Show OFF ON A JUNKE tast friday the city council went oft off on a junket tile objective point being the cement plant in the party vere mayor blackburn councilmen wynn L eddy J B Alc mcmaster Alaster john 11 II iworsley trans S larsen hyrum J alanson ex councilmen john U D peters john V P christensen ind and W if glover recorder standing Al marshal arshal abraham evans president oleen cloen N stohl victor victor E madsen and 11 C baker the members of the party were guests or of pros W J dell vice prest dent harold C day and secretary n R K h di bristol astol of the ogden portland cement co and immediately upon the arrival at the factory dinner was served in the dining room of the boarding house the good things set before the guests were too numerous to mention but every man present there N aan t a lady on the grounds did his part like a man and the dinner was partaken partaker par taken of amid laughter and conversation of the brand that goes a 1 long ways in it aiding dir digestion estion when the meal was finished tile the guests were shown about the boarding house office and laboratory the building which aich was the first one erected on the grounds is supplied with every emery modern convenience such as steam heat cicat hot and cold water electric lights and gas for use in the laboratory bor atory up are arc located the bed rooms and the employees of the company can call get first class board and lodging for a very reasonable figure in the laboratory mr air C R alabee the ch chemist ernist illustrated the process of making cement by the old german wet method and mr air bell explained the various processes which are employed in the manufacture of cement by the various methods mr air dell bell also stated that the deposit of marl on the barrens was as nearly pure as it could be found anywhere in the world to his knowledge in fact it is tile the remarkable deposit he had ever seen or liew daniti d anything ng about back in allchin michigan an where the gentleman was making cement before becoming associated with the industry in this state lie said they ha had to dredge the great lakes at a depth of 30 feet to get the mail and the other ingredients were shipped into the factory front from a great distance out on tile the barrens it is entirely different the marl is pure fiant the surface to a depth of irom 4 to 11 feet the greatest deposit being along alone in the center of the vast tract decreasing in depth as the edges are reached immediately under tile the mail lies the clay the hie other ingredient gred lent which can be excavated to an almost unlimited depth suffice it to say is marl and clay enough out on the barrens to keep the present plant running tor for a generation or two A demonstration was oven given sho sh otting NNIng the texture of a briquette made from cement manufactured ct tired at the plant which was seven days old which a tension of pounds to break it in two pieces A briquette made of kansas cement ninety days old broke with a pull of pounds which shows the strength of the article made front from the worthless barrens the tests which mr air maybac made ir IE order to determine whether or not the correct proportion of mart marl and clay were being mixed at the factory mere ere very interesting and here it should be stated that the proportion then abed had not been changed tor for over three day which Is a remarkable thin thing in mev ol 01 tho the jact that it Is not uncommon to change the pro portion every hour of the twenty lour jour this evidences the uniform purity of the mail and clay chay A sample ot of the mixture is taken every hour and anil tested tho the result being as above stated tta ted clr bell went through these parts live years ago and as the train pulled across the barrens lie he looked out of the car window and gazed upon what that lie then considered morth worthless less ground some ano cars ago he be was sent out here bere to make some tests for the information of those who formed tile the present company and in fit boring thru the caust of the barrens lie he noticed that the marl gnarl was waa slightly it I 1 y red d for C G inches or more e on oil the to top I 1 this he kicked to one side and acio took his samples from the gray eray marl underneath nut hut for curiosity more than anything else he took a lump of tile the red marl with hira him to the baker ranch house chete lie made the tests and was surprised to find that the gray marl was licit ilch in commercial value but most to learn that the red layer continued on page six OFF ON i A JUNKET JONKEL co continued from first page which lie had thought was nas mineral wash waa uwe pure commercial connner cial marl only col ored that was the beginning of a series of exhaustive exhaust ise tests testa the result vf of which is the present splendid institution out on the barrens and for fear re might be some who may be superstitious