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Show H Big Concern. B Ogden Standard, Friday. H The Three Forks Portland Cement fl company, thu largest, corporation of its H kind In Ogdcn, completed Us organlza- H tlon here lust evening at a meeting of H the principal stockholders of the en- M tcrprlsc. The new concern hus a cap- H Itallatlon of $2,100,000, divided Into B 800,000 shares of preferred and l,t00,- M 000 shaics of common stock. The M plant will bo located In Gallatin conn- M ly, Montana, sixty-seven miles east of m llutlc, and will be built at once. In- H eluded among those who are tucking H the enterprise arc u number of per' H sons who have been largely interested In the n iinufacturc of cement for many jean Some of the most pioml-ticnt pioml-ticnt cai'ii iillsi s of Untie, Ogd'Mi, Pen-vcr Pen-vcr and Los Angclis aiu IcU-nt Hied with thi low corporation As soon as the securing of labor and material will permit, work will be comment' tl on I lie new factor), which will be loiMit'il at the Junction of the JclTcrson, Madison and Gallatin livers, which Is t .insidered an ideal spot for tho purpoM' The works will have n capacity of 2,000 barrels a day. It Is claimed that I he cement rock deposits, of which the Threo Forks compan) has second brtwecn 3,000 and 4,000 acres, his a breadth of close to .100 feet. 'I oi ir deposit, according to the reports of experts, contains all of the Ingredients necessary for tho manufacture manufac-ture of ceiiieut, and the claim Is made that tlu'ro Is none more perfect known In the world at this time It Is estimated that the new works will bj completed in from nlncmnnths to a i ear's time. An clfort will be made to mako tho plant one of the most up to date In the country. Those allied with tho concern, especially those who hold the principal amount of stock, aro tho persons who control the Portland Cement company plant at Denver and the Union Portland Cement company works near this city. Their experience In constructing construct-ing these factories Is expected to 3crvc them in good stead In the building build-ing of tho proposed plant. Tho artl-cles artl-cles of Incorporation have been made out and aro now on their 'vay to Hutte for filing. The list of utockholdcrs of tho new company Include Charles Hocttchcr, president of tho Portland Cement company com-pany of Denver; Whitney Newton, vice president of the same company; Carl Leonard t of Los Angeles;.!. D Siemons, IT. T Mellrldo of Hutte. Mont., and Joseph Scow croft, M. S Browning, James I'lngree, A man Moore, A G Gllson and Ilyrum Pin-grecof Pin-grecof the Union Poilland Cement comuany ofOgden The olllcers and directors of llio new company arc-President arc-President and treasurer, James I'lngree; I'ln-gree; vice presidents, Joseph Scow-croft, Scow-croft, F.T. McHrldo and C. Hoetcher; secretary, Ilyrum Plngree. J A. Ilcndrlckson Is tho Logan end of the above corporation and has sc- currcd $30,000 of the stock for those )n Logan who failed to go' In on the Ogden Cement factory, the stock of which Is now selling for $150 00 per share, and tho factory is not vet complete. |