The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03
RLARGE PLANT.
Union Portland Cement Com
/. pany VIII Build at lola.
Contracts For Two Gas Wells
to Be Drilled at Once.
A FINANCIAL SUCCESS.
Quarter Of a Million Subscribed
With First Stock Issue.
Electric Railway will Extend
New Line to the Structure.

lola, Kan, Nov. 3.-The Record
says:
The Union Portland Cement com
pany is negotiating with builders con
corning the erection of the plant north
east Of town. said Robert C. Patter-
son, secretary of the company to the
Record today I'VE are also in con-
nection with material men of all kinds
so that We can soon start the erection
OF the plant. Everything is moving
along nicely and the work of organ
lzing the company. getting the con-
tracts let and preparing for it is being
done as rapidly as possible
Mr. Patterson came down from
Omaha last night and today is in con-
sultatlon with z. s. Slough concerning
some details Of the business in lola.
: Mr.. Patterson said that the company
would let the contract for two gas
wells to be drilled at once The Gas
city Drilling company will be given
the contract. One of the wells Will be
drilled on the Delgarno tract and the
other one on the Logan land. Both
VIII be put down as quickly as the
drilling company can get to them.
1t is necessary to have the wells
drilled first OF ali. From the very start
of the work fuel will have to be used
and they do not care to use coal when
they have an abundance of gas in
sight
Mr. Patterson today formally trans
ferred about 1000 acres Of land in this
county to the Union Portland Cement
plant- He held the land as trustee for
the company and the transfer today
was merely a formal matter.
The site of the new factory has not
been definitely decided upon except
that it will be located on the Logan
land. But on which part of the land
can only be determined by the engineer
when he comes to look over the land
and see which is the most economical
location.
Mr.. Patterson, while here. will have
conference with Superintendent
Massengale Of the lola Electric rail-
way with reference to the building of
a spur track from the present ter
minus of the line to the new works.
Mr.. Massenga1e has before said that
ne would extend the line if the plant
was built 1t is possible that the Mis-
souri, Pacific and the Katy ana the
Electric viii so in together and build
a line from the present tracks to the
site of the Union Portland.
1t is understood that the new plant
is going on sN imningly in q financial
way Already about u quarter of a
million has been subscribed and the
stick issue has hardly been placed on
the market yet. Mr.. Patterson adj
mitted the sale of stock had been far
beyond his expectations to private par
ties. Capitalists have taken the stock
ia larger blocks than 1 anticipated -
Mr.. Patterson said.
MIR. Patterson could give no idea of
when the plant would be ready for
operation. The building OF million
dollar plant of any kind requires lots
of tiIne. The plants in this section
which have been built recently have
required about a year in the building.
1t is likely that the Union Portland
Avill require about the same time
Mr.. Patterson may be in lola for
several days attending to business con
nected with the new plant.