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Show 4monday, Prices Continued from page Sometimes, we make the contractors supply us with from their lumber sources for a construction project." Sweat said in January, 1000 square feet of one-ha- dry-wa- ll lf inch drywall cost $72 to be delivered to the construction site. He now pays $96 for the same amount and must pick it up and deliver it himself. He estimates the added delivery cost at $18 per 1000 square Demand for concrete high Phase one of a $6 million, site shopping center in Taylorsville is nearly completed and a grand opening of all stores is expected by April 1, 1978. So far, only Heritage Bank & Trust has opened its doors at the Carriage Square center, according to developers at Western Woodlands. A Winchells Donut House will open by Dec. . Marketed and sold by Western Woodlands, the Taylorsville center, at 4100 South Redwood Road, will house 49 shops in 114,000 square feet of space. Tenants at the center have the option of buying space at an annual rate of $4.81 per square foot, or leasing space at $6 per square 1 foot. number of tenants have already committed to buy or lease space, including Rocky Mountain Wall Covering, Rickshaw Restaurant, Fernwood Candy and Ice Cream, Trolley Theatres, The Hair Salon, Original Rivit Shop and Barbara Jensen Interiors. After completion of Donut House, construction will stop until next spring. A Chuck-A-Ram- 1 feet. Phase of Carriage Square is complete 49 additional rotary kiln to boost production 25 to 30 percent. It should be compled for the 1979 construction season. a, Win-chell- 's Demand is up for concrete in Utah, too, Gene Williams, manager of Monroe ready mix, said. Peaking is part of the problem, since contractors are trying to beat the snow and lay foundations cn masse. Paulson said concrete sold for $11 per square yard three years ago, and is curup rently selling for in $4 a yard the past about three months. Monroe has placed its clients on allocation, and is accepting no new customers. When the concrete wholesal$24-$2- 8, ers run low on the cement mixture, they close shop on Fridays and Saturdays, Williams said. Monroe has closed only one weekend. Williams said freight increases have caused the price Freight varies problem. from 80 cents to $1.49 per cement bag, and it takes five bags per yard of concrete. That translates to a $5 per yard increase," he said. Ed Gallacher, president of Portland Cement, told the Enterprise the market has increased 45-5- 0 percent over last year. Were producing at full capacity, he said, and are in the process of putting on an Could be the government Gallacher h pother the go''crnmt::t nail mu I to do with the cement s nonage. he said, Some years, the federal government has a lot of projects going dams, roads, buildings. Other years, they turn off construction, and the private businesses sometimes find a shortage of materials. Government has had a lot to do w'ith the insulation shortage as well, most insulation wholesalers agree. With increased tax benefits and publicity on energy savings, the federal government has initiated increased awareness of retrofitting existing homes and adding additional insulation to new homes. The 18 results are an percent increase in insulation prices and a bottleneck for builders who await orders on fibcrglas and rock wool. Owens-Cornin- g reported Two Guys to open in Arrow Press the average home built in 1967 used 500 pounds of insulation. More than 700 pounds are fitted into new homes currently, and by 1980, the figure is expected to increase to 900 pounds. About 3 million homes received retrofitting insulation this year, compared with 750,000 last year. If the high demand weren't enough, the manufacturers are also facing a shortage of gas for fiberglas manufacturing and a shortage of borate, used as a for cellulose. Frank Anderson, owner firc-proof-i- ng interior restaurant there. Terry and Sid Sestel expect to open the eatery in the old Snelgroves shop by the first of the year, Arrowpress owner Jerry Olpin said. An application to the city commission requests a variance for the property fronting West Temple for a sidewalk cafe, Olpin said. My for at least H l tions and can't approach big projects either. Moved! Randall Green Publication Services is now at 1 546 South State Street. Call us at 466-589- 2 O WRITING O EDITING O ILLUSTRATION O TYPOGRAPHY ART O PRINTING SALES O PRODUCTION COORDINATION CAMERA-READ- Y Now at a new location to serve you better. cousins place There are a lot of good reasons for going to a certain printer. 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Millcreek Insulation Co. in Salt Lake has experienced a Weve Two Guvs From Italy, an Italian restaurant chain, has signed a lease for Arrow Press Square and hopes to open a sidewalk cafe in addition to an of Ogdens Wasatch Insulation Co., says his sales are down 45 percent from last year due to cutbacks in allocations. His prices, he says, are up 25 to 30 percent. We cant bid big jobs, he said, and have laid off several installers. I dont see a let-u- p for next year, and I expect to keep losing money |