Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-04-19 | Page 19 | Sagebrush State Cement Plant

SAGEBRUSH STATE CEMENT PLANT ccording to information received by Wi T. Powell, of the B. F Good-' rich Rubber company, the state of I Nevada may enlace in the manufaC-ture manufaC-ture of cement as a part of its hish way construction program, a bill ap- j propriatin? $B ') for that, purpose baving recentlj been ehacted by Its legislature. The bill was written into law after a special commission ap-1 pointed by the governor had made an I investigation of the practicability and economy of manufacturing cemenl wiihin the state and reported favorably favor-ably The law creates a commission of hree persons w ho are given a fund of i $5,000 with w hich to make further j investigations and experiments. If. In their Judgment a state cement plant: Is deemed a wise or necessary invest - I in-or they are authorized to proceed I with Its erection and operation from a luri her fund of $100,000 which was placed at their disposal by the legislature. legis-lature. In case a larger plant is needed than will be possiblt under the . 1 mi i ap propriaiion the Nevada department of I highways has authority under the act creating It to expend department funds' on such a plant The spend commission will be ap pointed w ithin a few days by Gov,-j ernoi Hoy It and will at once becin in i ventilations, and exnerimenls with the' mineral deposits that abound through' OUl the Btate, many of which are said by mineralogists to be suitable for ce-ment ce-ment manufacture.