| Show Utah Construction Co Does Ten Million Dollar Business During Past Twelve Months Completes Numerous Large Contracts Operates Throughout West Vest and in Mexico Build Irrigation Irrigation- Projects Engages s in Farming on Big Scale A volume of ot business l slightly r t t n n- n million dollars was d cl during the tho year year 1926 by byi tar 11 r T a n Construction company t f f fur ur UI was obtained from from the tho thoI ther thor r I a 01 ot ol OJ tho treasurer of them them the ther m r ny nr In Ogden Ofden and represents represent r I v U F f fro ro 10 i r receipts aid to the c nn impi II rv during durine the pear ear r on con con- conlon con ion con ton lon nets contracts i sales ales of ot cattle t d wool payments on rr C g f son cion Ion contracts contract and other mitcel-i mitcel I t n ou w our r I The Tho total tot l flit flit- fig fir ur ut ur II to officers rs of the ho f lip up irp ny in to Is just a lit lit t It- It Itt t v-s v v r-v i j of the tir actual am amount untO O nu In Ini fl handled because some torne 0 or t 11 ar 1 p ments were made In 16 for or work vork dono done in the th loul iou y r I and this excess is la some some- v v et t C mor mol than the amounts rep rep- rep rep-r r sited Jy y work worl done don In 1926 itch lI h will be paid p ld for tor In ht 1927 h to officers of ot the thc comp com p com com- comp p nf ny n the llio year yo car r has lias been a II ver very a live Il N e one Just about 12 months P n eTho Standard Examiner r in Its I du Edition E published the thc t f that the construction corn com com pony had work worl In progress ag- ag L c-L l L gating tine between six million and ande andr million dollars dollar Practical Practical- 1 p e in m n I JI dl Jl this work worl has hail been completed ed ca along with the other work v Increased the tho volume by about three million dollars WORK N I-N MEXICO XICO During Durine the year ear some somo rather jobs have been completed These Included the Union Pacific second 1 track work near Ogden s f w everal ral contracts for the tho BIngham Garfield Railway company and th for Utah Utah Copper company t I Bingham several jobs tor for the Pacific company In to Arl- Arl An Ari Arizona zon zona Oregon and end C California a nt of pieces of work for the Oregon Short Line Railroad com com- com p 1 ln ny and the Denver Rio Grande Western estern Railway com com- company com Nm pany The large contract for the Southern Pacific company of ot Mex Mex- Mex- Mex Mexico leo ico In the tho states of Nayarit and Jalisco Mexico which have hav- been in progress for tor over oer three years ears s t-s been practically finished and 1 the general Mexico office of the construction company has been moved to to Tucson Arizona IRRIGATION PROJECT The two big bir dams for the roe roe- rec im department of the States Slates government have e b been en brought to near completion These are ar the largo lareo storage et at American Fall Falls Idaho and lije largo large lareo storage and flood con con- con works work located on the tho River near Guernsey Wyo Wo An- An Another An Another other largo lario Irrigation project has been started for the United States government on the Sun river project project In Montana Th They y are also building a large Irrigation tunnel near Emigrant Gap Cap Calif Some half balf dozen railroad grading jobs located along alons the tho line of at the Den Den- Denver Den Denver ver er Rio Grande Western have bave haveA Aces beer cen started and entirely finished since the Industrial Edition of The Tho Standard Examiner mad made Its comments on this Ogden Orden concern about a year ear ago rut FARMS r is AM U RANCHES IL In addition to its lis grading oper oper- operations operation the con construction company ha has two other lines of business One consists of ot farming and ranching In ht Nevada Xada and Idaho where It owns o about aerl'S of land on which It ft produces productS hayand hay hayand and nd grazes cattle caUle sheep shepp Jn and 1 horses It also owns and oper operates ales ates all the Cary Carey act Irrigation project project tc In Butte Dutte and Cust Custer r counties Irrigation Idaho where it built an tion system and distributes water for tor pUblic lands secured by set set- settlers set settlers lIers Irrigation under the Carey act tion law law- The basis of this en- en enterprise enterprise en enterprise r Is a large larse storage reser reser- reser- reser voiron on Big Bis Lost River In Custer I county count Idaho OGDEN HEADQUARTERS RS General repair shops and ator-aco ator age machinery yards for the con con- con construction machinery and equip Quip equipment equipment ment of the tho corporation are arc main main- maintained main main- maintained maintained In Ogden Ofden Utah and Oak Oak- Oakland Oak Oakland land California Th Tu The general ac- ac accounting accounting ac accounting counting for all the th company's op- op operations op operations i opi Is 19 carried on It Its head head- headquarters headquarters quarters In Ogden There Is a 10 largo large branch In San Fran Fran- Francl Fran Francisco cl cisco co California California- which handles handle construction business for the tho com com com- company pany on the Pacific coast and there are also branch offices and camp organizations In various 10 10 lo entities throughout tho west where the Iho ho company carries on en It its work but all accounts are report report- reported r reported port port- ed cd and finally merged In its head head- headQuarters headquarters head headquarters quarters office at Ogden COVERS JUS me lG DISTRICT It is Int to no note not to that tho company Is at t tho the present time working to the northward almost as far tar as the Canadian line at Gibson Dam Montana Jn and 1 south south- southward southward southward ward In the state tate of ot Jalisco Old Mexico It Is also on work In Arizona California No- No Norada Ne Nevada e- e vada rada Oregon Idaho Montana Utah Colorado and Wyoming OFFICERS U D I DIRECTORS The directors of the Utah Con Con- Construction Construction Con Construction company are arc W V Ir II E 0 O Wattis Warren I L Wallis Waltis A A A- II It 11 Christensen Joseph R B Porter L R Eccles M lit S Eccles and H J Lawler r All are of Ogden n with the exception of Mr Christensen of Salt Lake and Mr Lawler of ofSan ofSan ofSan San Francisco The officers are W W IL II Wattis president E u 0 O Wattis Wattis vice Ice pres- pres presIdent president pres president ident A H Christensen vice pres pres- presIdent pres- pres president president ident Warren arren L Wattis attis secretary and treasurer L S Corey Cory of Berkeley assistant secretary and assistant treasurer |
