Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-26
UTAH.MADE CEMENT.
The Industry 10 DO Started Up Again
In This City.
DISCOVERY OF An Ancient NINE.
Tricky Chlnesc.-Land DccisiJn.-lle'
servoir Systcm.-Minlns aud
Other liens.

Wet and Eighth South streets, which
has been lying idle for several months,
Is about to be put into operation and
worked to IT, fill capacity.
The plant was placed In ils present
location Ia the latter part Of 1891, by
the Western Cement company, the
principal stuckholdora being John and
James Sharp, q. w. Lyman, George
Y. Wallace and Elias Aiosfe. The
cement material was chiefly obtained
Ia Phrley's canyon, about five miles
above the mouth. The works were
operated Dr some tins, but not profit
ably, and were closed down. On tests,
first class quality Of wha, ia known
as domestic cement was produced. a
superintendent had been brought from
the East, and he claimed TO DO an ex-
pert In cement manufacture, but when
large quantities were produced the
material, while being all that could DO
desired in permanency, set rather too
quickly In use. Its quality when BOT
was not, however, inferior ~ that Of
any domestic cement on the market.
Tho trouble was that the suDe3intend.
ent did not understand the manu-.
iacturs sufficiently to overcome the
objection which came from those who
manipulated the article Ia putting II
In place.
This feature has now been eliminated
by the employment OF n man who Is
thoroughly competent In AL branches,
his ability having been ascer,ainei by
actual demonstration. There 10 now
nothing In tho way Of success for the
new managers, 80 Tar rs production Ia
concerned; AMI as the Utah made
| cement Ia equal to the best and super.
Tor % much that IL now brought into
this market, there IL net likely 10 be
| any question about lis receiving the
bulk OF the patronage. Its durability
SURPRISES that Of the imported article,
say those who are thoroughly con.
versant with such matters, aud for this
reason alone Its use by contractors
should be insisted on.
The Utah manufacture Includes Ms
yet only the marketable article known
rs domestic cement. Experiments
were carried on with visw 10 pro-
| ducing PoStland cement here, and
these were successful In the manu-
facture OF small lots. But when II
came 10 makirg large quantities there
was failure, Whe reason To- which has
not been asccrtained as yet. When Il
| L., the difficulty no doubt will be over
come, aud Portland cement be pro.
| duced here equal 10 the best that In
now brought from Germany.
Numbers OF people believe that
cement can be- obtained In natural
| form In the mountains hereabout, and
upon being ground up will be ready
for use. Several parties have been
making efforts OF this kind the past few
days with material taken out OF
the hill near the Warm Springs.
| OF course, their efforts have not been
success fIi, as without tho process Of
manufacture which removes the
moisture, cement cannot DO prepared
| for use. But tho existence OF the
materials from which II Ia made are
abundant In the neighborhood OF Salt
LaRs City, not only for domestic, but
| for both English aud German Portland
cement. The English article IL made
from chalk, stone and river mud,
which IL ground, burned and mixed TO
the desired condition. The German
Portland cement, which 10 the best
known, IL OF the various kinds OF stone
Of which there Ia abundance here.
The present difficulty Ia In detail OF
manufacture, and will doubtless be
overcome In time. Blu. for the ordinary
domestic cement, tbs product Of the
Utah works should ind such ready sale
that there should no longer be any
danger OF operating thom except at a
good profit
Tho Utah cement made by the West.
ern company " used as the base for
the paving Of Commercial street, and
answers the purpose fully as well as the
Portland cement IL IN also usod
around thu Commercial block on
Second South street, and at other
places, and IL suitable for tho base OF
all paved wake. This city could ute II
to advantage In oil sidewalk pavements
instead Of doing as at present, disorln-
mating In favor OF tho Imported article.
THE LAND CONTESTS.
In the dispatch quoted In yesterdays
NEWS regarding the decision Of tho
secretary OF the Interior In two land
contests from the salt Lake City and
distrlct It was stated that Elias T.. Nor
ris aud Charles Lambert were the APP
pellanta, and that the decision OF the
local land officers WAS confirmed. IL
was VIM. IS. Fugste who appealed, the
local land officers having decided tho
contest Ia favor OF Messrs. Morris aAd
Lambert. The latter have had their
claim finally confirmed by the late de-
cision, and the attempt to jump their
land has failed.
HOW CHINESE MINERS FIX 1T.
In Rock Springs, Wyoming, there
are about 800 Cinnamon at work In the
mines and In that city there are two
Chinese stores, says tho Rawiins Jour.
nal. Upon Investigation 1t appears
that these stores have $50 proprletoIs
ench, or lust tho number OF Chinese In
the city. The stock oi goods In each
store Is mot worth to exceed 500, so
the interest OF each one Ia pretty limit
ed, Still, when one Of the Chinese
laborers desires 10 visit his native land
he carries along duly authenticated
certificate that he IL n merchant and
not lab0rer.
ARROW HEADsnSE.i
A Cheyenne dispatoh says that one
of the most Interesting discoveries In
A raarlcan uFelW llDnV has iuat l..n