Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-01
Report States All He Wishes to
Say About Heath's Administra-
ton OF Postal Affairs,
SEN. KEARNS GIVES HIS VIEW.
If There is Any Evidence to Sustain
The Charges it Should be Given
Wide Publicity.
Especial to the "News.")

any reply to make to Heath's answer
as to his charges, said; MY report
states al; desire to say as to Mr..
Healh's administration OF the postal
affairs. The report stands for itself"
SENATOR KEARNs' VIEWS.
A local paper today quotes Senator
Kearns on the charges against Perry
S. Heath as follows:
so far as We have known Mr. Heath
in Utah, we have known him to be a
straigh forward, fine gentleman. He
came there a stranger and has made
many fiiends. People in Salt Lake do
not credit the stories which have been
put into circulation concerning him.
"All have known OF Mr.. I3ristow has
been OF favorable nature and have
always regarded him as a fair-minde,l
official, but In this case do think that
II he has any proof against Heath, II
ought TO be given Wide publicity ana
then let the people Judge"
IRRIGATION WORKS.
As Il result OF the conference held
between officials of the interior depart
irrigation works and the representa-
tives OF the manufacturers OF Portland
cemen, an amicaole agreement has
been reached which will result In the
interiQr department advertising for bids
for the furnishing of 100000 barrels or
cement to be used In the construction
OF the Tonic Basin dam i'm Arizona
Near to the proposed dam the govern
mont VIII at once erect O cement mill
with a capacity OF $50 or more barrels
dnily, and the contractors viii be RS
CURED TO bid with a view to furnishing
their products delivered at the dam site.
and also for manufacturing the cement
on the ground with the plant and pow
err furnished them flee by the govern
ment.
CEMENT MAKERS AROUSED.
The principle, involved in this matter
is one which has greatly concerned the
manufacturers Of Portland cement
throughout the country. In making
the plans for the Tonic Basin project
Il was estimated that the dam. which
| Ia to be the largest in the United States
and one of the largest in the world
would require 10000 barrels OF cement,
When Chief Engineer +. II. Newell
| OF the United States geological survey
| who Is In charge OF the construction OF
| the dams and canals TO be built under
| the irrigation act, investigated the cost
| of landing the cement at the dam site
] he found that the freight rates, plus the
cost OF transporting the cement over
land from the terminals at Globe or
Phoenix, were so unusually high that
the price OF tho 100000 barrels greatly
exceeded the sum allotted for that part
of the work.
GOVERNMENT AS A MANUFAC-
TURER.
Investigation led to the belief that a
min could be erected near the site OF
the dam and the cement manufactured
there much more cheaply than II could
be manufactured outside and trans
ported to this point. and consequently.
a contract was let for the erection OF a
mill. This aroused all the cement man
ufacturcrs OF the country who were
strongly opposed to the principle of
the government embarking In the man
ufacture Of cement. which they held
properly TO be private business en-
terprise A meeting was held between
the representatives OF the American
Portland Cement association, of which
Mr.. II. W. Lesley. OF Philadelphia Is
president, with Messrs. George Stone,
president of the Pacific Portland Ce-
ment company, and Mr.. william Grif-
fifth Henshaw, president Of the Stand
ard Portland Cement company, the
mills OF the two latter companies be-
Ing on the San Francisco bay. Among
the companies represented were the
Atlas and Whitehall Portland Cement
company of the Lehigh valley; the st.
Louis Portland Cement. the Peerless
Portland Cement company, OF Mlch-
gan, the Cotton of California, the Colo
RADIO, the Utah, and the lola companies.
AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
representatives Of the manufacture
ers laid the matter before Secy. Hitch