The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-02
OUR BUILDING STONE
A Prominent Contractor Dis
cusses a Vital Question.
MR.REMINGTON TALKS SIMILARLY.
Five Hundred Carloads of Kyune Stone Or
dered for the New HOtel-The
Steam Stone-Sawing Plant.

Among the other queries put to those
who express an opinion that there must of
necessity be a big building boom in Salt
Lake during the coming summer is,
Where will you get your building mate
rial!" This question was partly answered
in the columns of THE HERALD day or so
ago, when the capacity of the brick
kilns of Salt Lake and the suburbs was
given at 400 600 daily. This was far in ex-
cess of the general idea, and caused many
VINO had expressed fear of scarcity to
change their opinion, or at least modify
1t. This daily output, together with what
will necessarily be shipped in from outside
points, will do much towards staving off
the ''brick famine that so many have
been confidently expecting and regretting
AS to stone, it is fact well known that
no country in the world has more ample
supply, within such an easy distance. Of
all colors and varieties, the only wonder is
that much more is not used in Salt Lake
| buildings. Asked as to why this was the
case, leading builder yesterday gave it as
MS opinion that the greatest trouble arose
| from the TACT that quarrymen were not
giving the business the attention it de-
served. "There is but one quarry worked
now" he said, ''where there should be at
least dozen. Why, if Denver, Omaha and
other cltles east OF US had our resources
IN building stone, you would have seen
ten times the amountused that is employed
mere. am pleased to see, how
ever, that good start has been
made, that Zlon's Savings Bank
and the Utah Commercial and Savings
oank nave set an example that all of those
who intend building in the future may fol-
low with profit both to themselves and to
the city and territory. Another reason,
TOO, why stone has not been more fire.
quently used is the absence of steam
stone saving plant. Had such thing
been IN existence last year, Zion's Savings
bank would now have had an entire stone
| front, because it could have obtained the
stone veneering from the saving plant
at but trifie over the cost of the brick
now being put in. With good brick walls,
this Yeneering is Just as good as solid
stone, at least in so far as appearances 90,
even though 1t is not quite so sub
stantial. The brick age, at least
for the fronts of large buildings, will soon
De thing OF the past in Salt Lake. 1t
needs but few AFFECT lessons in the shape
OF handsome stone fronts to convince all
OF the beauty to be obtained at slight in
crease OF the cost over brick"
Mr.. Remington, of Remington, Johnson
q Co., who is largely interested in the
kyune stone quarries, on the Rio Grande
| western, in conversation with a reporter
the other evening, said his company now
had in hand contracts for over one thous-
ana carloads OF stone, which would soon
commence rolling in the direction of this
city. Five hundred carloads of this
| SAID he, ''are for the foundation of the new
hotel, at the corner of First
East and Third South streets We
obtained this order some time ago. and were
TO have commenced delivering on the Goth
OF February, Owing, however, to some
hltch, Just what 1t was does not now mat
| ter, we received advices not to ship until
further word was had. That word, he
added, with smile, ''has now arrived, and
| the hVe hundred carloads have been re-
| ordered and a snug little percentage of the
cost advanced. We shall, therefore, com
mence work in earnest and soon the stone
Will commence rolling in here"
How many men will you employ during
the coming summer %
mot less than one hundred and fifty at
the three quarries owned and operated by
US. we have a very good plant in now
and are daily adding improvements such as
VIII enable us to get out larger quantities
than we can at present. A practical en-
gineer from Ottumwa recently paid a visit
be enabled to put in some machinery that
VIII make delivery considerably easier than
1t is at present.
"And your capacity now isa'
we are now putting in some new ma
chlnery, and within thirty days from date
we will be able to ship forty carloads daily.
We shall supply all the stone for the new
and First East, and are making
preparations to give them the best we
have got. The quarry we first opened was
not nearly as good as the one we are now
shipping from. The first S tone mad now
and then, white streak running through
II, and this we found was an Objectionable
feature. By going farther up the canon
we struck stone that is beauty. pro
nounced by experts from several eastern
quarries who have seen it to equal the very
best ever found anywhere; not only has il
pleasing color, but the texture is all that
could be desired finishing up nicely in any
way that individual taste may suggest
The kyune quarries will be well repre-
sented in Salt Lake during the coming
year"
And as to the steam stone saw
ing plant soon to be in operation. What
have you to say on that'"
at will be a big thing for the city: there
can be no doubt of that. | understand the
plant will cost about ten thousand dollars.
an" 90 sumo vi INC NdCuIHery IS now
here or will be in few days, think you
may safely say that the plant will be ready
Tor business within ten days or two weeks.
1t Will do much toward beautifying our
city, because it will allow of handsome
fronts being constructed at but little in
advance of what the ordinary brick now
COSTS
Mr., Remington is quite enthusiastic over
the prospective shipments of building
stone from his quarries, and says he has
no doubt but other quarries will also do n
rushing business during the coming sum
mer
Utah building stone will yet become
famous and popular throughout the entire
west, while her marble of all colors and
textures will ornament the streets of MANY
cities yet to be built upon the great
American continent.