Show CEMENT f U R 11 A kill 0 WORK CONTRACT AWARDED TO THE LOCAL CEMENT COMPANY calls for the delivery of barrois barrels to be used on big irrigation project assistant manager 0 B gilson of the ne union portland cement company has left for tho the east where he will remain a week or more on business connected with the company during ills hs absence W A stuart will take churgo of tho the local office the company received word that it I iad had ad been awarded the contract contact for furnishing barrels of portland cement to tho the government ro reclamation service for use in the consta construction construct uc t on of the groat great Min idolia projection project in in idaho the bid of the local company at per barrel f 0 b cars cai sr at points in idaho between burley and N lini doka was the lowest of eleven received from other companies of tho the west considering the estimated cost of cf transportation from points of delivery quoted by tho the other bidders two tao thousand usand barrels are to be delivered during the month of october 2 GOO during november and the balance of the order by december the project is one of the most stupendous propositions that the government has thus tar far attempted in alti ity reclamation campaign and involves the irrigation of some acres of now arid land lying on both sides of tho the snake river in the canyon of tho the snake where the river cuts ali rough the fild granite to a depth 0 of f several hundred foot feet will be built the wonderful dam this av will III be when completed a gi gigantic gantle triangle shaped piece of masonry feet feel long on top and extending downword downward to a depth of feet to the bottor bottom of the gorge A great lake will thus be formed covering acres of land and containing cubic feet of water the requirements made before Fw awarding arding a contract for cement to bo be need in a project of this ahll kind are necessarily severe for this parti cu lai at use the specifications insist on the cement not carrying more than 75 per cent sulp sulphuric hurle anhydride nor more than 3 per cent magnesia furthermore ther more it must not be adulterated with r ith furnace slag natural cement limestone nor hydraulic lime the bairens must be full measure measure and contain at least pounds ahe specific gra gravity ity thoroughly dred at degrees centigrade must not be less eharb besides many other requirements in the way of fineness etc exhaustive hau stive tests are made as to the lemale teu felle strength and the resistance to crushing force small pats pata are made or wafers and these are subjected to all sorts borts of tests such as allowing eflem to remain in different air temperatures pera tures in water at different temperatures pera tures and tor for different lengths of time from a few hours to a month the company has also received not the government will nake further contracts if agreeable for cement to be used in utah work |