Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-07-27 | Page 28 | Utah Adopts New Shingles

UTAH ADOPTS NEW SHINGLES f Thicker Type Will Be Used on Roofs of State Thicker shingles ar are to be b use ue 1 for Utah roofs root In th the future ac ac- ac accordIng according cordIng to plan plans o or of lumbermen l I Ii Ogden Oden Logan and Salt Lake who have baye given o of nf th the to two tWoS shingle a as being th the mo most t desirable for tor this thi section The In- In indorsement In Indorsement tI I hu ha be ben n voted by the lumbermen's association of the three cities and word hu ha been teen for for- forwarded forwarded warded tor-warded I warded secretary lary to Herbert Hoover secre- secre tary of commerce comme regarding the action The new nw type typo of ot shingle as com corn compared compared pared with the th six lx to twos two's two shingle now In common use us Is said sold to assur assure lur timber conservation ihIe Is the th reo re- r suit of one on loss less sawing In every two inches of ot lumber The Th six lx to two shingle derives derive Its If name f pm th tact fact that there ar aie a e six Ix shingles to two Inches In thickness while In Inthe inthe the five to two shingle ther there are live five shingles to two inches In thick thick-nes thick thick- thickness ness While this necessarily mean lessened quantities of or shingles fro from ft gIven amount of ot timber It 11 als ll provides provide shingles that will give lon ion longer lon ger lumbermen servIce according to the sum sum- bermen It Is In this thle phase phae as a we wei I IM M as elimination or of o Sawdust waste that the th lumbermen say ay there will willbe willbe be the th fort conservation Secretary Hoover has baa J the new shingle through his hi actIon i In promulgating the new nw federAl grades There Ther are ar four grades I known as a A B C and D and the I new shingles les may be b obtained In any of ot these th the excellency ot of th Ih product depending upon the gra grade chosen 00 00