| Show A one olae of our great ind adesi 19 ard asid 1 n d cement CU co arik tile the visitor in bri brigham ham today will not fail to see the lie volume of smoke arising from our great cement factory factor about five miles northwest of brigham since january 5 there has been no cessation of operation there and it lias has already become one of the great landmarks of the county being located on the level plain it is visible for many many miles anil and im its ceaseless activity be tokens tile the reign of a great and marvelous marv clous industry in ili the lie two preceding peach day issues of tho the news we told the story of liow how our miles and miles of barrens barren were to be converted into a peerless cement for tile the up building of the nation but we wrote tor for credulous readers only a very few could imagine that any god could come out of the barrens but we point with pride today to the more than fulfillment fulfilment of our promises for here indeed is an industry that is hardly equalled equal led in the west by many it is said to bv be the best mine in the state better belter far fa than any coal or or goll gold malic it seems incredible but nevertheless true that more than pounds per day of marl are scooped up liere here shuffled shuff leil about a bit and mixed in the ponderous machinery with small percent age of imported gypsum and is sacked ill as genuine ogden portland coment cement the peer of any ani cement in the world a cement that is considerably above government erni nent requirements and add which shiell is finding a really ready market ahen when wo we say that the company has over 2000 acres of here of marl which varies from 5 to 10 feet in depth a sufficient quantity in sight to make at least million barrels of cement one can begin 15 to appreciate preci ate what this factory rdean t to 0 brigham 0 and box elder county old residents of the county who have traveled over the marl beds hundreds hundred of times pronouncing them worthless and wondering wonderlin I 1 why our beautiful county should be marred with such desolate and barren wastes take occasion nowadays frequently to stop and kick themselves for not knowing th t here lay the richest lands of the fie county the best mines in the west a body of marl unparalleled in all the world but such is the irony of fate I 1 we disregard the wealth at our feet to chase the ignis fatrus into the misty land of nowhere to mr II 11 C baker is due the credit aud and honor of discovering tile hie true values of our marl beds ind and upon him also was wag leaped heaped scorn and ridicule of his fellow citizens for many years wh ileen plotting ing his belief it was bad back kw at 4 4 1 41 cement plant Do boarding arding house in 1893 that lie he be began bean an to buy up and secure the huDd hundreds reds of acres of barrens and it was sixteen long years before lie he saw liis his 1 hopes realized the realization however asso wasso perfect and marvelous surpassing even his most sanguine expectations that he could well afford to wait for a alona ang time mr arr baker could hardly get el anyone interest A NW sa da AJ aa osaka v cement plant excavator used in fit digging up the marl and clay capacity ono one cubic yard per shovel in ill ili his proposition but when about four years cars ago lie he succeeded in getting cement workers in interested te things began be an to lo move mr IV V J bell now president of the company then of the file newaygo cement company of michigan first firs t surveyed the lands andrest andee t ed cd the marls thep came depre senta tives of the th lathbury nian company and also of the lie peerless portland cement company these people not only made very favorable reports but practically identical reports showing the lie very same tests of chemical properties so that tile the value of the property was established dished beyond the pos possibility ability ofa doubt I 1 from prom this time on oil affairs moved I 1 readily the work was done eral cral parties were ivere really ready anil and anxious to talce take up the tion tile the financial crash delayed matters somewhat to but one year ago last spring when mr C af day treasurer of marshall meld field co chicago took up the proposition cosi ion tion it was pushed rapidly to completion the company was organized in may ground was ivas broken in june and before january the plant had been established and was ready for operations operation 3 the plant is run by electricity furnished partly by its own elec i trie plant in wasatch canyon di fj a erectly cast of tile factory andi and partly by brigham arrange i ments are now under way wa by which more power can be ob 2 bained and the capacity of the plant doubled about fifty meu men are now ein aloyed at the factory most of these remain in the company houses at tile the factory the rema remain i der drive back and forth to brigham tile officers of the company spend much of their time in brig hani hain though tholo h their main office is at ordan ogdan they are all affable and courteous gentlemen andl and they the not dot only take a pride in their great industry but are arc boosters boasters bo of our great western country IF AM P V 4 J cement plant showing power house mixing room burning room dry grinder machine shop an and storage bins |