enough to believe the whole tiling thing a wild cat scheme it might be stated that not one dollars worth of stock can be bought upon the market and the company is composed of ayne ane of the biggest financiers of the bic west vest as well as some of Vie viemont most q cement makers in the united state t I 1 after these interesting ahad iad I 1 been ell ini jy iu the tl ie laboratory the friol party took a tolke hike out to the is and saw that almost human e piece nm y crali up great scoops full of itri i 1 tri arl dumping it onto the die cars the macii mach le e works on oil the same principle as a steam shovel oni ly this shovel is shaped like a lenion lemon peel cut calt in tour four pieces and opened apt up at one end its own weight partly buries it in it the mail when the cl operator aerator I 1 j releases the windlass but bul alien the ill power is turned on and the shovel commencais to load it just digs into the marl or clay sinking deeper and deeper until the four flanges have come together in their natural position when hen closed and the marl or clay is ia bulging over the top of the scoop the grabs up a cubic yard of earth bith each operation the excavator is on a track 0 of its own which is in a two sections section when a move is necessary the operator runs tile the L excavator back onto the rear petion of track then picks lacks up the front section and swings it around to the lean ipar which makes a large clear area tor lor excavating again the company was mas hauled from the excavator into tile the factory orb on tile the entile gluc the members liang hanging ng on where yer vcr they could but before tile the start nas ag made mr air day took a snap shot of t tile the bunch as a souvenir ot of the trip tile the visit at tile the factory was begun the th power house where the switch SP board and hydraulic air engine are located As yet the entire supply ol of electrical current used to operate the i machinery at the factory is furnish ed by the cites power plant which Is insufficient and the company is anxiously awaiting the machinery to in stall in ill the plant recently erected at dakers bakers ranch which will generate about 1273 horse power front from the power house the party was conducted to the mixing room of the factory and gaw the mart marl and clay being thoroughly mixed then forced into storage tanks by air pressure the process from then on is simple the compound goes from the first storage tanks into a rotary mixer elicie io III it thoroughly mixed and then bumped v with ith air air pressure into the i 1 onster storage tanks front from where it s tapped into the burning efin ki ang and subjected to a A hile heat I 1 until it comes out in red lot hot klinkers thebe ue conveyed by means of an endless owl thain hain into the cooler on the orth side of the burning room where the klinkers are cooled off after which iley a are re conveyed by another endless baket bu act chain up to the toli toil of tile rii aik buil diriK bhele they ire do de pi iteal in fit tile affe bins ind ami from riso re conveyed into the hie grinders il ii bioni which thle the finish r cement rims r ilis on a nido tie belt into flito t storage bins on tile west end or the plant last friday one bin holding asoo barrels was mas just about full and the company will soon ship the first car I 1 old oad of cement all along the line mr bell explained the process and when once understood it is like standing an egg on the small end so simpie simple when hen understood the company expects to add another I 1 unit just us as soon is as the weather will permit which means that the present calL capacity elty will be doubled at present the machinery is kept in fit operation 24 hours bours every day and the finished cement roes goes into the storage inns bins tit at the rate of barrels per lay day at the present time it Is hard for foe the citizens ot of this city to r realize e aleze the great value ot of the cement plant to this section of the state but af after ter one has visited the factory lie he can begin to understand what an enormous industry idu stry it is going to be and what nhat great importance to city and box ox elder county the manufacture of cement within our boarders Is those tho industry are gentlemen of the highest class IC l pal ill t bo Do it if you will and an d they exile expect t to 0 o mike make their homes amongst us its and strive for tile hie up building of tills ills city county arid and state side by side with willi those i who to have been born and raised here to such persons we should extend a hearty welcome arid and join the club to boost the industry for in fit so doing c e are arc boosting out our own interests to all who iio have never pai anid 1 a visit to the factory tithe take a day off and go out oui there the gentlemen zif il tile the plant will lie ie wore more than delighted to show flow yant |