Show cement plant plans 2 million expansion union portland cement company announces vast expansion at devils slide plans for construction of a manufacturing plant supplementing existing facilities at devils slide have been announced by officials of the union portland cement company concurrent announcement also was made of near completion of 12 new storage silos and a packing plant at an estimated cost of con st ruction of the latter was started about one year ago the new plant will consist of an entirely new crushing i unit the I 1 rock being handled by belt conveyor to the grinding department two kilns kalns wet process nine feet six inches in diameter by feet long will ill be installed with sufficient finish grinding capacity to take care of the output according to the announcement construction sf the project is expected to begin as soon as materials are available company officials said adding that it is is possible the plant will be in operation in time for the 1947 construction st action season combined output of the old and new plants will more than treble present capacity the present plant has been in operation for nearly 10 years and has supplied cement for every major construction job in utah as well as neigh boring states and contributed several hundred thousand barrels to the construction of boulder dam ao company pany spokesmen said the decision to build an entirely new plant was based on the unprecedented demand for cement in the rapidly growing cicat salt lake valley and the companas comp anys faith in the continuation of this growth it is is expected that demands for cement will be served adequately and promptly by the new unit surveys made prior to the expansion indicated an acute need locally for the essential construction material engineers pointed out that from the raw materials perspective the devils slide area has enough of the special rock required to keep the company operating at capacity for an unlimited i cited time approximately one year ago a contract was let for construction of new storage silos and a n new ew packing house this wor work according to the announce announcement men will ill be completed by mid depte september er the company now has stora storage capacity for barrels of cement e en t |