown on the skids with the operator removing dry sand cor which has formed the bell or joint. . six-inc- h smaller community. A reduction rates and Insurance in property-ta- x rates may be expected In the rural area. of." The experience of the Stat of An official of a new publishing Colorado tn the post-wa- r period company that located In Colorado has been Indicative of the locatlon commented in a similar vein. This al "pull" of clean, attractive cities company has an annual printing " enterprises. With Now In Its fourth year of rapid, bill of between $150,000 and $200,- - upon continued movement of Indus000. The editor of The firm was the away from heavily populated pleased with the type of service try districts, it seems County, the Superior Asphalt Pavrendered his" company y local metropolitan never before, the ing Company, 1423 E. 9th S. anas that, likely coast this printers. "On the West well-kewill orient Industry. nounces the Intended spring comcity printing bill might be small pletion of Its new concrete office to a lot of printing combuilding. The new construction, ColoUse in our To .Ironton printer Geneva, panies. will supply office space for three rado wa are the big account We other Thorn companies ' besides Iron Output' get the best of service In every Half Thorn's Ready- Superior Asphalt extras some him and way from half of Utah's Mix Co., Thorn Construction and Approximately ' besides. is consumed the Equipment Rental Co. iron or small city central part of The decentralliatlon of Industry at Genevaproduction and Ironton. . According to Grant Thorn, pres the state where the firm la one of in this country is being carried on Almost one-fifIs shipped to the structure features an 18 the five largest employera In town at a rate of which the average clti- - the furnaces at Mlnnlqua, near ident, foot x 60 foot canopy which rests . The vice president ef" the xen Is unaware. The small city Pueblo, Colo., and substantial ton- with no direct support The build company commented that "In has a great deal to offer a migrant nages go to Fontana, Cal. Addi this town we are like a big firm which Is not strongly oriented tional, quantities move by rail to frog In a little pnddle. 'Wa to materials or markets. Life is Long Beach, Cal., thence by water carried on at a more even pace, to various eastern destinations In are one of the biggest employera In town and the whole town with a resultant lower labor turn the United Statea. This indirect la Interested In what w de. over. New firms U Colorado have method of transportation involves If we want an additional bus found rural labor exceptionally lower total freight charges than In the morning, w get it. adaptable. More people own their if the ore moved directly eastward Members ef our company are own homes and automobiles In the by ralL i In different civic organisations. If we were located In Los Angeles w would never be heard ."foot-loose- th J hi . Superior Asphalt Company Doubles Production Over Preceding Season . . including two 2000 k.w. units, on 2500 k.w. unit, and one 7500 k.w. unit. There Is space in the plant building for installation of still another unit when "conditions Justi fy." town. We like the Informality of Main Street and the Idea that home Is only a few blocks' ride from the office." From the point of view of good living the small Utah and Colorado cities have bad a great appeal to many of the officers of the transplanted firms The manager of another which moved to Colorado from the West Coast, noted that labor unions were not so well received as in In smaller municipalities some of the more heavily populated cities. The possibility of es cape from union organlxalion is probably nowhere any mora likely than In a small rural area. This factor has been of no little impor tance to some of the firms that moved to Colorado after World War II. A firm which might attract no attention in a larger community may find Itself regarded aa a very In important establishment smaller municipality. A number of economic and (octal advantages accrue from this high community status. For example, one new Colorado firm, which employs about 90 workers, la located in a ' Provo'a municipal power plant, which has undergone a continual program of expansion atnee It went into operation 13 years ago, will continue its growth with construe Hon of a $100,000 substation this I Editor"! Not: The question of the factors which deter-miImIndustrial (oration in the imall community Is btitnnlnf portant one In the Central I'tah area sincere e, ( Iron and eter! manufacturing near Provo. Th followlng-artklwritten by John D. Garwood, aiilttant professor at economic!. Fort Hays Kansaa State College, Hays, Kansas, aheda Intereattnf light on the question. It la reprinted from recent Usu of The American City. . Two forces hava dominated policies of location of industry in this The country lince World War II: Influthe and markets of Influence ence of materials. The South, for new example, has attracted much manufacIndustry alnce northern turers decided that it was cheaper to feed the southern market by new branch plants than by freight. ma Similarly, sections where raw terials are readily avauaoie uvCn drawn manufacturing and process-inlants. transportation facilities, climate, water, ' community tax tincture, and the community deu if iiva alia exerted varying dependfrees of "pulling power" In a firm"! ing upon their places cost structure. The writer recently completed study, mostly by personal Interviews, of the location processes of 111 ftrmi which Inioperatiated manufacturing tions In Colorado and I'tah January 194ft through April 1951. It Is the opinion ef the . writer that fully H per cent of all new manufacturing firms la Colored and I'tah employing M or more were Included In the study. The two primary loeatlonal forces of, material! and market dominated the selection ef loeaUon of many of n hp k.w.h. ' Currently the utility has $97,000 in 1953. outstanding. A total of in bonds will be retired Structural Steel Wlotments Hiked Allotments for structural steel for the second quarter of 1953 will furnishes mixtures of asphalt and be the largest since materials con- -, gravel for roadwork - driveways, jtrols went into effect.- - Eessentlal parking areas, sidewalks, tennis public services will be the princcourts, and varied other uses. The ipal beneficiaries of the Increase, asphalt originates from refineries !but nearly all users of structural at Salt Lake and when acquired by steel will recelve.more thari their -- ii.. Superior is scientifically blended a ... to provide the proper mix required The Defense Electric Power Adfor the Job at hand, states Pres. ministration will get d Thorn. more structural steel than in the Other company officers besides first quarter, for use In constructPres. Thorn include A. O. Thorn, ing new poweri generating and vice president; Paul Thorn, secretary-t- transmitting facilities. The petrolreasurer; J. W. Park, assist- eum industry received a 20 per ant general manager; Jay Blnghayn cent boost, mostly for new refinery chief engineer and J. Lawrence construction and oil field itself will be 36 by 55 feet. The superlor Company and.aux- illary facilities at Provo represent a $100,000 Investment and employ about 40 people during seasonal peak operations. "During the past year we have more than doubled our output of asphalt as compared to the previous year. This is due mostly to the Increase of available state road Jobs in this area," says Grant Thorn, president. Superior Asphalt Paving has been a great provider of street and patch work mix for the state and scattered municipalities. The company Davis, superintendent Ing .., one-thir- UTAH'S MININS INDUSTRY a wri leads the way - Ilk-'A V VH W3 Utah's industrial history can summed up io one phrase: "A Parade of Progress." vr 1: And Utah's mining industry, as --i- - ,, "$ " - - r "-- v - ; -r- -- the developer of many of the - ,. state's basic natural resources, has been an important influence in leading this parade. Always searching for new mining and treatment i v . "av, .. methods, for increased use of Utah's present resources, and spending millions of dollars for the development of new resources, the mining industry still leads the J t sa "Parade of Progress" that makes possible day by day .use. and year by year a greater industrial Utah. ti The mining industry of Utah shares with every ... PAGIFIS STATES I eAJQerjWPFj Ii0E,PldG .TIIEA7GST $1,447,000 in bonds TQtqtD 0f."PACJY opportunities and an eren better life for us all. ; s III I if Mill IJA II I J N:... THE I'JGS? I Utahn the goal of an even greater state with expanding n ii. C ' '' C, AU1 ( "From tht earth comes an abundant life for all" sua XL s 1 |